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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    ‘Sorry for killing most of humanity.’

    The new Misalignment Museum in San Francisco is a temporary exhibit that explores a potential future in which AI lives up to expectations set by science fiction and, uh, destroys human society.

    The exhibit is located just eight blocks from the offices of OpenAI. Let’s hope ChatGPT isn’t looking for any inspiration.

    Eight tins of Spam converted into typing robots surrounding a display.
    ‘Spambots’ by Neil Mendoza (seen via Wired) is a featured exhibit in which robotic Spam tins use AI to type a ‘specially altered piggy version’ of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
    Image: Neil Mendoza
    Why won’t TikTok confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI?

    TikTok rolled out new AI tools for filters last month. But the company won’t say if its new Bold Glamour effect uses them — and the reaction to the filter isn’t entirely positive.

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    More Prehistoric Planet? Pterrific news.

    Apple TV Plus has renewed the award-winning natural history series Prehistoric Planet, with a five-episode second season premiering globally on May 22nd. David Attenborough is returning as narrator, introducing us to some new dinosaurs like the Tarchia — a medium-sized ankylosaur from the late Cretaceous.

    Prehistoric Planet 🤝 Dino-loving dorks like me.