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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    An art critic vs. the White House’s ‘weird AI paintings.’

    Ben Davis writes for ArtNet on PragerU’s America 250-aligned Founders Museum, which is representing figures from American history with AI-animated clips in a way that “...suggests a nation with light brain damage.”

    In general, when one of the Founding Fathers did something that fits contemporary standards of equality, such as speak out for the rights of women or enslaved Africans, their AI avatar mentions it. Anything that is more controversial about them is downplayed or passed over in silence.

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    Richard Lawler
    “Delusional risk score: near zero.”

    The WSJ found that note in a “Clinical Cognitive Profile” ChatGPT provided to Stein-Erik Soelberg, a “56-year-old tech industry veteran with a history of mental instability,” who killed his mother and took his own life earlier this month.

    According to the Journal, “...ChatGPT treated his ideas as genius and built upon his paranoia.”

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    Richard Lawler
    SpaceX completes its 10th Starship flight test without any extra explosions.

    After four explosions (flight tests seven, eight, and nine, as well as one on the ground), SpaceX successfully launched another prototype vehicle Tuesday night. This time, the Super Heavy booster rocket splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico as planned, as Starship deployed Starlink simulator satellites, then splashed down under control in the Indian Ocean.

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    Richard Lawler
    Apple’s iPhone 17 event invite has an Easter Egg.

    Small teases are nothing new for Apple invitations, but as 9to5Mac points out, this Awe Dropping event page includes a fully interactive hint that could say something about its iPhone 17 launch plans.

    Visit the page using Safari, and you can click and drag around on it for a heatmap-like effect.

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    Richard Lawler
    Is YouTube’s Shorts experiment using AI or just upscaling?

    As reported by the BBC and Rhett Shull, some creators have noticed their YouTube Shorts videos look... enhanced, possibly by AI.

    YouTube’s Rene Ritchie says the experiment is “using the kind of machine learning you experience with computational photography on smartphones,” not generative AI. What do you call it?

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    Richard Lawler
    Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along streams tomorrow, one day after sold-out theatrical showings.

    Variety and THR are reporting that a two-day special event showing of the animated hit pulled in $18 to $20 million from 1,700 theaters in North America this weekend. And now, Netflix has announced the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters will be available for streaming at home starting tomorrow, August 25th.