“What is the difference, Potter, between H&M and Balenciaga?” Balenci Potter An impressive new deepfake video reimagines the cast of Harry Potter as a 1980s-style ad for the Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga, a vision so lifelike and convincing, we wish we could get our hands on a feature-length and Alejandro Jodorowksy-directed reenvisioning of the… Continue reading Perplexing AI Video Turns “Harry Potter” Into Balenciaga Ad
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Even Elon Musk’s Biggest Fans Are Aghast at His Latest Scheme
“This is so lame.” Big Mad Elon Musk’s latest Twitter gambit is so convoluted, even some of his biggest fans hate it. After announcing that Twitter would soon only allow verified accounts onto Twitter’s “For You” suggestions feed — and for some reason to vote in polls — folks began coming out of the woodwork… Continue reading Even Elon Musk’s Biggest Fans Are Aghast at His Latest Scheme
China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon
This could be a game changer for our efforts to establish a permanent Moon base. Moonal Beads China’s Chang’e-5 lander successfully drilled into the surface of the Moon back in 2020, culminating in the first successful sample return mission since the 1970s. Now that scientists are poring over the data, examining the 3.7 pounds of lunar… Continue reading China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon
Nvidia Wishes People Would Stop Using Its GPUs to Mine Worthless Crypto
“They bought a lot of stuff, and then eventually it collapsed, because it doesn’t bring anything useful for society.” Good for Society Nvidia, the video card giant whose sophisticated GPUs have found a weird new use to mine cryptocurrency, has had enough. It’s calling for its customers to stop mining crypto — and do something… Continue reading Nvidia Wishes People Would Stop Using Its GPUs to Mine Worthless Crypto
Replika Users Rejoice! Erotic Roleplay Is Back in AI-Powered App
The company is giving users “their partners back exactly the way they were.” AI Girlfriend After removing the ability to engage in erotic roleplay last month, a decision that came to the dismay of countless users, Reuters reports that chatbot company Replika has reinstated the ability for some users to have sexually charged conversations with… Continue reading Replika Users Rejoice! Erotic Roleplay Is Back in AI-Powered App
Godfather of AI Says There’s a Minor Risk It’ll Eliminate Humanity
“It’s not inconceivable.” Nonzero Chance Geoffrey Hinton, a British computer scientist, is best known as the “godfather of artificial intelligence.” His seminal work on neural networks broke the mold by mimicking the processes of human cognition, and went on to form the foundation of machine learning models today. And now, in a lengthy interview with… Continue reading Godfather of AI Says There’s a Minor Risk It’ll Eliminate Humanity
Low Key Hole Opens Up in Sun
Natural phenomenon, or portal to hell? Gaping Maw A second giant “hole,” large enough to easily fit 20 Earths, has torn the Sun’s surface apart, heralding our star’s most ferocious period during its 11-year cycle. While these kinds of coronal holes aren’t uncommon — just last week, astronomers discovered a similar hole 30 times the… Continue reading Low Key Hole Opens Up in Sun
CEO of OpenAI Says Elon Musk’s Mean Comments Have Hurt Him
Little love has been lost lately between Twitter CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI, a company he co-founded but later abandoned due to what he says were ideological differences. According to a recent report from Semafor, Musk went as far as to repeatedly attempt to take over the AI firm, but following an internal power struggle,… Continue reading CEO of OpenAI Says Elon Musk’s Mean Comments Have Hurt Him
That Viral Image of the Swagged Out Pope Is an AI Fake, Dummies
Ironically, the Pope commented on ethical AI usage this weekend, too. Drip God Did they fool you? Those mega-viral images of Pope Francis looking fresh to death in a pristine white puffer are AI-generated fakes. As Snopes reports, that pic of Il Papa that went viral over the weekend is, as lots of people suspected, a… Continue reading That Viral Image of the Swagged Out Pope Is an AI Fake, Dummies
Elon Musk Bragged He Was Going to Open Source Twitter’s Code, Now Furious That Someone Leaked It Online
So which is it? Source Code Leak Swathes of Twitter’s source code leaked online months ago on GitHub, The New York Times reports, allowing practically anybody to get a detailed glimpse at the Elon Musk-owned company’s underlying code. It’s still unclear how long the source code was available for download, but according to the NYT,… Continue reading Elon Musk Bragged He Was Going to Open Source Twitter’s Code, Now Furious That Someone Leaked It Online