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The New York Times [free to read]: “Fed up with A.I. companies consuming online content without consent, fan fiction writers, actors, social media companies and news organizations are among those rebelling…Fan fiction writers are just one group now staging revolts against A.I. systems as a fever over the technology has gripped Silicon Valley and the …
Washington Post [and free link] – See how fonts change the way you read and write….You make font choices every day. You pick type designs each time you use a word processor, read an e-book, send an email, prepare a presentation, craft a wedding invite and make an Instagram story. It might seem like just …
9to5Mac: “The battle of Apple Maps versus Google Maps was once a very one-sided one, thanks to the disastrous launch of the Cupertino company’s own map app. But analysts say that is now changing – even though most US iPhone owners have Google Maps installed. Ironically, one weakness of Apple Maps is considered a strength …
MakeUseOf: “Extensions are helpful tools that make it easier to complete certain tasks as you browse. When you’re using Google Chrome or Firefox, your extension will appear in the toolbar, allowing you to access them whenever it’s necessary…But sometimes, you might prefer to browse in incognito or private mode. When you’re browsing in private mode, …
“Following the iMEdD Lab’s project on the analysis of political election discourse, nine experts from the fields of political science and communication, computer science and journalism write about the post-election political scene, the election campaigns that preceded it and the contribution of artificial intelligence to political analysis and journalism.”
Kottke: “archives.design is a labor of love site run by Valery Marier where she collects graphic design related materials that are available to freely borrow, stream, or download from the Internet Archive. I’ve only scratched the surface in poking around, but so far I’ve found Olivetti brochures, a collection of theater programs from the 19th …
Engadget – It understands 40 languages and can speak its responses. “Google’s Bard gained a handful of new features and functions Thursday in the chatbot AI’s latest round of updates, including expanded linguistic knowledge, more nuanced response controls and the ability to respond with spoken word in addition to text. In all the AI can …
Popular Science – You can now access the app’s security and privacy tools more easily. “WhatsApp’s new Privacy Checkup menu gives you the ability to block unknown callers, but that’s not the only way it will protect your one-on-one conversations and thriving group chats. The messaging app has come a long way in terms of …
Fast Company: ““The bird is freed,” tweeted Elon Musk on October 27, 2022. But these days, the bird is not flying high with Gen Z. The recent Twitter acquisition has led to an exodus of Gen Z users flocking to other social media platforms—even to professional ecosystems like LinkedIn. I know because I’m a member …
“ContentDetector.AI checks any written text material that is AI generated, including Chat GPT, GPT 3, and GPT 4 written content, and delivers an estimated percentage score based on the likelihood that the text content was generated by AI tools or software. In addition to that, it can count words and is completely free to use. …
“Listen to the sound of Wikipedia’s recent changes feed. Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions. Pitch changes according to the size of the edit; the larger the edit, the deeper the note. Green circles show edits from unregistered contributors, and purple circles mark edits performed by automated bots. You may see announcements for …
Search Engine Land: “…LLMs are not search engines It should now be very clear that an LLM is a different beast from a search engine. A language model’s response does not directly point back to the website(s) whose content was used to train the model. There is no economic exchange like we see with search …
