Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…In a legal deposition, Fox admitted that he used an OpenAI-developed LLM to scan government government contracts for terms that appeared to indicate programs related to “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” As…
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The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race
…they had developed using AI tools to bypass two-factor authentication on an open-source system administration platform. Google quickly notified the developer, and they issued a fix for the flaw. But…
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
…Cortex also uses fine-tuned versions of OpenAI’s generative models to standardize grades between schools with different practices. The AAMC partnership opened the door to broader adoption of the tool. According…
I Watched 18 Hours of Coachella’s Vertical Livestream and All I Got Was This Lousy FOMO
…Besides every social media service prioritizing endlessly scrollable video feeds, Disney has introduced short videos called Verts to its Disney+ streaming platform. Bravo will soon be pushing out vertical videos hosted by…
These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost
…Berlin can also play audio through open-ear stereo speakers on the rims and pick up voice commands via a microphone. The ability to point a camera at a painting and ask…
Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent
…Google, which manages the Android operating system, recently said more actions can be automated via its Gemini assistant this summer on the platform with broader app support, so Vertu's claim feels…
Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex
…The 35-year-old artist from the Midwest recalls a two-month period spending “eight to 10 hours a day” creating elaborate fantasies with SpicyChat, a relationship role-playing platform. Sometimes inputting…
I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
…Docker is an open-source platform that lets you install apps in separate containers (small execution environments that contain everything they need to run). Ugreen also includes a bunch of straightforward apps…
‘Backrooms’ Takes You Deeper Inside the Internet’s Most Uncanny Horror Myth
…Other people took up the concept, creating spinoff imagery and stories on various social platforms. Parsons encountered these, as well as then-popular memes about surreal liminal spaces—the Backrooms being a…
Streamer IShowSpeed Is Gen Z’s ESPN
…People are their own media platforms now. Few have pulled that transition off with more daring—and reach—than Speed, who is basically inseparable from soccer’s global storytelling apparatus at this…