David 10 months ago

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’

TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekend’s worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and

#Copyright

David 10 months ago

Do we all see red as the same colour? We finally have an answer It is impossible for us to know exactly how another person's experience of the world compares to our own, but a new experiment is helping to reveal that colour is indeed a shared phenomenon

New Scientist

Do we all see red as the same colour? We finally have an answer

It is impossible for us to know exactly how another person's experience of the world compares to our own, but a new experiment is helping to r...

#Science #Philosophy

David 10 months ago

A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising

CTVNews

A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising

A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income ...

#UBI #Germany

David 10 months ago

On Small Language Models

Quanta Magazine

Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models? | Quanta Magazine

Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.

#AI #SLM #SLMs

David 10 months ago

The Apprentice deepens the crisis

The Apprentice deepens the crisis

The crisis entered a new, dangerous phase

#Trump #Tariffs #China

David 10 months ago

Why Your ‘Harmonious’ Team Is Actually Failing

Why Your ‘Harmonious’ Team Is Actually Failing – Terrible Software

"Real psychological safety isn’t about avoiding conflict. It’s about creating an environment where challenging ideas makes the team stronger, not weaker." #Work #Psychology

David 10 months ago

Domain Registry Investigates Spain’s Piracy Overblocking Damage

Domain Registry Investigates Spain's Piracy Overblocking Damage * TorrentFreak

The Catalan (.cat) domain registry is actively monitoring its domains for overblocking and says it reserves the right to take legal action.

#Spain #ISPs

David 10 months ago

James Cameron is exploring how AI can help the film industry “cut costs in half” without “laying off half the staff”

NME

James Cameron is exploring how AI can help the film industry "cut costs in half"

James Cameron has revealed he is exploring how AI can help the film industry "cut costs in half" without "laying off half the staff".

#AI #Cinema

David 10 months ago

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Bluesky Social

Unusual Whales (@unusualwhales.bsky.social)

BREAKING: House Democrats like AOC and Mike Levin just sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, asking that politicians be required to immediately di...

David 10 months ago

Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets

MIT Technology Review

Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets

A new report suggests that AI could reduce carbon emissions in the future, but the world needs the industry to keep its climate pollution in check ...

#AI #Climate

David 10 months ago

Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky

Futurism

Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky

It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is AI — and Adobe had to find that out the hard way.

#Adobe #Bluesky

David 10 months ago

AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works

IEA

AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News - IEA

AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News from t...

#AI #Datacenters #Energy

David 10 months ago

Data centres will use twice as much energy by 2030 — driven by AI https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01113-z #Datacenters #Energy #AI

David 10 months ago

How AI can help supercharge creativity Forget one-click creativity. These artists and musicians are finding new ways to make art using AI, by injecting friction, challenge, and serendipity into the process.

MIT Technology Review

How AI can help supercharge creativity

Forget one-click creativity. These artists and musicians are finding new ways to make art using AI, by injecting friction, challenge, and serendipi...

#AI #Art #Music #Creativity

David 10 months ago

A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01083-2 #Academia #MentalHealth

David 10 months ago

The Coming Convergence Of AI And Quantum Computing https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2025/04/08/the-coming-convergence-of-ai-and-quantum-computing/ #AI #QuantumComputing

David 10 months ago

"Scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living relative, the company announced Monday. The result is essentially a hybrid species similar in appearance to its extinct forerunner." https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal/index.html #Science #DireWolves

David 10 months ago

AI companions are the final stage of digital addiction, and lawmakers are taking aim Designed to be the perfect person—always available, never critical—AI companions are hooking people deeper than social media ever could. They make the attention economy look like a relic.

MIT Technology Review

AI companions are the final stage of digital addiction, and lawmakers are taking aim

Designed to be the perfect person—always available, never critical—AI companions are hooking people deeper than social media ever could. They m...

#AI #Relationships

David 10 months ago

Are we on the edge of a major financial crisis? Trump's Chart of Death and why bonds not equities are the big story.

Chartbook 369 Are we on the edge of a major financial crisis? Trump's Chart of Death and why bonds not equities are the big story.

The stock market sell off triggered by Trump’s grotesque Liberation Day has been dramatic and has added intense urgency to the sense of polycrisi...

#Finance #Politics

David 10 months ago

The Wire Magazine: In advance of the first of three Wire Salon events on music and AI, we have made Abi Bliss’s 2024 essay on DIY musicians utilising machine learning free to read in our online library

The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music

Engineered Phantoms: AI tools & DIY sounds - The Wire

In advance of the first of three Wire Salon events on music and AI, we have made Abi Bliss’s 2024 essay on DIY musicians utilising machine lear...

#AI #Music