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LayoffsSink or Swim For months now, the company behind the Stable Diffusion AI image generator has been publicly falling apart — and now it's conducting mass layoffs. As CNBC reports, Stability AI — the creator of the image generator — laid off 20 people this week as the company attempts to "right-size" its business model in the wake of the publicity-garnering exit of its former CEO Emad Mostaque last month. In an email to employees, the company's new …See the Story
Maker of Stable Diffusion Conducts Mass Layoffs
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Steve BannonWhen Furries Attack A group of self-described "gay furries" has hacked into a far-right media outlet over its transphobic rhetoric. As The Daily Dot reports, the hacker collective that calls itself SiegedSec announced on the messaging app Telegram that it had successfully breached the databases of "Real America's Voice," a news outlet that platforms all manner of extremism and prominently features figures like former Donald Trump advisor and all…See the Story
Gay Furry Hackers Attack Right-Wing News Outlet
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Physicists Suggest Universe Is Full of Material Moving Faster Than Light
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US CongressCold Shower Last year, US Congress held public hearings on UFOs, which had many people excited about the prospect that the government could be hoarding evidence of extraterrestrial life. Well, shelve that notion, according to the CEO of the SETI Institute, the non-profit research group dedicated to finding and understanding life beyond Earth. In an interview with Space.com, SETI president and CEO Bill Diamond got down to brass tacks on aliens — …See the Story
The Head of the SETI Institute Says He’s Seen Zero Evidence of Alien Technology
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Artificial Intelligence · New YorkMunchausen by AI AI chatbots are apparently trying to be just like us — but in the case of Meta-formerly-Facebook, those attempts are coming off very weird. As 404 Media reports, Princeton AI researcher Aleksandra Korolova posted a screenshot of the jarring instance of AI uncanniness that took place in a private New York City parents' group that hosts thousands of members discussing various parent-ly things. In the original post, someone using F…See the Story
Meta's AI Is Telling Users It Has a Child
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Artificial Intelligence · Los AngelesOnline Outrage Alex Garland's drama-saddled "Civil War" has already caused its fair share of online outrage, from audiences scratching their heads at certain plot elements — California and Texas as allies?! — to its lazy depiction of war journalists. Now there's a new front to the discourse battles on the buzzy A24 flick: its use of AI-generated art for posters promoting the film, The Hollywood Reporter reports, which has kicked up a dust storm …See the Story
A24 Admits Those Ads for "Civil War" Were AI-Generated
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TeslaFor a vehicle ostensibly designed to go anywhere, Tesla's Cybertruck seems to have a lot of trouble in mundane settings. As one recent owner found out, even a car wash was able to defeat the 6,600-pound pickup. As spotted by Jalopnik, a routine visit through a car wash to get sand off the truck after a beach visit seemingly caused the entire vehicle to shut down. The center console went blank, turning the stainless steel monstrosity into a giant…See the Story
Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash
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MoneyLast month, we reported that the lock screens of Amazon Kindles were displaying ads for what were obviously AI-generated books, leading to an outcry from readers on social media. At the time, our best theory was that bad actors were somehow manipulating Amazon's algorithms to boost their garbled offerings ahead of worthwhile books by human authors. But as readers pointed out, the reality is even worse: Amazon is actively accepting money to place…See the Story
Amazon Is Taking Spammers' Money to Serve Ads for AI-Generated Books on Kindle Lock Screens
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