Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchX weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
Code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they're ranked…
2 years, 1 month ago
Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature
Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), is today rolling out a new feature meant to make the app more appealing…
2 years, 1 month ago
Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost
Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is "way more than we'd care to say."
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2 years, 1 month ago
Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app
Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s o…
2 years, 1 month ago
Anthropic looks to fund a new, more comprehensive generation of AI benchmarks
Anthropic is launching a program to fund the development of new types of benchmarks capable of evaluating the performance and impact of AI models, in…
2 years, 2 months ago
MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries
RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items.
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2 years, 2 months ago
Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos
After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying l…
2 years, 2 months ago
MagicSchool thinks AI in the classroom is inevitable, so it’s aiming to help teachers and students use it properly
These days, when you hear about students and generative AI, chances are that you’re getting a taste of the debate over the adoption of tools like Cha…
2 years, 2 months ago
Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to ‘create God’
In the conversation, Zuckerberg said there needs to be a lot of different AIs that get created to reflect people's different interests.
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2 years, 2 months ago
Directo turns a TikTok travel hack into a deal-finding Chrome extension
A travel hack that went viral on TikTok teaches users how to save money on hotels and Airbnbs by booking directly with the properties themselves. Now…
2 years, 2 months ago