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AI Summary

  • Waymo has resumed its autonomous ride-hailing services in San Francisco following a brief operational pause.
  • The debate around AI chatbot Kimi continues, with discussions focusing on its potential benefits and risks.
  • The electric vehicle market saw several models discontinued in the U.S. this year, alongside positive developments in EV charging infrastructure.
  • Federal employees are now permitted to use TikTok on their work devices again, a reversal of previous policy.
  • Databricks achieved a significant valuation of $188 billion, underscoring the ongoing investment and interest in AI-related technologies.

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  • Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’ 15 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, Books, Entertainment, News, OpenAI

    Dave Eggers attends the "The Turning Point: To Be Destroyed" premiere. | Image: John Lamparski/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels , screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney's , and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly. So one might expect he'd roll into the company's offices and offer tips on being relentlessly prolific, or how to excel in multiple fields. Instead, he apparently laced into the company. According to the Financial Times

  • Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor 17 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Google, Google Pixel, News, Tech

    The Pixel 10a shipped with a last gen processor. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in the Pixel 10 and 10 Pro , the Pixel 10a shipped with the previous generation Tensor G4. That was a huge disappointment since, typically, the Pixel a lineup kept the modern processor, but cut corners in other places to keep costs down. The Tensor G6 is rumored to feature the same PowerVR DXT-48-1536 GPU as the G5, but it

  • Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji 19 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Design, Google, News, Tech

    Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictograms and why, as part of World Emoji Day on Friday. Things you might not necessarily worry about in a 2D illustration suddenly become very important when you're talking about a 3D model. Is a smiley face a sphere? A mask? A flat disc? In addition to offering a behind-the-scenes look at Google's design process, it also announced that it would be completely open-sourcing the emoji set: We're handing over raw .OBJ

  • GoPro’s discounted Max 2 bundle includes $100 worth of accessories 21 hours ago by Brad Bourque
    Cameras, Deals, Gadgets, Verge Shopping

    The GoPro Max2 can use your earbuds as a microphone over Bluetooth. A 360-degree camera is a great way to ensure you capture every bit of the action, but prices tend to be on the high end for models worth your attention. That’s why it’s notable that the GoPro Max 2 accessory bundle is discounted to $369 at Amazon (a dollar more at Best Buy and GoPro ). The bundle is stuffed for being just $70 more than the base camera , containing everything you need to shoot the best angles during all-day adventures. The capable camera can shoot 360-degree

  • The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time 21 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Books, Entertainment, Interview, Report

    Carter, there’s a couch RIGHT THERE. | Image: Carter Sherman has been covering sex, gender, and the complex personal and national politics that accompany them for years. She was a senior reporter for Vice and has written for Elle , Ms. magazine, and Los Angeles magazine as well. Along the way, she's garnered a Scripps Howard Award, a National Press Club Journalism Award, and four Emmy nominations. She's also the author of The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future . That book looks at how the internet and our polarized political landscape have changed sex


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