Invasion of the Voice Snatchers In a modern twist on Invasion of the Body Snatchers , OpenAI released a recording of GPT-4o Advanced Voice Mode yelling "NO!" before mimicking the users voice back at them. Ars Technica did an explainer of this real-life episode of Black Mirror.
Gene Kelly on the Muppet Show forgetting the words to Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly on the Muppet Show forgetting the words to Singin' in the Rain
Scientists have uncovered a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth in Scientists have uncovered a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth in Siberia with its DNA so well-preserved that they were able to read its full genome and reconstruct the three-dimensional structure of its chromosomes
Power-Line Siphoning Quadcopter Now there’s a drone that can autonomously recharge its battery by perching on a power line like a bird to siphon electricity. A clever solution to an old problem from the folks at University of Southern Denmark.
Try MLLM Guided Image Editing (MGIE) MLLM-guided Image Editing (MGIE) - a Hugging Face Space by tsujuifu Here you can try out the model being used by Apple in their new Siri image generation tool in iOS 18. This is a kinda clever approach where they take a simple user
America The last survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots NPR interviewed Olivia Hooker, 103, who may be the last surviving witness of the Tulsa Race Riots. In under 24 hours white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters.
Science Did we just discover the 'sterile neutrino'? We may have another fundamental discovery OR another false alarm regarding another theorized particle - the so-called "sterile neutrino".
Sports The Stupidest Game in NBA Finals History Questionable refs, an historic mental error, flagrant fouls and everything is horrible.
Travel Let's chase an eclipse Hey folks! Long time, no see. I’ve been off plotting some big things that I hope will bring a bit of joy and wonder to the world. 🎉
Art The amazing, endless battle between rural Eastern European partisan fighters, demons, mecha, and werewolves Jakub "Mr Werewolf" Rozalski is a great painter with one hell of an imagination.
WebDev Off with their head! The decoupled CMS model There has been increasing buzz recently around 'headless' or 'decoupled' content management systems. In short, remove the presentational aspects of your content management system in favor of robust API support
QuickBits Your December Reading List A collection of links updated regularly. This time we talk about Rogue One, Nietzche's writing style and Pokemon Go updates.
Sports Unorthodox: Steph Curry, Donald Trump & Leicester City succeed for exactly the same reason They’re playing against ancient and predictable strategies. In turn, their opponents are up against novel tactics which throw away just about all assumptions of “how the game is played”.
