Month: November 2024
Did Google’s Gemini AI spontaneously threaten a user?
Google‘s Gemini AI assistant reportedly threatened a user in a bizarre incident. A 29-year-old graduate student from Michigan shared the disturbing response from a conversation with Gemini where they were discussing aging adults and how best to address their unique challenges. Gemini, apropos of nothing, apparently wrote a paragraph insulting…
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The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display
The new M4 MacBook Pros that launched last month have an unadvertised change with new quantum dot displays, according to display industry analyst Ross Young and reported by 9to5Mac. Young posted on X that Apple is adopting quantum dot displays for the first time and that it’s using a version…
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Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts
Social network Bluesky, in a post on Friday, says that it has “no intention” of taking user content to train generative AI tools. It made the statement the same day X’s new terms of service that spell out how it can analyze user text and other information to train its…
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Green concrete – not cleaner energy – could be the solution to help Microsoft, Google, Apple and others meet their lofty carbon neutral goals
Concrete production, heavily cement-dependent, drives carbon emissions Essential building material contributes 6% of emissions globally Tech giants prioritizing sustainable construction with “green concrete” Tech giants are increasingly exploring ways to make data centers not only more energy-efficient but also more environmentally responsible in their construction. For example, Microsoft is building…
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Senator to Valve: what’s with all the Nazis on Steam?
US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has sent a letter to Valve CEO Gabe Newell asking if the company intends to take measures to curtail extremist content on Steam. The letter references a report by the Anti-Defamation League that identified a large number of user accounts and user-created groups “that glorified…
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Teenage Engineering’s OP-XY sequencer brings loads of new functions and looks club-ready in all black – but boy, does it cost a lot
Teenage Engineering has launched its new OP-XY sequencer, synthesizer, and sequencer. The new device costs more than the company’s OP-Z sequencer and OP-1 audio workstation The OP-XY costs $2,299 / £1,899. Teenage Engineering has revealed the latest addition to its famed OP lineup of portable synthesizers and sequencers, the OP-XY.…
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