Month: May 2025
When I die, please do not produce an AI version of me
Someday, hopefully not soon, I’ll shed this mortal coil and in short order be forgotten. Unless someone makes an AI Lance Ulanoff. In short, please don’t. I had this epiphany and realized the need for a public statement that might one day protect my likeness from appearing after my demise…
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Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans on photographing every single person who leaves the US by car, an agency spokesperson told Wired. The agency says it will start using facial recognition technology at official border crossings to match all outbound travelers’ faces to their passports, visas, or other travel documents,…
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Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement
Apple is paying out $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit involving Siri. Users need to submit claims by July 2. Source
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An in-depth interview with Sonos interim CEO Tom Conrad
It’s my final day at The Verge and Vox Media after over 13 years. And as luck should have it, I was able to wrap up my tenure here by interviewing Tom Conrad, the interim CEO of Sonos. I’ve covered this company more extensively than any other, and as our…
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NBC resurrects legendary NBA voice Jim Fagan using AI
NBC Sports will use an AI-generated version of legendary announcer Jim Fagan’s voice in its upcoming NBA coverage The re-creation will appear in intros and promos with the approval of Fagan’s family NBC hopes to evoke nostalgia for 1990s basketball with the AI voice The booming, baritone narration by Jim…
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I asked the Google Pixel 9a to make an image of a successful person and the results were depressingly predictable
If a new phone gave me an electric shock, I wouldn’t recommend it. Even if it only shocked me occasionally, when I open a specific app, I’d say no. If a phone wasn’t just bad, but shockingly harmful, I would say that phone, or at least the electric shock part,…
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