Tag: computing
We’re witnessing the death of the graphics card in real time right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it
A little over two years ago, I wrote about how integrated graphics were the future of gaming. I stand by the things I said in that article – if anything, recent developments in the computer hardware industry have vindicated me, and further convinced me that we’re seeing the slow death…
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We could be witnessing the death of the graphics card in real time right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it
A little over two years ago, I wrote about how integrated graphics were the future of gaming. I stand by the things I said in that article – if anything, recent developments in the computer hardware industry have vindicated me, and further convinced me that we’re seeing the slow death…
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AI could actually change movies for the better – and fix that awful Game of Thrones finale
Reply AI recently hosted its Mastercard-sponsored AI Film Festival, and the finalists were picked at the prestigious 81st Venice Film Festival on September 3. The films were all created by using various AI technologies, and center around the theme, “synthetic voices, human hearts”. To find the finalists, an international panel…
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Why the passing of James Earl Jones doesn’t mean you won’t hear Darth Vader’s voice again
James Earl Jones sadly passed away this week at 93, leaving an amazing legacy as an actor. His iconic voice lent gravitas to the CNN tag, Mufasa in The Lion King, and, most famously, Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise. But, thanks to some foresight by Jones and Star…
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This AI bot will check for you if Bigfoot is real
Urban legends and outlandish stories often send people to Snopes in search of a reality check. Now, the fact-checking site has an AI tool called FactBot to help you win a bet about Bigfoot or confirm a story about your favorite celebrity. Aimed at addressing misinformation, FactBot uses Snopes’ archive…
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ChatGPT o1-preview can solve riddles faster than me and I kind of hate it for it
When OpenAI released the much-hyped Strawberry model for ChatGPT this week, it boasted of its prowess with complex logic like software coding, gene sequencing, and quantum physics in a series of videos. I take the company at its word that the models, called o1-preview and o1-mini on ChatGPT, are capable…
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