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The Morning After: This is Doom running on E. coli bacteria
MIT biotech researcher Lauren “Ren” Ramlan has run the iconic computer game Doom using gut bacteria. It’s not doing the running of the game, per se, but it is running (barely) on a display inside a cell wall made entirely of E. coli bacteria. The researcher dosed the bacteria with…
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Microsoft’s legal department allegedly silenced an engineer who raised concerns about DALL-E 3
A Microsoft manager claims OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 has security vulnerabilities that could allow users to generate violent or explicit images (similar to those that recently targeted Taylor Swift). GeekWire reported Tuesday the company’s legal team blocked Microsoft engineering leader Shane Jones’ attempts to alert the public about the exploit. The…
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OM System’s OM-1 Mark II offers improved autofocus and stabilization
OM System (formerly Olympus) has unveiled the OM-1 Mark II with largely the same specs as its predecessor, but several significant upgrades. Those include improved autofocus, particularly on the AI side, along with other quality-of-life improvements to stabilization, handling and more. The company has completed its OM System branding change,…
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Volvo pauses deliveries of its EX30 due to software issues
Volvo's EX30 EV was a hit from the get-go thanks in part to the use of technology, along with the relatively low $35,000 price tag. However, its reliance on that tech is apparently catching up to it (much as it has for other recent vehicles), as the automaker has delayed…
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The Morning After: The verdict on Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra
Samsung’s 2024 flagship has landed. The S24 Ultra has a new titanium frame, improved telephoto cameras and is jam-packed with new AI smarts and features. It’s also more expensive than ever. It’s the AI features not hardware that mark this year’s S23 series, though. AI tools range across text and…
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Yelp’s new AI features include auto-generated business summaries, among other updates
Yelp just released a substantial app update with more than 20 new features, and several of these tools are packed with, wait for it, AI. The biggest news for regular users is the addition of summaries of business automatically written by AI, which Yelp says will help people find the…
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