Tag: Software
Grok 3’s voice mode is unhinged, and that’s the point
xAI’s Grok 3 chatbot has added a voice mode with multiple personalities One personality is called “unhinged” and will scream and insult you Grok also has personalities for NSFW roleplay, crazy conspiracies, and an “Unlicensed Therapist” mode AI voice assistants are usually polite, informative, and calm when they respond to…
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The dream of PictoChat on the Nintendo DS lives on in this iMessage app
The Nintendo DS’ stylus-based messaging app PictoChat wasn’t the first place I instant-messaged (that would be my friend’s AIM account) but it was absolutely the least overwhelming and most pleasant place it happened. PicoChat, an iMessage app from developer Idrees Hassan that you can download right now, attempts to recapture…
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Slack is back – but some users may be experiencing login issues and other problems
Refresh 2025-02-26T21:16:34.959Z I’m still stuck in sign-in limbo with the Slack on desktop, and this seems consistent with what Slack has reported on its status page. As such, it would seem like issues will persist for some people while others appear to have got fully functional Slack access. 2025-02-26T20:36:53.068Z Here’s…
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Slack is down for thousands – we’ve got live updates on the outage and what’s happening
Refresh 2025-02-26T18:01:31.976Z My colleagues are reporting they have access to Slack on desktop on both Windows and macOS. But I had to restart my MacBook and Slack fully logged me out and seems to be struggling to authenticate me via my Google Workspaces account. Mildly frustrating, I have to say.…
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I have good news and bad news about Windows 11 24H2’s new update: it introduces nifty features and fixes… but also includes another ad
Windows 11 24H2 just received a new optional update It has some interesting new features and fixes, but also brings in an advert That PC Game Pass ad in the Settings app will very likely be coming to all Windows 11 users next month with the March patch Microsoft has…
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How Claude’s 3.7’s new ‘extended’ thinking compares to ChatGPT o1’s reasoning
Anthropic just released a new model called Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and while I’m always interested in the latest AI capabilities, it was the new “extended” mode that really drew my eye. It reminded me of how OpenAI first debuted its o1 model for ChatGPT. It offered a way of accessing…
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