AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next
“The restaurants ended up spending more time smoothing over the problem they created,” says Michael Schatzberg, cofounder of…
Ink & Switch Introduces Bijou64: Canonical Variable-Length Integer Encoding for Safe Parsing
Research lab Ink & Switch published bijou64, a variable-length integer encoding where every number maps to exactly one…
HyperTexting Makes the Entire Web a Social Feed for Your Doomscrolling Pleasure
Spend far too many hours mindlessly scrolling social media feeds, where a black-box algorithm fine-tuned for maximum engagement…
EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions – POLITICO
The Cypriot presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament confirmed the agreement following negotiations…
Brussels ponders the naked body in AI bill – POLITICO
The EU rules around nudification tech come after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was heavily criticized earlier this…
OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s former chief product officer who was recently tapped to build a new AI workspace for…
AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy
“It’s soft propaganda,” says Mandii B, cohost of the sex and lifestyle podcast Decisions, Decisions. The videos, and…
Why women shaping gaming cultures are shaping the future of technology
International Women’s Day often prompts reflection on representation in technology. The focus tends to centre on engineering pipelines,…
Shenzhen dethrones Shanghai, Beijing as China’s top industrial powerhouse, mayor boasts
The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen has handed in a glowing report card of technological and economic development,…
One in three Germans welcome killer robots, new poll says – POLITICO
The results suggest a cultural shift, as the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz no longer explicitly excludes lethal…
Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in…
A Century Later, Ramanujan’s Pi Equations Are Helping Physicists Unlock the Secrets of Nature
In 1914, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan published a short paper detailing several unusual formulas for calculating the value…