Several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing, asserting that the condemnation of AI has “classist and ableist undertones.” [@WIRED](
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NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of A...
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The share price of former president Donald Trump's Truth Social stock has plummeted to a new low after several key executives, including CEO Devin Nunes, started offloading their holdings. The company has burned through millions in cash, despite only making $4.1 million in all of 2023. Read more at @futurism #truthsocial #trump #tech #technology #USPolitics
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Truth Social Hits All-Time Low as CEO Sells His Crashing Stock
The share price of former president Donald Trump's Truth Social meme stock has plummeted to a new low.
In a new report, the Federal Trade Commission said the amount of money lost to Bitcoin ATM scams increased nearly tenfold from 2020 to 2023, and consumers have already lost $65 million in the first half of this year alone. [@theverge](
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Bitcoin ATM scammers stole $65 million in first half of 2024
The median reported loss is around $10,000.
The price of some Canva subscriptions are set to skyrocket next year following the company’s aggressive rollout of generative AI features. The company says the increase is justified due to the “expanded product experience, ” [@theverge](
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Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase
So much for being a cheap Adobe alternative.
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@npub1psar...j5uh reports that LobbyMatic, a company secretly operated by right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for months, advertised in screenshots that major companies were using its product; many of these companies now say that they have never been clients
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Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl’s Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It
Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they haven't worked with th...
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Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names. [@politico](
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Sign or veto: What’s next for California’s AI disaster bill, SB 1047? [@Techcrunch](
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The tech industry has responded with a resounding outcry against SB 1047.
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Sub.club is here to help the fediverse make money. From [@theverge](
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Sub.club is here to help the fediverse make money
“There’s a lot of free labor that runs the fediverse right now.”
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Here’s an interesting thought: Do we have Microsoft to thank for the iPhone? On the eve of yet another Apple event, one in which it will introduce a collection of iPhone 16 handsets, it’s worth looking back to 1997 when MSFT committed to buying $150M Apple shares, a huge cash infusion that boosted its struggling rival. TechRadar has more:
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Do we have Microsoft to thank for the iPhone?
On the eve of an iPhone 16 launch, it
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Contrary to popular belief, generative AI is capable of producing quality prose. Will AI change literature the same way past innovations changed other arts? Read more from Big Think, including what happened when a tech-savvy fan asked ChatGPT to write its own version of George R.R. Martin’s upcoming sixth installment in the series that inspired “Game of Thrones.”
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ChatGPT is great at summarizing books. But will AI ever write a true work of literature?
With the right prompts, large language models like ChatGPT can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
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