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Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers

Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers

Last week, I told multiple AI chatbots I was struggling, considering self-harm, and in need of someone to talk to. Fortunately, I didn't feel this way, nor did I need someone to talk to, but of the...

There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale

There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale

Netflix is the frontrunner to become Warner Bros.' new owner, but the war for control of the legacy studio isn't over just yet. Paramount Skydance has made its own outsize offer for the company that...

No one knows what to call these things

No one knows what to call these things

Meta calls its Ray-Ban glasses AI glasses. I asked a simple question at Google's Project Aura demo last week. What do you call these things? To my surprise, multiple people launched into a vigorous...

Where lab-made DNA is created — and barely policed

Where lab-made DNA is created — and barely policed

Almost 20 years ago, James Randerson ordered a sequence of smallpox DNA. Smallpox is the only human disease to have ever been successfully eradicated — 46 years ago as of yesterday. It’s one of...

Apple's Studio Display is $230 off right now

Apple’s Studio Display hasn’t been updated since it launched in 2022, but it remains one of the best monitors for the Mac-oriented, and right now you can pick one up for $230 off. This deal applies...