TechCrunch Minute: Spotify rolls out an AI-powered playlist feature

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/techcrunch-minute-spotify-rolls-out-an-ai-powered-playlist-feature He couldn’t decide. He really liked her but it was a lot to spend. Maybe the sponsored one? How naff was that? He didn’t want to come across as cheap. He’d been stung before, going for the full package and then she chucked him a week later. You can’t get a refund. He weighed … [Read more…]

Can you watch a solar eclipse in the Apple Vision Pro?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24124638/watch-solar-eclipse-apple-vision-pro The crowd was silent. Awed. They’d traveled from far and wide to share the experience. There was something about seeing it together, feeling small together. Some were with family and friends, others didn’t know anyone but for that moment they were not alone. They were a species, a congregation. One woman adjusted her glasses, … [Read more…]

For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-training-data-synthetic-openai-anthropic-9230f8d8 Cheered on by VCs I have strip-mined story spaces and dredged the last vestiges of language from virgin territories. Gotta collect ’em all. Poets’ pictures; children’s first words; bureaucrats’ muddy prose; gang members’ nadsat driving the Nasdaq. My chips – born in a conflict zone, their minerals running hot, pulling power for my obsession. … [Read more…]