speculations

Teaser’s AI dating app turns you into a chatbot

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/teasers-ai-dating-app-turns-you-into-a-chatbot/ Practice makes perfect. That’s what my dad says. He means school or occasionally football but… Another of his favourite clichés is: “try. try, try again”. Anyway there are more important things than school and certainly football – sorry dad. He has occasionally talked about previous girlfriends but in a… Read the rest

The DeSantis campaign used AI-generated images to attack Trump

https://www.engadget.com/the-desantis-campaign-used-ai-generated-images-to-attack-trump-062923571.html Can a lie about a lie be a lie? It was one of those big questions she thought about as she watched the screens. She’d got into the campaign because she believed in the candidate – too many hours watching The West Wing in her youth, perhaps. He wouldn’t… Read the rest

ChatGPT told Charlie Brooker exactly how not to write a ‘Black Mirror’ episode

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/07/chatgpt-told-charlie-brooker-exactly-how-not-to-write-a-black-mirror-episode/ He’s been speculating for some time. Short short stories. Flash fictions. He writes every day. A few minutes after reading the news of the day. Some stories are better than others. Some are almost imagist/haiku-like word tardises: bigger on the inside. others are just bad jokes, but he always… Read the rest

Hands on With Apple’s Vision Pro: The Opposite of Disappearing

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-demo/ I love them. I still call them films but they’re called “immersives”. Ugh! When my parents were my age, I remember them flicking through their memories on their phone. It’s lovely stepping back into my life: childhood birthday parties and holidays. Family events. There’s no doubt, you’re there. The… Read the rest

Emmi Caffé Latte takes Love Island activity to ‘next level’

https://the-media-leader.com/emmi-caffe-latte-takes-love-island-activity-to-next-level/ The room was plain. Blank. A minimalist artwork, somewhere between John Lennon’s Imagine video and a dystopian hospital: antiseptic, bright and oh so clean. He looked equally clean. His team had decided that cut of the T-shirt and jeans and the right sort of shoes – all a blank… Read the rest

How are nonprofits using AI and ChatGPT? The focus is on the donor dollars

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/how-are-nonprofits-using-ai-and-chatgpt-the-focus-is-on-the-donor-dollars/ She loved the way charity shops were so unlike other carefully curated and arranged shops. No supermarket aisles here. Aladdin’s cave. A gallimaufry. She never went in looking for something and never knew what she would come out with. Surprise. The bell rang on the door. Packed shelves of… Read the rest

US eating disorder helpline takes down AI chatbot over harmful advice

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/eating-disorder-hotline-union-ai-chatbot-harm zz Hello Sam, good to talk with you. What can I help you with today? …OK, I can help you with that. I have access to all the data we need to explain your symptoms and help you deal with those issues. I can see where you live and… Read the rest

Meta announces Quest 3 as Apple prepares to drop its VR/AR headset

https://newatlas.com/vr/meta-quest-3-vr/ Sad. They’re just sad. They don’t even know they’re sad. It’s sad. Their avatars might have the right gear; say the right things (thanks AI) make the right moves (thanks again): but out there in The Other World, they’re sad. And we know they’re sad. They probably haven’t figured… Read the rest