A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by “overfitting” in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech
Plus: otherworlds, cozy lit and VHS rentals Max Read / Read Max : Will A.I. writing ever be good? Alberto Romero / The Algorithmic Bridge : The Death of the English Language X: Joe McKendrick / @joemc...
Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025
Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.
Alibaba creates an English language version of Modelscope, an Amazon Bedrock like service for building AI models launched in 2022, and claims to host 5K+ models
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Google unveils a new Gemini-powered chat-based tool in Google Ads to build Search ad campaigns, out in beta to all English language advertisers in the US and UK
Google announced today that Gemini, its family of multimodal large language models, now powers the conversational experience within the Google Ads platform.
Indonesia restricts X.com, which now redirects to twitter.com after Twitter rebranding to X, as the domain had been previously used by porn and gambling sites
I thought that was crazy.. Then an ELONGATED NUT came loose and now it's truly branded X … Ryan Schultz / @ryanschultz@mastodon.social : I mean, you could argue that the birdsite brand was one of the ...
The current push for age restrictions on certain online content in the US echoes the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which was struck down by SCOTUS in 1997
New York Times : Mastodon: @kashhill@mastodon.social . Tweets: @amarisllis and @kashhill Mastodon: @kashhill@mastodon.social : Lawmakers worried about the internet's effects on young brains have prop...
Novakid, an app that offers online English language classes to kids aged 4-12, raises $35M Series B led by Owl Ventures and Goodwater Capital
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch : Tweets: @nmasc_ Tweets: Natasha / @nmasc_ : funding for language learning startups continues! last week it was a pre-seed for boldvoice, this week it's a series b f...
Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds
or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am fine with this” Just...
Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year
Shubham Agarwal / Fast Company : Tweets: @harrymccracken . Thanks: @phonesoldier Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : ShareChat is a homegrown social-media hit in India, and a bunch of U.S. co...
Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year
Shubham Agarwal / Fast Company : Tweets: @harrymccracken . Thanks: @phonesoldier Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : ShareChat is a homegrown social-media hit in India, and a bunch of U.S. co...