A website that was dedicated to the human endeavor of reverse engineering, “decompiling,” and modifying video games is shutting down because people using AI to clone and decompile games have fully overrun the community and are far outpacing what human software engineers alone can do. The news comes as AI-coded ...
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Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per MonthAccenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month
Consulting giant Accenture has told many employees that the company will now only spend $29 a month per person on Claude. Employees subject to the cap, some of whom had been spending as much as $1,000 monthly, are scrambling to find ways to make sure they can keep spending as ...
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to FallCharacter.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web. ...
There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment RobotThere’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
Let’s briefly deconstruct a viral or soon to be viral story out of Cologne, Germany regarding an incident in which a “remotely controlled robot grabs 16-year-old’s buttocks” and “performed thrusting movements against her,” according to police. I have begun to see this story percolate around the English-speaking internet because it ...
Character.ai’s Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don’t WorkCharacter.ai’s Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don’t Work
Character.ai’s bankruptcy is the one of the first dominos to fall in the long-foreseen AI bubble. The circumstances of its bankruptcy are exactly what critics of AI have been saying would happen: Character.ai lit a huge amount of money on fire running its product, did not bring in a lot ...
The Creator of ‘Smutstep’ Wants You to ‘Let Your Freak Flag Fly’The Creator of ‘Smutstep’ Wants You to ‘Let Your Freak Flag Fly’
Last week, a video came across my feed of a man saying horny lines over a dubstep beat. “On your knees,” he snarled. As the beat dropped, he growled, “Mmm, now look at me.” “Instagram reels just showed me a guy who makes ‘smutstep’ for the booktok crowd and it ...
Dubstep and BookTok, a perfect match?Dubstep and BookTok, a perfect match?
Sorry for the late newsletter today, we’re still a little sleepy. To ease you into this afternoon, I have an interview with the guy who coined the term “smutstep,” and has become a sensation among a very specific section of dark romance BookTok — as well as a lot of ...
Tesla’s ‘Security Protocols’ Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking DeviceTesla’s ‘Security Protocols’ Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking Device
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. The “security protocols” on a Tesla stopped a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent from placing a tracking device on it, according to a warrant reviewed by 404 Media. On ...
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior PhotoAI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
An AI company now lets cops take a photo and nearly instantly figure out what specific home it was taken in, using only clues in the photo itself, and is clearly pulling data from sites like Zillow and Airbnb. The tool, called Raven, shows the increasing power of AI capabilities ...
Cops can creep on AirbnbCops can creep on Airbnb
Good Monday morning! Today’s big story is an investigation from Joseph about cops and an AI tool that takes data from sites like Airbnb and Zillow and identifies specific properties. The internet is full of photos of the interiors of people’s homes, from real estate and rental listings to short-term ...