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The explosion in text-to-image AI models like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2—programs trained to generate pictures of almost anything you ask for—has sent ripples through the creative industries, from fashion to filmmaking, by providing weird and wonderful images on demand. The same technology behind these programs is also making a splash in biotech labs, which are increasingly…
OpenAI’s latest tool / toy is an AI chatbot. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI has released a prototype general purpose chatbot that demonstrates a fascinating array of new capabilities but also shows off weaknesses familiar to the fast-moving field of text-generation AI. And you can test out the model for yourself right here. ChatGPT is adapted…
Optimus Primal in his beast mode. | Image: Paramount After years of Paramount’s live-action Transformers movies feeling like they were coasting on their good looks, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ first teaser trailer is here to remind everyone that Beast Wars has always been the superior chunk of the larger Transformers franchise. Transformers: Rise of…
Image: Nintendo Move over, Spotify Wrapped. My favorite music thing on the internet this week is Nintendo’s official English translation of its Splatoon 3 and Animal Crossing concert with holograms of the characters from the games. The concert, starring the musical dog K.K. Slider as a DJ and the idol superstars from Splatoon 3, originally…
Enlarge / Portrait of the author learning that some of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet performance problems might be fixed. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Our review of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet mentioned some of the game’s pervasive performance issues, and we weren’t the only ones. Even more mainstream outlets like The Guardian and CNN noted the…
It’s the Best of What’s New. Nothing Over the past 15 years or so, smartphones have consumed many familiar gizmos. Calculators, TV remotes, cameras, and other standalone devices have converged into the smartphone that lives in our pockets. Recently, however, that trend has slowed. Phones have been iteratively improving with increasingly granular updates. The gadget…
A series of brain scans. Deposit Photos Between lockdowns, missing milestone events such as prom or graduation, and general worry over the state of the world in the past few years, times have been particularly tough on adolescents. Reports of anxiety and depression in adults increased by more than 25 percent in 2020, and some…
During a keynote at re:Invent 2022 today, Amazon announced CodeCatalyst, a service designed to take away the heavy lifting of working across different codebases, tools and environments to build apps. Based on the concept of blueprints, CodeCatalyst — currently in preview — provides a “single place” developers can use to create an app on Amazon…