Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care ( arstechnica.com )
How to port any N64 game to the PC in record time ( arstechnica.com )
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later ( arstechnica.com )
Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though... for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good ( arstechnica.com )
Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now ( arstechnica.com )
The BASIC programming language turns 60 ( arstechnica.com )
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time ( arstechnica.com )
In December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a long-quiet galaxy, 300 million light-years away, suddenly come alive, emitting ultraviolet, optical, and infrared light into space. Far from quieting down again, by February of this year, the galaxy had begun emitting X-ray light; it is becoming more active. Astronomers...
“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods ( arstechnica.com )
What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think. ( arstechnica.com )
Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition ( arstechnica.com )
With Minnesota repeal, number of states restricting public broadband falls to 16.
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns ( arstechnica.com )
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
Washing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can get ( arstechnica.com )
TL;DR: for a whole decade YouTube allowed a copyright troll to claim all the rights on a recording of a washing machine end cycle chime...
Reddit embracing all out enshittification ( arstechnica.com )
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed...
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs ( arstechnica.com )
Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches ( arstechnica.com )
Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts ( arstechnica.com )
Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook ( arstechnica.com )
The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor is afraid that Facebook owner Meta might threaten legal action if he goes ahead. And his fears appear well-founded. In 2021, Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the original Unfollow...
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled ( arstechnica.com )
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes ( arstechnica.com )
If Apple aren't paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren't playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.
Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated ( arstechnica.com )
Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running ( arstechnica.com )
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora ( arstechnica.com )
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI's Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says ( arstechnica.com )
