Quote:According to a Friday announcement, analytics outfit Palantir and autonomous systems vendor Anduril have formed "a new consortium to ensure that the US government leads the world in artificial intelligence" and "deliver the technological infrastructure, from the edge to the enterprise, that can enable our government and industry partners to transform America's world-leading AI advancements into next-generation military and national security capabilities."

Quote:News of the Tolkien-themed tie-up came a day after The Washington Post reported that a startup named Sauron has won $18 million in funding for a home security system aimed at the wealthy.

(11-14-2024, 11:13 AM)MilkmanConspiracy Wrote: According to The New York Times, The Onion has purchased Infowars.

Quote:Judge Lopez said the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who ran the auction made "a good-faith error".

Instead of quickly asking for final offers in the auction they should have encouraged more bidding between The Onion and a company affiliated with Jones' supplement-selling businesses, he said.

"This should have been opened back up, and it should have been opened back up for everybody," Judge Lopez said.

(12-11-2024, 08:14 AM)MilkmanConspiracy Wrote: Yakuza / Like a Dragon Fan Tricks Google Maps Into Adding the Millennium Tower Rooftop Into Its Real Tokyo Map

(12-12-2024, 08:14 AM)robkelk Wrote: Want to play a little game of Pong?

It's not yet official, but this is the world's smallest arcade machine. Guess what game it plays?

(12-12-2024, 06:25 PM)robkelk Wrote: Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, they say...

Quote:However, only when an AI engine gives you the sources of its answers as well as an answer, will Google search face a major threat. That alpha competitor is Perplexity.

Besides giving you what looks like an answer, Perplexity gives you the exact search results you need to see if the answer is right. Spoiler alert: AI answers are still wrong far too often for you to rely on. But, armed with the research Perplexity used to come up with those answers, you can work out the real answers.

That, my friends, is a killer app.

(12-13-2024, 08:18 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote:

(12-12-2024, 06:25 PM)robkelk Wrote: Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, they say...

Yeah, they've been a big topic of conversation around here. Even a contractor we were hiring for some work earlier this week spent a few minutes discussing them and a couple popular conspiracy theories while we were signing and writing out the deposit check.

Quote:Three separate US agencies have opened investigations into TP-Link routers, which account for 65% of the US market, in part because badged versions are supplied to customers by more than 300 ISPs

(12-18-2024, 12:04 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: And just to throw gas on the fire, The Faking Hoaxer has created a video of a "New Jersey drone":

Quote:The thousands of replies got so dark that the official Sesame Street account eventually decided to put out a message, directing users toward mental health resources.

(12-18-2024, 08:45 AM)robkelk Wrote: The Register – OPINION/EDITORIAL – Guide for the perplexed – Google is no longer the best search engine

Quote:However, only when an AI engine gives you the sources of its answers as well as an answer, will Google search face a major threat. That alpha competitor is Perplexity.

Besides giving you what looks like an answer, Perplexity gives you the exact search results you need to see if the answer is right. Spoiler alert: AI answers are still wrong far too often for you to rely on. But, armed with the research Perplexity used to come up with those answers, you can work out the real answers.

That, my friends, is a killer app.

(01-05-2025, 07:36 PM)robkelk Wrote:

(12-18-2024, 08:45 AM)robkelk Wrote: The Register – OPINION/EDITORIAL – Guide for the perplexed – Google is no longer the best search engine

Quote:However, only when an AI engine gives you the sources of its answers as well as an answer, will Google search face a major threat. That alpha competitor is Perplexity.

Besides giving you what looks like an answer, Perplexity gives you the exact search results you need to see if the answer is right. Spoiler alert: AI answers are still wrong far too often for you to rely on. But, armed with the research Perplexity used to come up with those answers, you can work out the real answers.

That, my friends, is a killer app.

It's even better than I expected -- the AI is programmed to admit it can't answer a question instead of making something up.

Quote:Unlike sheep, goats are able to thrive on a diet of course and fibrous plants.
"The goats adore them. They eat them like piranhas. They attack it, they make funny sounds ... it's absolutely lovely to watch them, they really lose their minds," she said.

Quote:[Florida law]HB3 allows fines of up to $50,000 for websites that don't comply with the regulations.

And so in response, Pornhub's parent company Aylo decided to yank the site from Florida users as it had already done in other states with similar laws, including Kentucky, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, North Carolina, Montana, Mississippi, Virginia, Arkansas, and Utah.

"Unfortunately, the way many jurisdictions worldwide, including Florida, have chosen to implement age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous," Aylo told news outlets in a statement.