The Thought Research Initiative is a known entity in the Local 58 universe. But a new video and website bring the TRI from the 80s into the 2000s, with its new breakthrough — Qualiaform Intuition. It brags that it’s “taught, not trained” and “genuine, not generative,” hinting at the horror behind the scenes.
Developer Dan Horwitz told Gizmodo his anti-Grammarly is indeed satire. But it’s also still a functional Chrome extension that promises to banish the emdash, erase annoying phrases that are dead giveaways of AI, and even introduce some typos. But maybe you should just write that email yourself to begin with.
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Sho Miyake has been celebrated for his quiet, careful character portraits in his home country. Now his two latest films are available stateside.
The suspect in a school shooting at the Canadian town described violent scenarios to ChatGPT, but even though OpenAI banned the account, it did not alert law enforcement about the person.
”I want to express my deepest condolences to the entire community,” Altman wrote in a letter published by the local publication Tumbler RidgeLines. “No one should ever have to endure a tragedy like this.”
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A report by Bloomberg points out that the DOJ has joined an xAI lawsuit against the Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence law that is set to take effect in Colorado on June 30th. In their filing, the government’s lawyers claim that by requiring developers to take “reasonable care to protect consumers” from algorithmic discrimination, the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.
The platform claims the app has “no tracking” and is “fully end-to-end encrypted.” Benji Taylor, who leads design at X, says the launch is “just the beginning of what we’re building for messaging.”
Square Enix just announced a bunch of news for its MMO, including an expansion called Evercold, an Evangelion crossover, and a port for Nintendo’s new console in August. The Switch 2 version will get a month-long (free) early access period, though it sounds like it will have its own separate subscription.
