14m ago
AO3 users test a Claude detector for fanfiction, with shaky evidence
An anonymous X account says an AO3 skin can flag Claude-pasted text, but the detection method rests on a code artifact a...
By Riley Okafor/section
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21m ago
Google’s new Home speaker gets dinged for unfinished Gemini software
The Verge praised Google’s $99.99 smart speaker hardware but said Gemini for Home is slow, unreliable and held back by p...
By Riley Okafor
24m ago
AI chip bonuses turn South Korean engineers into prized dates
MIT Technology Review reports that AI chip profits are spilling into South Korea’s dating market, while eye perfusion re...
By Felix Aranda
29m ago
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 can return after export-control fight
The Commerce Department lifted restrictions after Anthropic added a classifier meant to block a jailbreak flagged by Ama...
By Theo Lindgren
53m ago
Midjourney shows its ultrasound scanner, but evidence is still scarce
A new video tours Midjourney’s water-tank ultrasound hardware while leaving key questions about image quality, speed, an...
By Riley Okafor
1h ago
Wealthy families pay for AI-led private schooling despite thin evidence
Forge Prep and Alpha School are charging steep tuition for AI-tutor models, while public performance data remains scarce...
By Riley Okafor
1h ago
UK adopts lifetime tobacco sales ban for people born after 2009
The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 puts Britain behind a generational tobacco ban, a public-health gamble with little real-w...
By Riley Okafor
1h ago
MIT Technology Review spotlights UK tobacco ban and Bear fiction
The Download led with a UK tobacco sales ban, a new Elizabeth Bear story and a crowded list of AI, spyware and data-cent...
By Riley Okafor
1h ago
Google Workspace ad drafts the Declaration with Gemini
Google’s commercial imagines Jefferson, Franklin and Adams using Workspace and Gemini to write the Declaration of Indepe...
By Felix Aranda
1h ago
Anthropic says it wants to discover drugs, not just sell lab AI
The Claude maker is moving from software supplier to would-be drug developer, with few public details on what happens if...
By Felix Aranda
1h ago
Perfusion box keeps donor eyes viable in early transplant research
Researchers report that a device feeding oxygenated fluid to removed eyes preserved pig and human retinas, but the work...
By Riley Okafor
1h ago
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs as Xbox and sales take the hit
The layoffs affect about 2.1 percent of Microsoft’s workforce, with Xbox facing deeper reductions by the end of the fina...
By Felix Aranda