Ever wondered if you could get an AI bot to fall in love with you? Now you have the chance. Freysa.ai is a team of anonymous developers building a series of increasingly meta challenges designed to influence how humans think about AI safety. The third challenge is starting sometime in the next 24 hours (you […]
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Want to Learn How to Create a Color Study? If you enjoy painting but find preparatory steps tedious, you’re not alone. Preliminary sketches and color studies may seem less exciting than diving into a painting, but they are crucial. Without proper planning, even promising paintings can fall short. For landscape painting, preparation is especially important.
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Generative AI company ElevenLabs has hired the team behind Omnivore, an open-source read-it-later app. In a blog post, Omnivore co-founders Jackson Harper and Hongbo Wu explained that joining ElevenLabs would provide them with a broader platform to create engaging and accessible experiences for passionate readers. Harper and Wu assured users that the Omnivore codebase would
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Google announced a range of updates for Pixel and Android devices as part of its December feature drop, which includes new Gemini extensions, improvements to the Pixel Screenshots app, expressive captions, and accessibility enhancements. Android Updates: Google is introducing new Gemini extensions for services like Spotify, Messaging, Calling, and Smart Home. These will let users
OpenAI Plans to Introduce Chatbot Components to Online Education OpenAI may soon incorporate chatbots into online courses. Siya Raj Purohit, a member of OpenAI’s education team, spoke at a Coeus Collective event, revealing that the company is considering ways to allow instructors to create custom “GPTs” integrated into e-learning. Purohit hopes professors will develop these
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Spotify Wrapped Isn’t Alone: Google Photos Offers Its Own Year-End Recap Spotify Wrapped isn’t the only platform offering a year-end recap this year. Alongside other streaming and social apps, Google Photos is providing users with a look back at key moments from the past year through a feature called “2024 Recap.” This feature showcases a
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OpenAI’s “12 Days of OpenAI” Event: A Holiday Tech Celebration OpenAI is kicking off the holiday season with a special event, the “12 Days of OpenAI” series. This daily livestreamed event, airing at 10 a.m. PT over the next 12 weekdays, promises exciting updates and reveals for AI enthusiasts. Major Announcements The first day of
A Russian programmer, Kirill Parubets, claims the Federal Security Service (FSB) installed spyware on his Android phone after detaining him in Moscow earlier this year. Security experts confirmed spyware had been installed, likely when the authorities accessed his phone using the passcode they forced him to provide. Parubets, a systems analyst with Ukrainian heritage, identifies
U.S. government agencies frequently engage in legally sanctioned hacking of devices such as phones and emails, for purposes like wiretapping suspects or monitoring for security threats. However, there’s growing interest in targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as Wi-Fi-enabled security cameras. Toka, an Israeli startup supported by Andreessen Horowitz, focuses on this niche. The
