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A Blockbuster late fee gave Netflix its origin story
Netflix was created because of a late fee at Blockbuster. Ania shares the origin story, a case study in how one annoying charge sparked an entire company.
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AI art was brilliant at almost everything. Hands were its blind spot.
AI image generators produced stunning art but kept mangling hands. A short video explains why the recurring failure became a tell of machine-made images.
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FranLab science news roundup: robots, bells, AI, and hell cooling off
FranLab's new science news episode bundles robot mishaps, picky bells, an AI explainer, and a frosty surprise, plus a direct Patreon funding ask.
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Anthropic's new chart wades into the AI job replacement debate
Anthropic published a new chart on how generative AI is reshaping work. The data lands in the middle of the job replacement debate with fresh evidence.
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Global alarm over Anthropic's Mythos: has AI gone too far?
Akash Banerjee's new report claims Anthropic's Mythos has caused global alarm and asks whether AI has gone too far. The question now has a name: Mythos.
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The 'Oppenheimer' of the AI era
Behind the AI arms race are tech titans driven by discovery and the pursuit of profit. The Oppenheimer label explains why that combination is dangerous.
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What is an agentic workflow? The Aunt Mary guide
AI agents are moving from passive search to active execution, doing the work instead of merely pointing to it. The Aunt Mary guide to agentic workflows.
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AI attack ad PAC tied to firm running Drummond campaign
A News 4 investigation ties the PAC behind an AI-generated anti-Mazzei attack ad to the firm running the Drummond campaign, raising coordination questions.
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What is AI? A plain-English guide to artificial intelligence
AI refers to software that learns from data and performs tasks once thought to require human intelligence. This guide explains what it does and its limits.
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Building trust at a new job is key, and so is being someone people want to work with
A conversation on the freeCodeCamp podcast argues that new hires succeed by earning trust and becoming a colleague people want to work with, not by skill alone.
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Michigan education department issues statewide AI guidance for schools
Michigan's education department is issuing new statewide guidance to help schools manage artificial intelligence in the classroom, though contents remain unclear.
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Seekr CEO warns U.S.-China AI race is a national security risk
Seekr Technologies CEO Pat Condo warns the U.S.-China AI race is a national security risk, citing Nvidia H200 chip sales to Chinese firms as a key concern.