the annual AVN Expo is like any other industry conference. Attendees collect lanyards, pile into a brightly lit hotel and queue at coffee stations for tepid drinks. But in other ways it is very different. The dress code specifies not whether blazers and ties are required but which body parts must be…

Prompts built the first generation of AI. But as autonomous agents emerge, machines are learning to act not just react. Welcome to the Post-Prompt Era. Mehmet Özel 5 min read· Oct 25, 2025 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size AI Generated Image ⚙️ The Death of the Prompt It started…

Press enter or click to view image in full size Image generated by Krea.ai Member-only story José Andrés Olivera Amato 3 min read· Oct 25, 2025 -- Here is the plain truth. Most AI programs stall because people try to run before they can walk. You do not need a hundred-page strategy or a magic model.…

Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2501.13947v1 (cs) [Submitted on 19 Jan 2025 (this version), latest version 1 May 2025 (v3)] Authors:, Wenli Yang, Michael Bain, Byeong Kang View a PDF of the paper titled A Comprehensive Survey on Integrating Large Language Models with…

In this article MSFT Getty Images | Bloomberg LinkedIn has verified more than 55 million of its users, for free, in order to combat the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence, the company told CNBC. The Microsoft-owned service said it has the most verified individual…

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Animated Drawings Create animations starring your own drawn characters. This is an implementation of the algorithm described in the paper, 'A Method for Automatically Animating Children's Drawings of the Human Figure'. Animated Drawings This repo contains an implementation of the algorithm described…

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We can look forward to a future where we don’t have to do chores ourselves anymore, thanks to Dyson. The company offered a sneak peak into what its robotics department has been working on during the International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Dyson said most of its robotics projects are…

About three weeks ago, I published an article on the 12 technology forces shaping our future which was written in line with a book by Kevin Kelly – The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. Our technologically future is filled with screens and cognitive…

A WORKING GROUP has been established to counter disinformation and develop a new National Counter Disinformation Strategy for Ireland. The multi-sectoral group will aim to combat disinformation and reduce the creation and spread of “false and harmful material”. The group is being coordinated by the…

From all indicators, robots as a service (RaaS) is growing rapidly. ABI Research predicts there will be 1.3 million installations of RaaS by 2026 generating $34 billion in revenue. Let’s look at what robots as a service entails, the reasons for its growth and some companies that offer RaaS solutions…

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Stephanie Palazzolo wrote on Twitter: it's so disorienting to see the insane number of tech layoffs recently and then to see today that the US added 517K jobs + pushed unemployment down to lowest level in 50 years… can't tell if i'm just in a tech echo chamber or if i'm missing something else here —…

Last week, we used ChatGPT to write job posts. As we learned, the best writing ChatGPT did was also the most biased for this kind of content. But job posts are generally one-size-fits-all content. Most organizations write one job post for a role and then publish it for thousands of people to see.…

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Abstract Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to lead such action but are largely failing to do so. At the same time, many academic scientists find their work impeded by bureaucracy, excessive competitiveness,…

Last week, I missed a real-life meeting because I hadn’t set a reminder on my smartphone, leaving someone I’d never met before alone in a café. But on the same day, I remembered the name of the actor who played Will Smith’s aunt in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1991 (Janet Hubert). Memory is weird,…

How long will the naked eye be able to spot the difference between images made by generative artificial intelligence and art created by humans? Ari Melenciano, an artist who works at Google's Creative Lab, squints at her computer screen during our Zoom chat and scans artwork created with generative…

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 5.1 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This…

Ever since the chat bot ChatGPT burst into public view in late 2022, students, professors and administrators have been woozy from a chaotic cocktail of excitement, uncertainty and fear. The bot writes poems, sonnets and essays. It also serves as a convincing debate partner on a seemingly unlimited…

Sandra Hennessy ➡️ 23 years empowering & guiding SMEs on how to increase revenue via digital channels. Attract - Engage - Convert your ideal client. Digital Marketing Trainer, Speaker, Consultant, Mentor & Owner at Be Dynamic. 2y Edited Report this post You may have heard of Chat GPT but are unsure…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rattle industries, many organizations are turning to digital transformation to ease disruptions. While this shift requires business leaders to make a great deal of technological change, digital transformation also requires them to re-examine their attitudes and…

It used to be cocaine that was, as Robin Williams had it, God’s way of telling you that you have too much money. Now it’s buying Twitter for $44 billion and setting fire to it. But perhaps there is some continuity here. Both drugs heighten the sense of invincibility you feel while you are making a…

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T.C. Sottek is executive editor who has obsessed over headlines and internet speeds since 2011. He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided to offer “general amnesty” to suspended accounts starting next week — a gentler way of saying that he’s…

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Experiments in AI Art – Part 1 – First Steps Dall-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion – unless you have REALLY not been paying attention you will definitely have heard of at least one of those.If you have been paying attention you will likely have the same “witnessing a revolution” feeling I…

The news out of Meta couldn’t get much worse, with hundreds of billions in value already lost this year followed by the announcement of massive layoffs at the company. Despite deep pockets and unfathomable reach, there suddenly seems to be little hope for Meta’s future right at the very moment that…

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. It’s over. Facebook is in decline, Twitter in chaos. Mark Zuckerberg’s empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars…

When our daughter was in elementary school, she received a certificate for being the “Quietest Student.” Our high energy extrovert, the neighborhood ringleader, was quiet in the classroom? …Who was this child? We human beings act differently, in different situations. This is a good thing: it’s part…

The age of invention: patents show differences between younger and older inventors Illustration/Jessica TannyPatent filers are most productive around midlife, but some inventors continue to be productive well into their 60s or beyond, according to new research. By Nov. 9, 2022 Some inventors…

Updated at 6:55 p.m. ET on November 7, 2022 Elon Musk has spent the past 12 years tweeting whatever comes into his mind, often without major negative consequences. That was before he owned the place. Now, less than two weeks after his $44 billion purchase, the world’s richest man is finding that his…

My posts have been popping this week. So many likes and replies—especially the one about dogs vs. cats. (Dogs, duh.) Yet all the while, I kept thinking about the one man who controls my fate on this social network. Ruud Schilders. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. We’re surrounded by visual material every day, all the time, whether we’re walking down the street or scrolling through a cellphone. But how often do we stop and consider how the objects or images or videos we encounter operate in the…

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Lately I’ve been framing all of my work through the lens of increasing agency. (See: notes on agency at work). So it’s no surprise that this piece from Nadia struck a chord: If “grit” – the desire to persevere when faced with a challenge, popularized by psychologist Angela Duckworth – has been the…

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Trademark infringement disputes are a dime a dozen, though they aren't as rampant in the automotive industry compared to other businesses. One of the few that came to light was the logo dispute between the French automaker Citroën and the Swedish carmaker Polestar, which reached a ruling in 2020.