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Apparently Alaska Airlines offers NO WAY know where it flies direct other than randomly type in city pairs and dates. I have miles I can't use due to eliminated routes & they provide no sane way to find alternatives. And no, flying from Dallas to Chicago via Seattle is not ok.

Looking forward to testing the new MidJourney feature of Image Inpainting, which is a way to remix a portion of the image while retaining other parts. decrypt.co/153380/midjour…

So we're now at the point that AI bots are better than humans at solving CAPTCHAs. Here comes the noise. qz.com/ai-bots-recapt…

Is the AI Alignment Problem is a serious risk? Open AI is now working on a solution. The concern is that AI systems’ goals may not align with those of humans. The risk is heightened if future AI systems are smarter than humans and have conflicting goals. spectrum.ieee.org/the-alignment-…

1,000s of Free Audiobooks Released: Project Gutenberg & Microsoft have released free & open audiobooks using AI voice Project Gutenberg's collection. #audiobooks #aivoice #projectgutenberg #microsoft #freeaudiobooks …rhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-publ…

Could Cyborg Cockroaches save lives? Scientist have been able to hack their antennae to make them remote-controlled to be used for search and rescue for disaster response. youtube.com/watch?v=oGf0UX…

Artists may start getting small payments for generative AI derived from their work from some companies. But details are murky. It seems like this may be heading the way of streaming music where artist are getting small fractions of a cent per stream. techcrunch.com/2023/09/30/how…

I like this take on backing tracks for live music. I understand for some artists and some songs backing tracks make sense, but I much prefer a fully live band. ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_m…

Should artists be held accountable for extreme tardiness to shows where people are paying hundreds of dollars for tickets? Madonna sued by 2 New York City fans for late concert start time. ew.com/madonna-lawsui… via Entertainment Weekly

Is your auto maker selling your driving data to insurance companies or data brokers? This can increase your insurance costs even if you've never had an accident or received a traffic ticket! And they may use deception to get you to "opt-in." nytimes.com/2024/03/11/tec…

Imagine reading you own obituary... Scammers have been creating fake obits about living people as clickbait with the help of AI. - CNN apple.news/AZqip2sf0Tnuh_…

Midjouney is already shockingly good at image generation. I'm fascinated to see where they go with Video, 3D and realtime generation. #ai #GenerativeAI

Where are US teens spending their time? Pew Research: 93% say they used YouTube. 63% say they used TikTok. Snapchat at 60% and Instagram at 59%. But 17% say they use TikTok "almost constantly" vs YouTube at 16%, Snapchat at 14% and Instagram at 8%.

New Report: Beethoven may have gone deaf and ultimately died due to lead poisoning coming from cheap wine, which he drank daily. nytimes.com/2024/05/06/hea… #Beethoven

Justice Department and 30 states filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, which manages over 400 artists, owns or operates 260 concert venues & controls more than 80% of major concert ticketing through Ticketmaster sherwood.news/business/ticke…

23AndMe should not sell out its customers, even if they're in financial trouble! Sign Consumer Reports Advocacy petition demanding @23AndMe to protect its customers’ highly sensitive genetic data action.consumerreports.org/nb-20241017-23…

Interesting that Salesforce Dreamforce seems to be all about AI Agents and Agentic Systems #dreamforce #saleforce #agenticsystems #AI

While LLMs are powerful tools, something seems off about much of the text. Here's 10 Signs of AI Writing That People Miss. open.substack.com/pub/thealgorit…