The Morning After: Google's geothermal power plant in the desert and more
And the fake female coding influencer.
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The Morning After: NASA and IBM team up for powerful AI weather model
The model will be able to identify conditions conducive to wildfires.
The Morning After: Google plans to delete your old inactive accounts starting tomorrow
That’s if you haven’t logged into an account for two years or more.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
The Morning After: Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing Reels to followers of teen influencers
It’s apparently a known problem, internally.
The Morning After: Formula 1 wants AI to help it figure out if a car breaks track limits
Officials want to reduce incidents that require manual review.
The Morning After: Google's Bard AI is getting better at understanding YouTube
Not enough to tell you not to watch that video, though.
The Morning After: YouTube’s fight against ad blockers led to ‘sub-optimal’ viewing
Especially if you’re not on Chrome.
The best air fryers for 2023, tested and reviewed
If you somehow haven't bought one yet, we've got you covered.
The Morning After: Microsoft recruits recently fired OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman
OpenAI reportedly considered bringing him back.
The Morning After: Samsung made its own generative AI model
The company is pulling a Bixby again.
The Morning After: Hollywood studios wanted to use AI-generated likenesses of dead actors without permission
It was apparently one of the final points of contention with striking actors.
The Morning After: Apple’s new MacBook lineup makes much more sense
An M3 chip for every situation.
The Morning After: Elon Musk’s new AI company, xAI, launches Grok the chatbot
But only for X’s Premium+ subscribers.
The Morning After: The final Beatles song was made with a little help from AI
You can listen to ‘Now and Then’... now.
The Morning After: YouTube is seriously cracking down on ad blockers
Viewers must enable ads if they don’t want to pay for YouTube Premium.
The Morning After: US government announces AI Safety Institute
Kamala Harris announced the institute, alongside more AI policies.
The Morning After: Apple reveals new MacBook Pros, M3 chips and a new iMac
With a spooky black option for MBPs.
