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The AI Hype Index: Grok makes porn, and Claude Code nails your job

MIT Technology Review

Everyone is panicking because AI is very bad; everyone is panicking because AI is very good. It's just that you never know which one you're going to get. Grok is a pornography machine. Claude Code can do anything from building websites to reading your MRI. So of course Gen Z is spooked by what this means for jobs. Unnerving new research says AI is going to have a seismic impact on the labor market this year.


Facial recognition AI trained to work on bears

Popular Science

The noninvasive method is already monitoring over 100 Alaskan brown bears. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Instead, the desire to survive generally wins out over lingering to admire the predator's sizable claws or snout shape. Knowing this, you'd be forgiven for having difficulty differentiating one bear from another. For many ecologists, monitoring individual animals over long periods of time--even years--is crucial to conservation efforts.


Publishers are blocking the Internet Archive for fear AI scrapers can use it as a workaround

Engadget

The Internet Archive has often been a valuable resource for journalists, from it's finding records of deleted tweets or providing academic texts for background research. However, the advent of AI has created a new tension between the parties. A few major publications have begun blocking the nonprofit digital library's access to their content based on concerns that AI companies' bots are using the Internet Archive's collections to indirectly scrape their articles. A lot of these AI businesses are looking for readily available, structured databases of content, Robert Hahn, head of business affairs and licensing for, told . The Internet Archive's API would have been an obvious place to plug their own machines into and suck out the IP.


Humanoid robot makes architectural history by designing a building

FOX News

The world's first ultra-realistic robot artist Ai-Da Robot can create architectural designs using camera eyes and AI algorithms. Her Space Pod concept envisions modular housing.


Music publishers sue Anthropic for 3 billion over 'flagrant piracy'

Engadget

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3 billion over'flagrant piracy' The suit accuses the company of illegally downloading 20,000 songs to train Claude. A group of music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group Anthropic, . These songs were then allegedly fed into the chatbot Claude for training purposes. There are some iconic tunes named by Universal in the suit, including tracks by The Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond and Elton John, among many others. Concord is an independent publisher that handles artists like Common, Killer Mike and Korn.



Svalbard polar bears are doing surprisingly well (for now)

Popular Science

In the face of sea ice loss, some of the bears on the Norwegian archipelago are gaining weight. Three polar bear cubs gather around their tranquilized mother. She had a litter of three cubs (an unusual brood size) and the smallest cub only weighed 11 pounds (five kilograms). Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Arctic's polar bears () are often the poster species for the perils of climate change .


Thousands of iPhone apps expose data inside Apple App Store

FOX News

Thousands of iOS apps available in the Apple App Store contain hardcoded secrets exposing payment systems, login credentials and personal data, research finds.


Marty Supreme actress quits new film after casting backlash

BBC News

Actress Odessa A'zion has pulled out of A24's latest film, Deep Cuts, after online backlash over her casting. The movie is an adaptation of author Holly Brickley's novel, set in the early 2000s, which explores a romantic relationship between college friends Percy and Joe. Fans of the novel were unhappy Marty Supreme star A'zion was due to play supporting character Zoe Gutierrez, described in the book as having Mexican and Jewish heritage. The 25-year-old actress announced she'd pulled out of the production, admitting she had not read the novel and saying she should have paid more attention to Zoe's background before signing up. A'Zion, whose mother is Jewish, was criticised for taking on the role, with users online arguing the part should have gone to a Latin American actress.


LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. A body-worn camera shows the perspective of LAPD officers when arresting a suspect. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . LAPD officials are proposing changes to the department's data retention policy, seeking to purge millions of old records.