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How to Avoid Spoilers Online and in Chats
You can minimize the risk of films and shows being spoiled for you by muting comments, conversations, and keywords on various platforms. With multiple streaming services to choose from and the entire history of cinema and television to dig into, you'd be forgiven for not being quite up-to-date with the latest films and shows. That's where spoilers can hit you. Whether it's a twisty Netflix thriller or the season finale of a show on Apple TV, there will be times when you haven't gotten around to watching something and yet you don't want the plot spoiled for you. When you're in that scenario, going online is fraught with risk.
OpenAI's apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
Cobalt Park in North Tyneside was designated as an'AI growth zone' during the US president's visit. Cobalt Park in North Tyneside was designated as an'AI growth zone' during the US president's visit. OpenAI's apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment Exclusive: ยฃ20bn of'potential' ยฃ30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical It was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT . But the plans were paused in April, with an OpenAI spokesperson citing concerns over regulation and high energy costs . Now the Guardian can reveal that OpenAI does not appear to have visited one of Stargate UK's key sites - and that ยฃ20bn of the "potential" ยฃ30bn in investment touted by the UK government appears to have been totally hypothetical.
Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them
Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies--most of which are free to use and share. The recent mission to the moon by Artemis II astronauts was memorable, inspiring, and scientifically important for so many reasons . It also brought us a treasure trove of new images and videos ready to be added to NASA's vast library of content. Consider this photo of Earth from more than 250,000 miles away, for example, taken from the other side of the moon. Or these widely shared pictures of our home planet from inside the Orion capsule, which were taken using iPhone 17 Pro Max phones.
Could the next great novel be written by AI (and would you even be able to tell)?
Could the next great novel be written by AI (and would you even be able to tell)? Can you tell which, if any, were AI generated? "The hotel is in a great location for everything. Lots of places to eat and drink. The hotel itself is always abuzz. The tavern located on the ground floor is definitely a must. Food, service, prices and atmosphere were great." "A good hotel, though the room had the proportions of a well-appointed lift.
Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start
During negotiations on Wednesday, employees voiced frustrations with what they consider an unwillingness among senior DeepMind executives to engage meaningfully with the prospect of unionization. Negotiations between Google DeepMind and its London-based employees over the possibility of unionization stumbled this week, after initial talks left union representatives feeling they had wasted their time, WIRED has learned. In May, DeepMind employees asked Google to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives. The company later denied that request, but agreed to participate in negotiations arbitrated by a third-party body. An initial meeting on Wednesday was attended by union officers, DeepMind employees involved in the unionization push, the third-party arbitrator, and DeepMind HR representatives.
NSW government 'absolutely thrilled' to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films
OpenAI has partnered with datacentre operator NextDC to build a multibillion dollar computing cluster in Sydney. The NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe, says the city is'a highly desirable location'. OpenAI has partnered with datacentre operator NextDC to build a multibillion dollar computing cluster in Sydney. The NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe, says the city is'a highly desirable location'. NSW government'absolutely thrilled' to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong's staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney - despite the government's encouragement The NSW technology minister's office removed a reference to being "absolutely thrilled" about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian Skynet could be headed for the city within five years.
Prepare to expect less from your cheap AI subscription
PCWorld reports that AI subscription providers are implementing new restrictions on flat-rate plans due to financial unsustainability, with users previously accessing $14,000 worth of API tokens for just $200 monthly. Anthropic is limiting Claude subscribers' access to Fable features, while OpenAI's new GPT-5.6
More Than Just Functional: LLM-as-a-Critique for Efficient Code Generation
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable progress in generating functional code, leading to numerous AI-based coding program tools. However, their reliance on the perplexity objective during both training and inference primarily emphasizes functionality, often at the expense of efficiency--an essential consideration for real-world coding tasks. Perhaps interestingly, we observed that well-trained LLMs inherently possess knowledge about code efficiency, but this potential remains underutilized with standard decoding approaches. To address this, we design strategic prompts to activate the model's embedded efficiency understanding, effectively using LLMs as \textit{efficiency critiques} to guide code generation toward higher efficiency without sacrificing--and sometimes even improving--functionality, all without the need for costly real code execution. Extensive experiments on benchmark datasets (EffiBench, HumanEval+) across multiple representative code models demonstrate up to a 70.6\% reduction in average execution time and a 13.6\% decrease in maximum memory usage, highlighting the computational efficiency and practicality of our approach compared to existing alternatives.