“Giant superatoms” could finally solve quantum computing’s biggest problem

In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed the theory for an entirely new quantum system – based on the novel concept of ‘giant superatoms’. This breakthrough enables quantum information to be protected, controlled, and distributed in new ways and could be a key step …

Revealing the hidden logic behind AI’s judgments of people

In a world where artificial intelligence is quietly shaping who gets hired, who receives loans, and even how medical decisions are made, a new question is emerging: How does AI judge us? A new study by Prof. Yaniv Dover and Valeria Lerman from Hebrew University suggests the answer is both reassuring and deeply unsettling. The …

Free open-source tool to instantly rig and animate your illustrations (also with mesh deform)

If you haven’t seen it yet, a model called see-through dropped last week. It takes a single static anime image and decomposes it into 23 separate layers ready for rigging and animation. It’s a huge deal for anyone who wants a rigged 2D character but doesn’t have hundreds of dollars lying around. The problem is …

After ~400 Z-Image Turbo gens I finally figured out why everyone’s portraits look plastic

Been using Z-Image Turbo pretty heavily since it dropped and wanted to dump some notes here because I kept seeing the same complaints I had on day one and nobody was really answering them properly. The thing I kept running into: every portrait looked like a skincare ad. Glossy skin, symmetrical face, that weird “influencer …