I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.
First publicly available Japanese AI dialogue system can speak and listen simultaneously
How do you develop an AI system that perfectly mimics the way humans speak? Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have taken a significant step forward to achieve this. They have created J-Moshi, the first publicly available AI system specifically designed for Japanese conversational patterns.
Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex
Initial community reactions to Kiro were mixed, but developers were intrigued, praising the emphasis on specs, hooks and structure.Read More
It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things
Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.
What a folding ruler can tell us about neural networks
Deep neural networks are at the heart of artificial intelligence, ranging from pattern recognition to large language and reasoning models like ChatGPT. The principle: during a training phase, the parameters of the network’s artificial neurons are optimized in such a way that they can carry out specific tasks, such as autonomously discovering objects or characteristic …
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The human harbor: Navigating identity and meaning in the AI age
The future is marked by deepening uncertainty about our place in it, and by growing ambiguity about the nature of human purpose itself.Read More
Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action
Enterprises adopting voice AI must consider not just usability, but inclusion. Supporting users with disabilities is a market opportunity.Read More
Timekettle T1 Handheld Translator Review: Global Offline Translation
This global language translation tool works whether you’re connected to the network or not.
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 outperforms GPT-4 in key benchmarks — and it’s free
Chinese AI startup Moonshot releases open-source Kimi K2 model that outperforms OpenAI and Anthropic on coding tasks with breakthrough agentic capabilities and competitive pricing.Read More
Best Prime Day Laptop Deals 2025: MacBooks, Chromebooks, and More
We’ve tested just about every laptop you’d want to buy, and these are the best deals we’ve found for Amazon Prime Day.