Comment Irrelevant (Score 1) 57
Nobody will use their new app, because the old one sucks and we all use Spotify.
Spotify works so why change.
Want to do something innovative add Bluetooth.
Comment Re:This is a crime right? (Score 1) 231
The most effective way would probably be to split the jobs of the head of the state and the head of the government.
Submission + - Chinese study claims stem cell therapy reversed type 2 diabetes in patient (business-standard.com)
AmiMoJo writes: In a medical breakthrough, researchers in China have reported the world’s first successful reversal of type 2 diabetes using stem cell therapy. By restoring the body’s natural ability to produce insulin, the treatment moves beyond lifelong symptom management and signals a future in which diabetes may no longer be a permanent condition. Researchers in China used advanced stem cell technology to generate insulin-producing pancreatic cells in the laboratory and then transplanted these into a patient with type 2 diabetes. After receiving the treatment, the patient reportedly no longer needed insulin injections or diabetes medications to control blood sugar levels.
Comment Re:Extremes likely have negatives including vegani (Score 1) 33
Betcha Lenin, Stalin, Engels, and Mao weren't vegans either.
Don't forget to read my sig.
Comment Toddlers are intellectual. (Score 1) 268
Quoting: "Trump has the intellect of a toddler."
Toddlers like it if you help them understand.
Toddlers like it if you help them understand.
Comment Not all slop is equal (Score 1) 37
I've heard some pretty sad excuses for AI slop (Shunned at a Funeral) but some very clever uses for it too (Amelia). "The best thing the government did...was invent me!"
As long as they're honest about it being AI I'll decide what I want to listen to. It's hard for it to show any creativity, but creativity is sorely lacking in all current music.
...laura
Comment Re: Single dumbest way? (Score 2) 165
Why feel sorry for people who are arseholes and proud of it?
Comment Re:This isn't the EU. He's going to win. (Score 1) 314
Stop projecting. I only ever need to show my ID card at the airport in the EU. Phone searches for social network posts is what the merkins do.
Submission + - Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies (futurism.com)
fjo3 writes: In the event we turn all arable land on this planet into a barren heath incapable of growing food, humankind may have to resort to reaping what we sowed by eating our own plastic pollution.
A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale just demonstrated that this was possible by using specially engineered yeast to create tasty — and yes, edible — cookies which they 3D printed out of plastic waste.
The yeast breaks down the components of plastic compounds and agricultural byproducts like discarded plant stalks into proteins, fats, acids, and flavorings that we can eat. When these are combined together, the mixture is fed into a 3D printer that spits out cookies of any desired shape.
A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale just demonstrated that this was possible by using specially engineered yeast to create tasty — and yes, edible — cookies which they 3D printed out of plastic waste.
The yeast breaks down the components of plastic compounds and agricultural byproducts like discarded plant stalks into proteins, fats, acids, and flavorings that we can eat. When these are combined together, the mixture is fed into a 3D printer that spits out cookies of any desired shape.
Comment Re:How is that even possible? (Score 1) 65
It is perfectly possible to turn lead into gold. The technology has been there for decades. It is simply not economical to do so.
Submission + - OpenAI and Google Move Into K-12 Classrooms with New Kid-Friendly AI Offerings
theodp writes: "OpenAI announced on Tuesday 'ChatGPT for Teens'", the NY Times reports, "a new mode in which the chatbot automatically limits some conversations to better protect young users, as scrutiny grows over the harmful effects of artificial intelligence." OpenAI added that it's also teaming with tech-backed nonprofit CodeAI to 'prepare the first AI generation', announcing a 'signature partnership' that it says will "give students and educators access to tools and resources that will help them learn how to use and benefit from AI [...] helping teens understand how AI works, direct it, question it, and create with it—with teachers playing a meaningful role in shaping how AI enters the classroom." Separately, CodeAI said it and OpenAI will be "helping students build foundational AI literacy" via the Hour of AI, through which it said "OpenAI and CodeAI will introduce millions of students to the basics of using AI thoughtfully and responsibly."
OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens announcement came just days after the NY Times reported that Google turned on Gemini AI for K-12 students using its Google Classroom, a learning management system for posting assignments and turning in schoolwork that's used by 150+ million students and teachers worldwide. A new Gemini tab within Classroom will allow students of all ages to seek AI help on math problems and writing assignments. They can also generate course aids like study guides, quizzes and flashcards, as well as produce images. Last September, Google CEO Sundar Pichai briefed the White House on the tech giant's efforts to get Gemini for Education in 'every high school in America', which he noted "includes $3 million to Code.org [since rebranded as CodeAI] to transform its [K-12] curriculum and integrate new AI features." And in December, Google.org kicked off the inaugural 'Hour of AI' by announcing "over $5 million in new Google.org funding to bolster computer science teaching in the age of AI." The 5-day event during CS Education Week saw 13+ million schoolkids take AI tutorials, including Google's AI Quests offering.
The moves by Google and OpenAI in advance of children's return to classrooms for the 2026-27 school year further escalate the race among U.S. tech giants to train students on their AI tools. They also come just ahead of next month's release of NYT journalist Natasha Singer's Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools, "the inside story of how Big Tech catalyzed, co-opted, and ultimately came to capture computer science and AI education in America."
OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens announcement came just days after the NY Times reported that Google turned on Gemini AI for K-12 students using its Google Classroom, a learning management system for posting assignments and turning in schoolwork that's used by 150+ million students and teachers worldwide. A new Gemini tab within Classroom will allow students of all ages to seek AI help on math problems and writing assignments. They can also generate course aids like study guides, quizzes and flashcards, as well as produce images. Last September, Google CEO Sundar Pichai briefed the White House on the tech giant's efforts to get Gemini for Education in 'every high school in America', which he noted "includes $3 million to Code.org [since rebranded as CodeAI] to transform its [K-12] curriculum and integrate new AI features." And in December, Google.org kicked off the inaugural 'Hour of AI' by announcing "over $5 million in new Google.org funding to bolster computer science teaching in the age of AI." The 5-day event during CS Education Week saw 13+ million schoolkids take AI tutorials, including Google's AI Quests offering.
The moves by Google and OpenAI in advance of children's return to classrooms for the 2026-27 school year further escalate the race among U.S. tech giants to train students on their AI tools. They also come just ahead of next month's release of NYT journalist Natasha Singer's Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools, "the inside story of how Big Tech catalyzed, co-opted, and ultimately came to capture computer science and AI education in America."
Comment Re:This isn't the EU. He's going to win. (Score 1) 314
Oh, wait. You are serious? Let me laugh even harder.
Submission + - Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code (archive.ph) 1
fjo3 writes: Vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a system that does both, an artificial intelligence tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by their patterns of movement alone, WIRED has learned.
Comment Re:A good test (Score 1) 209
Putler tested that in 2022 already.
Comment Re: pay for the environment (Score 1) 209
You own a SUV hence you are not poor. And your latitude is much further to the south than the old Brunswick and get more sunshine hours, too.
