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Some AI companies are hiring “prompt engineers”, who create and refine text prompts for AI systems to understand their faults and coax optimal results (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Some AI companies are hiring “prompt engineers”, who create and refine text prompts for AI systems to understand their faults and coax optimal results  —  When Riley Goodside starts talking with the artificial-intelligence system GPT-3, he likes to first establish his dominance.

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The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts (Molly White)

Molly White: The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts  —  Wormhole, Jump Crypto, and Oasis demonstrate the centralization threat introduced by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts.

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How the potential of voice as a platform was wasted: closed ecosystems, overly ambitious claims, distorted monopolistic incentives, and too much capital (Ranjan Roy/Margins)

Ranjan Roy / Margins: How the potential of voice as a platform was wasted: closed ecosystems, overly ambitious claims, distorted monopolistic incentives, and too much capital  —  Sometimes innovation just ain’t enough … I have four Echo devices in my household.  For years, we used them to control the lights in our apartment …

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Sofa Armrest is a Nifty Storage Spot

If you’re like us, you’re always in need of a little more space to store things. [Javier Guerrero] realized his sofa wasn’t living up to its full storage potential and designed this sofa armrest storage. [Guerrero]’s sofa arms were hiding 80 liters of space, so he really wanted to do something with it. After disassembling

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Editors at some literary magazines say they are getting overwhelmed by AI-generated submissions, potentially crowding out genuine submissions from newer writers (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mia Sato / The Verge: Editors at some literary magazines say they are getting overwhelmed by AI-generated submissions, potentially crowding out genuine submissions from newer writers  —  A short story titled “The Last Hope” first hit Sheila Williams’ desk in early January.

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Teaching a Robot to Hallucinate

Training robots to execute tasks in the real world requires data — the more, the better. The problem is that creating these datasets takes a lot of time and effort, and methods don’t scale well. That’s where Robot Learning with Semantically Imagined Experience (ROSIE) comes in. The basic concept is straightforward: enhance training data with

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Boston-based Electra Vehicles, which provides AI-based cloud and onboard software for EV battery systems optimization, raised $21M led by United Ventures (Silicon Canals)

Silicon Canals: Boston-based Electra Vehicles, which provides AI-based cloud and onboard software for EV battery systems optimization, raised $21M led by United Ventures  —  Boston, USA-based Electra Vehicles, a B2B electric vehicle AI software company, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $21M …

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Sources: Dish Network has been hit by a cyberattack “by an outside bad actor” and the company is working with an external vendor to resolve the issue (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer)

Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: Sources: Dish Network has been hit by a cyberattack “by an outside bad actor” and the company is working with an external vendor to resolve the issue  —  American TV giant and satellite broadcast provider, Dish Network has mysteriously gone offline with its websites and apps ceasing to function over the

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Cart Cruises Abandoned California Rail

Southern California is known for its nearly perfect year-round climate, excellent surf, and extremely high cost of living, but once you get away from the coast things are radically different. Rural California has huge tracts of land run by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which is publicly accessible to anyone willing to venture into

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The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts (Molly White)

Molly White: The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts  —  Wormhole, Jump Crypto, and Oasis demonstrate the centralization threat introduced by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts.

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Cart Cruises Abandoned California Rail

Southern California is known for its nearly perfect year-round climate, excellent surf, and extremely high cost of living, but once you get away from the coast things are radically different. Rural California has huge tracts of land run by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which is publicly accessible to anyone willing to venture into

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The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts (Molly White)

Molly White: The recovery of ~120,000 stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts  —  Wormhole, Jump Crypto, and Oasis demonstrate the centralization threat introduced by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts.

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Boston-based Electra Vehicles, which provides AI-based cloud and onboard software for EV battery systems optimization, raised $21M led by United Ventures (Silicon Canals)

Silicon Canals: Boston-based Electra Vehicles, which provides AI-based cloud and onboard software for EV battery systems optimization, raised $21M led by United Ventures  —  Boston, USA-based Electra Vehicles, a B2B electric vehicle AI software company, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $21M …

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As AI tools and CGI creations get better at pretending to be human, some creators say they are often being asked to prove that they’re human (Kate Lindsay/The Verge)

Kate Lindsay / The Verge: As AI tools and CGI creations get better at pretending to be human, some creators say they are often being asked to prove that they’re human  —  Last April, 27-year-old Nicole posted a TikTok video about feeling burned out in her career.  When she checked the comments the next day,

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