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Re:Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @08:29AM (#49625462)
Shiny layer of marketing and proprietary code on top of open models?

Voz is Parakeet 0.6B v3

Clear is DeepFilterNet 3

Ear is the language predictor from whisper-tiny

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It's also used as a headless office document editor by openai models so... does that impact their metrics?
Spare battery: remove empty battery, switch battery, you are back to 100% Powerbank: mess with cables, keep phone plugged until it's charged and wait

If there is a market for spare batteries, there might be a market for external battery chargers as well > swap battery in the morning instead of charging, place empty battery on charger, repeat the next day

It's going to be cool to get user-replaceable batteries back in new phone releases. Depending how it goes I can see myself keeping a spare instead of a powerbank
Re:The turbulent AI era is here on Thursday August 27, 2026 @07:33AM (#49463092)
"I believe we should tax AI tokens and robots."

AI is going to break capitalism or turn it into even more of a dystopia You are not going to stop the accumulation of capital with a tax...

Re:LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:17AM (#49271221)
Backend is an openai model: Can talk about Tiananmen Refuses to talk about genocide in Palestine