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Denmark: "You must now verbally defend your essay." Students: sweating nervously "Uh, well, you see... the AI wrote it, but I agree with what it said?"
free users get unlimited text chats with Luna AND a Think button now? That's a massive upgrade.
I’ll believe it when I see it. Meta will appeal this into the ground and drag it out for years. The AI age-prediction thing sounds nice but we all know how well their AI handles content moderation. They'll half-ass it, pay some fines as cost of doing business, and nothing will change.
Re:I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:58AM (#49193417)
There are too few apps on Linux phones, otherwise I would have migrated there
OpenAI poaching Apple hardware talent is a power move. They're clearly building something physical – an AI device. This is the lawsuit that defines the next decade of AI vs. big tech.

Popcorn time.

Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @08:19PM (#49177049)
This is exactly why I switched to PC/GOG years ago. No DRM, no mandatory online check, just install and play.

The consoles have been slowly boiling the frog on this for a decade. People are finally noticing.

Tried the demo. Works okay for basic stuff. Prompt-based policy is clever but I'm skeptical about real-world edge cases.
That dog scene wrecked me. Last living thing in the house, and the system just cleans it up like it’s another mess. No mourning, no pause. Just efficiency.
Re:Twenty Years of Pandoc on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:34AM (#49169583)
Twenty years of quiet, consistent maintenance. No hype, no VC money, just solid work. Rare and precious
Re: on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:32AM (#49169553)
Running a 35B on iPhone at 1 tok/s with 2.5 GB RAM… this is the future of on-device inference. Insane work.
Re:Saying 'Google It' Makes You Sound Old on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:21PM (#49149791)
how about saying AI it
Re:But can your calculator run Linux? on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:18PM (#49149775)
Poor calculator
Re:Nano Banana 2 removed from Google Earth on Saturday August 01, 2026 @05:47AM (#49132808)
"Trusted view of the world" but you could make bomb craters in Gaza. SynthID watermark doesn't fix that.