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Fixing Hallucinations Would Destroy ChatGPT, Expert Finds

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-28 08:33:13

In a paper published earlier this month, OpenAI researchers said they'd found the reason why even the most powerful AI models still suffer from rampant "hallucinations," in which products like ChatGPT confidently make assertions that are factually false. They found that the way we evaluate the output of large language models, like the ones driving ChatGPT, means they're "optimized to be good test-takers" and that "guessing when uncertain improves test performance." In simple terms, the creator

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Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-28 09:26:11

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar. The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website. For now, you need a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature. Running a network speed test is a helpful way to determine if you're getting the speed promised by your internet provider. Normally, you have to trigger such a test from a third-party web page like Ookla's Speedest or

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USA Today Enters Its Gen AI Era With a Chatbot

wired.com Will Knight 2025-10-28 09:01:46

The publishing company behind USA Today and 220 other publications is today rolling out a chatbot-like tool called DeeperDive that can converse with readers, summarize insights from its journalism, and suggest new content from across its sites. “Visitors now have a trusted AI answer engine on our platform for anything they want to engage with, anything they want to ask,” said Mike Reed, CEO of Gannett and the USA Today Network, at the WIRED AI Power Summit in New York, an event that brought tog

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Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-28 13:20:38

If asked whether one would prefer to be too skinny or fat, chances are most people would reply that they’d rather be too skinny. Distorted standards of beauty and their propagation on social media are certainly to blame for this, in addition to the knowledge that being overweight typically brings along a host of health risks. A new study, however, suggests that being too thin can actually be deadlier. Researchers used health data to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and

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Apple Watch Series 11 receives FDA clearance for hypertension alerts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-28 17:28:57

Apple's Awe Dropping event started with dramatic health testimonials from Apple Watch users, then revealed a key new feature for the new Watch Series 11: hypertension alerts. The function had yet to receive FDA clearance at the time, but that has now been granted, as first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by Apple. As a result, it will reportedly be available to users in 150 countries when the Watch 11 and Ultra Watch 3 ship starting on September 19. Hypertension alerts can help detect hyper

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Programming Deflation

news.ycombinator.com Kent Beck 2025-10-28 17:11:43

The genies are out of the bottle. Let’s take as a given that augmented coding is steadily reducing the cost, skill barriers, and time needed to develop software. (Interesting debate to be had—another day.) Will this lead to fewer programmers or more programmers? Economics gives us two contradictory answers simultaneously. Substitution . The substitution effect says we'll need fewer programmers—machines are replacing human labor. Jevons’. Jevons’ paradox predicts that when something becomes c

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Snapchat unveils Snap OS 2 for its upcoming Spectacles AR glasses

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-10-28 21:00:00

Today, Snap is announcing the second version of its Snap OS operating system, destined for its soon-to-be-released Snap Spectacles AR glasses. It includes a number of noteworthy features: including a new browser, remarkable new lenses, and much more. Snap unveiled its fifth generation Snap Spectacles last year to developers, and the company intends on shipping a version of them to consumers sometime in 2026. In the meanwhile, Snap and its developers have been working tirelessly to bring this pr

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Pick up an Anker magnetic battery pack while they are up to 42 percent off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-28 21:06:26

Whether you you intend to pick up the new iPhone Air or just need some extra juice for your existing iPhone, a MagSafe power bank is an essential accessory. Luckily, Anker both makes some of our favorites and has great sales going on right now on just this kind of gear. One of the most affordable is the Anker 622 Magnetic Battery, which is 42 percent off and down to $28 right now. This steep discount is also available at Anker's online store with a coupon code that the company provides. This mod

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Is the Popular $599 BowFlex Bike as Good as a Peloton? I Tested Both and Here's What I Learned

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-28 20:00:00

CNET key takeaways More affordable than other exercise bikes at $600 Access to the JRNY app and third-party apps like Peloton Warranty lasts for up to 10 years If you're on the hunt for an affordable exercise bike, the BowFlex IC SE is worth considering. It's one of CNET's top-tested bikes and a solid Peloton alternative, offering a similar experience without the steep price tag. At $600, half the price of a Peloton bike, you'll get a bike that offers a smooth ride and over 100 resistance l

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Snap OS 2.0 is a small step towards AR glasses you might actually wear

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-10-28 21:00:00

Last September, Snap revealed its fifth-generation Spectacles, upgraded AR glasses with a twist: they were only ever released to developers. One year later, we still haven’t seen even a glimpse of the consumer-ready version of those glasses, which the company still says is coming in 2026, but Snap is ready to show off Snap OS 2.0, a software update to those developer Spectacles that signals its plans for mainstream AR. The big changes are actually surprisingly boring. A better web browser, a ga

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Hypershell Introduces the World’s Best Outdoor Exoskeleton to Date: The Hypershell X Ultra

gizmodo.com David Nield 2025-10-29 02:00:00

We’ve previously covered some of Hypershell’s pro-level exoskeleton suits, and been impressed by them. Now the brand new Hypershell X Ultra is here, upping the specs and appeal in almost every department, ready to claim the title of the best outdoor exoskeleton on the market. These exoskeletons are designed to fit comfortably and snugly around your frame, enabling you to travel farther for longer, and attempt hikes and challenges that might otherwise be beyond you. Even better, they adapt and a

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Here are five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-29 07:23:52

In this article KLAR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Specialist traders work at the post for Swedish fintech Klarna, during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters After Swedish payments group Klarna's $17 billion initial public offering, investors are pondering which big fintech name will be the next to go public. Klarna popped as much as 30% on the day of its New York IPO, before settling to close aro

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Why is Sam Altman losing sleep? OpenAI CEO addresses controversies in sweeping interview

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-29 08:40:31

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled "Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation," in Hart building on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images In a sweeping interview last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed a plethora of moral and ethical questions regarding his company and the popular ChatGPT AI model.

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Ookla launches Wi-Fi Speedtest Certified program to help prove network quality

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-29 10:10:00

Ookla Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Ookla, a top internet speed test service, now offers venue Wi-Fi certifications. The certification service is still rolling out. Once in place, you should look for hotels and business locations with Speedtest Certified ratings. You might pick your hotel for its location or price, but one of the things I consider is whether its Wi-Fi is fast and reliable. I make my living working online. If I can't count on a

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OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

wired.com Will Knight 2025-10-29 09:00:00

OpenAI appears to be ramping up its efforts in robotics, hiring researchers who work on humanoid systems as it explores new ways to advance artificial intelligence. The company has recently recruited a number of researchers with expertise in developing AI algorithms for controlling humanoid and other types of robots. Job listings show that the company is putting together a team capable of creating systems that can be trained through teleoperation and simulation. Sources with knowledge of the c

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What’s next for Apple after the iPhone 17?

theverge.com Terrence O'Brien 2025-10-28 18:18:59

We only just put Apple’s iPhone 17 launch event behind us, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is already glancing into his crystal ball to see what’s next for the company. In today’s Power On newsletter Gurman says that there are at least 10 more products from Apple that are expected to launch either later this year or in the first half of 2026. Some of those products have been rumored for some time, or are just kind of obvious upgrades. The M5 iPad Pro, for instance, is a matter of when not if. Thoug

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The SSD version of LaCie’s iconic Rugged drive gets a speed boost

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-10-29 07:30:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Neil Poulton succeeded in elevating the design of external drives two decades ago with the introduction of LaCie’s Rugged line, which features a bright orange bumper to protect data from drops. Today, Seagate announced an updated version of the LaCie Rugged M

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Here are the five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-29 10:21:03

In this article KLAR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Specialist traders work at the post for Swedish fintech Klarna, during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters After Swedish payments group Klarna's $17 billion initial public offering, investors are pondering which big fintech name will be the next to go public. Klarna popped as much as 30% on the day of its New York IPO, before settling to close aro

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Read to forget

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 17:23:12

Read to Forget 05 Jul, 2025 I read to forget. Even when studying or working on papers for a PhD, I approach texts with the same mindset: I'm not a storage device that needs to save all bits of information. I am more of a system of Bayesian beliefs, constantly evolving and updating in small, incremental steps. I remember co-workers highlighting large chunks of text, sometimes 40%. That doesn't make sense to me. We can only read a text once, given the number of compelling works and the limited

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Decentralized YouTube alternative adds livestream scheduling in new release

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:27:34

PeerTube is a decentralized alternative to YouTube that doesn't believe in harvesting user data and pushing people into echo chambers via a proprietary algorithm. Built on open standards and federation, it lets communities host and share video without depending on a central server. Earlier this year, the project asked for donations to improve its mobile app and help them reach certain funding goals. The developers made it clear that improving the mobile experience was a key priority, and commun

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Learning Lens Blur Fields

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-25 16:21:27

Lens blur field shown in step 2 is from the dual pixels of a Pixel 4a. Abstract Optical blur is an inherent property of any lens system and is challenging to model in modern cameras because of their complex optical elements. To tackle this challenge, we introduce a high‑dimensional neural representation of blur—the lens blur field—and a practical method for acquisition. The lens blur field is a multilayer perceptron (MLP) designed to (1) accurately capture variations of the lens 2‑D point sprea

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Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that will decompose

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 02:15:33

A new study from South Dakota State University reveals how grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that is stronger than traditional plastic and will decompose in the environment in a relatively short amount of time. The need for biodegradable packaging material has never been higher. Currently, most packaging is "single use" and is made with plastic materials, derived from nonrenewable sources like crude oil that take hundreds of years to decompose in the environment. On t

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'How to Train Your Dragon' Remake: Release Date and Time on Peacock

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 01:37:26

Need a live-action Night Fury in your life? The recent How to Train Your Dragon remake is hitting Peacock, so animated film fans can spend more time with the franchise's Vikings and dragons. The new version from Universal Pictures stars Mason Thames as the misfit Viking teen Hiccup, and Gerard Butler as Hiccup's dragon-loathing dad, Stoick the Vast (Butler also voices the character in the animated movie). Nico Parker plays Astrid, the tough girl Hiccup has a crush on, and Nick Frost plays the v

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Sept. 15

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 08:53:49

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 15, #357

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 09:06:29

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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The Stop Killing Games movement is nearing an official meeting with EU lawmakers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 04:15:35

The Stop Killing Games campaign is continuing to gain momentum after hitting more than a million signatures in July. After a July 31st deadline, the movement secured around 1.45 million signatures, which the organizers are currently in the process of verifying. The initiative aims to enact legislation that preserves access to video games, even when developers decide to end support, as seen with Ubisoft when it delisted The Crew and revoked access to players who already purchased the game. There

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My thoughts on renting versus buying

news.ycombinator.com Miles Barr 2025-10-29 05:36:14

I’ve read numerous articles about renting versus buying and most dive into financial projections while completely missing the bigger picture. In my view, behavioral and emotional factors have a far larger impact on the financial outcomes of renting versus buying than the math. The math can always be made to “work” if you’re willing to adjust what or where you rent or buy. But the real differences aren’t captured in spreadsheets. They come from how people actually make decisions, and how those d

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Irrlicht Engine – a cross-platform realtime 3D engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 03:40:17

The Irrlicht Engine supports 5 rendering APIs, which are 4 more than most other 3D engines do: Direct3D 9.0 OpenGL 1.2-4.x The Irrlicht Engine software renderer . . The Burningsvideo Software Renderer A null device. When using the Irrlicht engine, the programmer needs not know, which API the engine is using, it is totally abstracted. He only needs to tell the engine which API the engine should prefer. There are three reasons why the engine not only focuses on one API: Performance . Some gra

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Grapevine cellulose makes stronger plastic alternative, biodegrades in 17 days

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:15:33

A new study from South Dakota State University reveals how grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that is stronger than traditional plastic and will decompose in the environment in a relatively short amount of time. The need for biodegradable packaging material has never been higher. Currently, most packaging is "single use" and is made with plastic materials, derived from nonrenewable sources like crude oil that take hundreds of years to decompose in the environment. On t

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Everyone Thinks Elon Musk is Going to Build a SpaceX Mobile Network

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-29 02:50:18

SpaceX’s has been partnering with mobile carriers like T-Mobile to offer its satellite internet service Starlink to extend the reach of cell networks. But, according to a report from the Washington Post, the company has ambitions to be more than just a partner. Following a major purchase of wireless spectrum earlier this week, it appears everyone is expecting Elon Musk’s company to get into the wireless network business for itself. On Monday, it was reported that SpaceX was finalizing a deal wi

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Latest Tech News

Fixing Hallucinations Would Destroy ChatGPT, Expert Finds

Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

USA Today Enters Its Gen AI Era With a Chatbot

Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight

Apple Watch Series 11 receives FDA clearance for hypertension alerts

Programming Deflation

Snapchat unveils Snap OS 2 for its upcoming Spectacles AR glasses

Pick up an Anker magnetic battery pack while they are up to 42 percent off

Is the Popular $599 BowFlex Bike as Good as a Peloton? I Tested Both and Here's What I Learned

Snap OS 2.0 is a small step towards AR glasses you might actually wear

Hypershell Introduces the World’s Best Outdoor Exoskeleton to Date: The Hypershell X Ultra

Here are five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

Why is Sam Altman losing sleep? OpenAI CEO addresses controversies in sweeping interview

Ookla launches Wi-Fi Speedtest Certified program to help prove network quality

OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

What’s next for Apple after the iPhone 17?

The SSD version of LaCie’s iconic Rugged drive gets a speed boost

Here are the five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

Read to forget

Decentralized YouTube alternative adds livestream scheduling in new release

Learning Lens Blur Fields

Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that will decompose

'How to Train Your Dragon' Remake: Release Date and Time on Peacock

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Sept. 15

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 15, #357

The Stop Killing Games movement is nearing an official meeting with EU lawmakers

My thoughts on renting versus buying

Irrlicht Engine – a cross-platform realtime 3D engine

Grapevine cellulose makes stronger plastic alternative, biodegrades in 17 days

Everyone Thinks Elon Musk is Going to Build a SpaceX Mobile Network

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