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New Video-Generating AI Trained 100 Percent on Public Domain Films

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-31 23:00:38

Few tech products have been as broadly contentious as video-generating artificial intelligence. These complex algorithms, which cleave millions of datapoints together into seconds-long gobs of video, are notoriously trained on proprietary material, leading to widespread ethical and legal concerns. (That's before we even mention how much energy it takes to synthesize an AI video.) Tech billionaires tend to argue that this is simply the way things need to be — if you want AI, we need to feed it

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Kimi k2 largest open source SOTA model?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 16:26:24

📰 Tech Blog | 📄 Paper Link (coming soon) 1. Model Introduction Kimi K2 is a state-of-the-art mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model with 32 billion activated parameters and 1 trillion total parameters. Trained with the Muon optimizer, Kimi K2 achieves exceptional performance across frontier knowledge, reasoning, and coding tasks while being meticulously optimized for agentic capabilities. Key Features Large-Scale Training: Pre-trained a 1T parameter MoE model on 15.5T tokens with zero train

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This HDMI mod lets you play Nintendo Switch Lite on a big screen

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-31 20:46:25

If you can't get your hands on the latest Nintendo Switch 2, you might be able to keep the FOMO at bay in the meantime with a clever mod for your Switch Lite. Retro Remake's co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video showing off a working version of the SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI mod. As the lengthy name suggests, this third-party mod adds an OLED display, a glass touchscreen and HDMI output to the Switch Lite. The Nintendo Switch 2 is barely a month old so it's too early to expect any news on a Switch

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Show HN: DesignArena – crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated UI/UX

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 19:07:46

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Commodore 64 Ultimate

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 13:21:22

Honouring the past. Innovating the future. Without the distractions that stole it. Commodore has returned from a parallel timeline where tech stayed optimistic, inviting, and human. Where it served us, not enslaved us. We’re here to bring that feeling back - retro • futurism, transparent tech, digital detox, real innovation. Our first step is your first way out. The glowing, translucent Commodore® 64 computer isn't a software emulator - it's the first official Commodore 64 in over 30 y

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Bad Actors Are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods

news.ycombinator.com Sophia Freuden 2025-07-31 16:29:48

It’s one thing when a chatbot flunks Tower of Hanoi, as Apple notoriously illustrated earlier this month, and another when poor reasoning contributes to the mess of propaganda that threatens to overwhelm the information ecosphere. But our recent research shows exactly that. GenAI powered chatbots’ lack of reasoning can directly contribute to the nefarious effects of LLM grooming: the mass-production and duplication of false narratives online with the intent of manipulating LLM outputs. As we wil

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OpenAI delays the release of its open model, again

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-07-31 20:38:05

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday the company is delaying the release of its open model, which was already pushed back a month earlier in this summer. OpenAI had planned to release the model next week, however Altman said the company is pushing it back indefinitely for further safety testing. “We need time to run additional safety tests and review high-risk areas. we are not yet sure how long it will take us,” said Altman in a post on X. “While we trust the community will build great things wit

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A new paradigm for AI: How ‘thinking as optimization’ leads to better general-purpose models

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-08-01 03:26:03

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Virginia have developed a new model architecture that could lead to more robust AI systems with more powerful reasoning capabilities. Called an energy-based transformer (EBT), the architecture shows a natural ability to use inference-time scaling to solve comp

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iPhone 17 Air suddenly sounds a lot more ‘Pro’ than we thought

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-07-30 12:38:06

This year’s most unique iPhone model will be the iPhone 17 Air, a brand new entry to Apple’s lineup. And while prior reports indicated it would have a lot in common with the base iPhone 17, new rumors make it sound a lot closer to the Pro models than we thought. Key iPhone 17 Air features will be more like Pro models This year, the iPhone 17 Air will replace the ‘Plus’ model in Apple’s lineup. And like previous Plus models, the Air was initially expected to share many features with the base i

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ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-01 14:45:10

Earlier this week in Geneva, around 50 leading global initiatives and organisations dedicated to open-source LLMs and trustworthy AI convened at the International Open-Source LLM Builders Summit. Hosted by the AI centres of EPFL and ETH Zurich, the event marked a significant step in building a vibrant and collaborative international ecosystem for open foundation models. Open LLMs are increasingly viewed as credible alternatives to commercial systems, most of which are developed behind closed doo

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Grok 4 reportedly checks Elon Musk's views before offering its opinion

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-02 05:00:16

Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model. Some users posted screenshots on X asking Grok 4 who it supports in the Israel vs. Palestine conflict. In its chain-of-thought, which is a series of comments that shows the step-by-step process on how a reasoning AI model comes to its answer, Grok 4 said that it was searching X for the xAI founder's recent posts on the topic. "As Grok, built by

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The Most Accurate Way to Play Game Boy Games Is Available Again, but There’s a Catch

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-08-02 11:17:55

ModRetro's Chromatic Game Boy handheld, made by arms dealer Palmer Luckey, now comes in ‘drone strike purple.’ Palmer Luckey, the man who took a career crafting VR headsets and turned it into a company that sells weapons of war to the U.S. military, also makes a Game Boy-like handheld. The ModRetro Chromatic, designed to play old Game Boy cartridges, has proved incredibly popular. Now, the handheld, in all its original colorways, is back after a year of unavailability, but with a few changes.

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Microsoft and OpenAI's AGI Fight Is Bigger Than a Contract

wired.com Steven Levy 2025-08-02 14:11:10

I first learned about The Clause from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. During an interview with him in May 2023, I asked about the deal between Microsoft and OpenAI that granted his company exclusive access to the startup’s groundbreaking AI technology. I knew the contract had set a cap on how much profit Microsoft could make from the arrangement, and I asked him what would happen if and when that point was reached. The answer was a bit puzzling. “Fundamentally, their long-term idea is we get to su

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The best dorm room essentials for college students

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-02 19:00:35

If you like retreating to your corner of the dorm room to watch shows on your tablet, the HoverBar Duo 2 can make the viewing experience a lot more comfortable. The first-gen model easily made the list of our favorite iPad accessories, and the new generation improves upon that model with a quick-switch tab to swap out the weighted base for a clamp. It’ll work with just about any tablet-sized slab from five to 8.68 inches — so ereaders and even smartphones should fit. The handy accessory can tur

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Tandy Corporation, Part 3 Becoming IBM Compatible

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2025-08-02 16:35:55

This article follows Part 1 of the Tandy Corporation’s history, which covers the company’s founding and the lead up to and launch of the TRS-80, and Part 2, which covers the TRS-80 Models I, II, III, CoCo, and Pocket Computer. When the TRS-80 Model I was released in 1977, the microcomputer market was small, centered around hobbyists, and many computer owners had built their machines from off-the-shelf components and/or kits. Tandy, Apple, and Commodore completely changed the market, but even th

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Andy Cohen on How He Uses AI: ‘It’s an Incredible Tool. But It’s Going to Make Idiots’

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-02 19:45:46

Andy Cohen, 57, runs Bravo. He built the Real Housewives empire. He stirs the pot nightly on Watch What Happens Live. He juggles a SiriusXM channel, two young kids, and the three-ring circus that is BravoCon. He’s also the first guest in our new series, How Do You Use AI?, where we ask people with real reach how they actually use artificial intelligence. No TED Talk nonsense, just real life. Turns out, Andy’s been using AI more than you might think. And he’s not entirely comfortable with it. E

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Samsung may be rethinking the Galaxy S26 lineup, and the clues are hiding in model numbers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-03 01:33:34

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak shows the base Galaxy S26 with a notable jump in its model number (SM-S942), suggesting potentially significant hardware changes. The expected model number for the Galaxy S26 Plus has not yet surfaced, leading to speculation that Samsung might skip that variant. Leaks hint that all upcoming models — Galaxy S26, S26 Edge, and S26 Ultra — may focus on being thinner than their predecessors. Samsung just wrapped up the launch of the new Galaxy Z F

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These are the best Amazon Prime Day TV deals from Sony, LG, Samsung and others to get before the sale ends

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-03 02:31:19

Amazon Prime Day is always a great time to consider a TV upgrade (aside from Black Friday, of course). While the prices for big screen TVs have fallen quite a bit over the years, even for coveted tech like OLED, there’s always room for additional discounts. For the last day of July Prime Day, we’re seeing prices slashed on Samsung, Sony and LG sets, in addition to several other manufacturers. And as usual, we’ve also collected a few solid deals on streaming devices and soundbars to upgrade your

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Batch Mode in the Gemini API: Process More for Less

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 19:30:18

Gemini models are now available in Batch Mode Today, we’re excited to introduce a batch mode in the Gemini API, a new asynchronous endpoint designed specifically for high-throughput, non-latency-critical workloads. The Gemini API Batch Mode allows you to submit large jobs, offload the scheduling and processing, and retrieve your results within 24 hours—all at a 50% discount compared to our synchronous APIs. Process more for less Batch Mode is the perfect tool for any task where you have y

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AWS doubles down on infrastructure as strategy in the AI race with SageMaker upgrades

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-08-03 15:37:51

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now AWS seeks to extend its market position with updates to SageMaker, its machine learning and AI model training and inference platform, adding new observability capabilities, connected coding environments and GPU cluster performance management. However, AWS continues to face competition from Google and Microsoft, which also offer many featur

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Ghost of Yōtei’s gameplay deep dive shows the open world, combat, and chill beats

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-08-03 15:30:27

We just got a good, long look at PlayStation’s next major exclusive. As promised, Sony held an event dedicated to Ghost of Yōtei, the PS5-exclusive samurai game from Sucker Punch that launches on October 2nd. The stream was a deep dive exploring everything from combat to the world itself — and it’s looking like an impressive step up from its predecessor. You can watch the full presentation in the video above. The story is inspired in part by the folklore creature known as an onryō, a sort of ve

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Best iPad of 2025: Top iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Pro Picks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-03 18:25:00

As we said above, the best iPad features right now are distributed across models, making it hard to single out a go-to "perfect" iPad right now. Price, performance, front camera quality, accessory support and display quality vary across models. Most people tend to buy iPads for family or personal use, and you'll need to decide how much you want to spend. There are also frequent sales of iPads that can change the equation too. The iPad as a product line is great overall. Models tend to have long

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Sony’s best noise-canceling headphones are up to 45 percent off

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-08-03 19:00:00

Every model in Sony’s WH-1000XM lineup has consistently ranked among the best headphones you can buy, and thanks to Amazon Prime Day, several of the latest entries are on sale. Right now, for instance, the brand-new WH-1000XM6 are available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony for around $428 ($22 off), which is the first cash discount we’ve seen. If that’s too pricey, you can also pick up the XM5 at Amazon starting at $248 ($150 off), which remains their best price to date. Unsurprisingly, the XM6

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Show HN: Cactus – Ollama for Smartphones

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-03 23:20:59

Hey HN, Henry and Roman here - we've been building a cross-platform framework for deploying LLMs, VLMs, Embedding Models and TTS models locally on smartphones. Ollama enables deploying LLMs models locally on laptops and edge severs, Cactus enables deploying on phones. Deploying directly on phones facilitates building AI apps and agents capable of phone use without breaking privacy, supports real-time inference with no latency, we have seen personalised RAG pipelines for users and more. Apple a

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The Naya Create modular keyboard is now available for purchase

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 03:39:46

The Naya Create modular keyboard is now available for general purchase after being an exclusive for Kickstarter backers. It features a split hinge design that lets users adjust each half independently to support a natural wrist posture and to reduce arm pronation. Split designs are not uncommon, as there are several on our list of the best ergonomic keyboards, but the assistive features don't stop there. The columnar-staggered key layout positions have been manufactured to align with natural fi

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Musk’s Grok 4 launches one day after chatbot generated Hitler praise on X

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-04 01:05:35

On Wednesday night, Elon Musk unveiled xAI's latest flagship models Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy via livestream, just one day after the company's Grok chatbot began generating outputs that featured blatantly antisemitic tropes in responses to users on X. Among the two models, xAI calls Grok 4 Heavy its "multi-agent version." According to Musk, Grok 4 Heavy "spawns multiple agents in parallel" that "compare notes and yield an answer," simulating a study group approach. The company describes this as t

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Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 last night, calling it the ‘smartest AI in the world’ — what businesses need to know

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-08-04 07:24:46

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now After days of controversy surrounding a flurry of antisemitic responses made recently by his Grok AI-powered chatbot on his social network X (formerly Twitter), a seemingly unrepentant and unbothered Elon Musk launched the latest version of his AI model family, Grok 4, during an event livestreamed on X last night, calling it the “the smarte

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The Game Boy of my dreams is finally back in stock for good

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-04 11:00:54

ModRetro Chromatic The ModRetro Chromatic is the ultimate Game Boy, with an enhanced but authentic screen and exquisite build quality. If you can stomach the price tag, it's the best way to play original GB and GBC carts. The Game Boy was my very first gaming device, and it has always held a special place in my heart. My parents actually bought two classic DMG Game Boys (one for me and one for my older sister), but they both ended up in my collection once she developed a social life and I retre

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Prime Day-3 Deals: iPhone 16 Pro $365 off, iPad from $279, Nomad Find My wallet card $20, much more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-08-04 15:45:39

We are back at it again for the third day of Amazon’s massive Prime Day sale. While much of the best Apple gear deals – AirPods Pro 2 at $100 off as well as all-time lows on Apple Watch Series 10, iPad mini 7, and the M3 iPad Air lineup – are still alive and well, we have some fresh deals to bring into the spotlight. Amazon is offering some official Prime Day deals on iPhone 16 Pro units today, including 256GB and 512GB models at up to $365 off. Those offers are also joined by a rare discount on

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The ModRetro Chromatic Game Boy is now permanently back in stock

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-04 15:37:05

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. After selling out all of its limited stock of First Edition handhelds last year, ModRetro has announced that its Chromatic Game Boy is now permanently back in stock. The company is also introducing a new white-and-purple cloud color option, new game cartridges, and a collection of accessories that includes a rechargeable battery. The Chromatic i

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