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Anthropic’s Text Watermarking Proves AI Companies Do Not Care at All About Writing
404 Mediaby Jason Koebler·6d ago
Earlier this month, Anthropic announced that future versions of Claude will generate text that includes watermarks showing it was AI-generated.
The Athletic teams up with sports creators to reach new (and younger) audiences
Nieman Labby Hanaa' Tameez·6d ago
Last month at the National Sports Card Convention in Chicago, creator Brandon Pereira, who posts as Coach Koe, met a kid named Dominic.
Anthea Coster awarded International Union of Radio Science Appleton Prize
MIT Newsby Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory·6d ago
MIT Principal Research Scientist and Haystack Observatory Assistant Director Emerita Anthea J. Coster was awarded the prestigious Appleton Prize at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)...
Iran Moves to Outlaw All Contact With "Hostile" Foreign Media
OCCRP·6d ago
Reported by Iran’s parliament has approved the general framework of a bill that would criminalize speaking to or sharing data with foreign media outlets deemed "hostile."
A Key Food Source Collapsed Off West Africa’s Coast as Chinese Ships Ground the Species Into Fishmeal
OCCRP·6d ago
Reported by As the day draws to a close in Bubaque, a remote island in Guinea-Bissau, fishermen are arriving with their day’s catch, pulling canoes onto a muddy bank teeming with crabs.
Georgia O’Keeffe on the Art of Seeing
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·6d ago
Georgia O’Keeffe on the Art of Seeing By Maria Popova In her stunning autobiographical reflection on the moment she understood what it means to be an artist, Virginia Woolf beheld the cosmos of...
'Maddie’s Secret?' John Early’s Indie Hit is Now a Viral Sensation Thanks to Streaming
Vanity Fairby Chris Murphy·6d ago
John Early is no stranger to the adoration of the internet. The actor and comedian, who starred on five seasons of Search Party and released the 2023 HBO comedy special Now More Than Ever, has a...
The Secret History of the Antichrist
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall·6d ago
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has spoken publicly on a variety of issues from contrarian entrepreneurship to technical stagnation to geopolitical struggle.
Marc Jacobs Reveals What Comes Next for His Brand
Vanity Fairby José Criales-Unzueta·6d ago
“All I’ve ever been is a fashion victim,” Marc Jacobs declares. He’s sitting in the showroom of his office in SoHo, on the other side of a long glass table.
What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers
Science Newsby Tina Hesman Saey·6d ago
Note: Slight spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. A plot device in the new Spider-Man movie is real-world science.
US Unseals 25-Count Indictment in $165M Crypto Case
OCCRP·6d ago
Reported by Federal prosecutors in Georgia have unsealed a 25-count indictment against an American man accused of orchestrating a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands...
Neurodiversity in the Clinic - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Dailyby Livia Gershon·6d ago
Some autistic people have long criticized the “medical model” of disability, which treats atypical development as a pathology and seeks to “cure” it, or at least help patients become as close as...
X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
404 Mediaby Matthew Gault·6d ago
X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
404 Mediaby Joseph Cox·6d ago
The National Park Service (NPS), the agency tasked with managing the U.S. national parks and monuments, has purchased Flock cameras and had them installed at parks including in Yosemite.
Student Kills Schoolmate, Himself In Livestreamed Philippine School Attack, Official Says
World Newsby JIM GOMEZ·6d ago
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he...
The cognitive bias behind bad climate math
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt·6d ago
Before people can reduce their carbon footprint, they need to know what actions will most help them do so.
Chanel Jackets and Hair Clips: A Look at Marc Jacobs’s Signature Style
Vanity Fairby Abigail Sylvor Greenberg·6d ago
Many of the people at fashion’s vanguard are themselves immune to trends of the moment, opting instead for a uniform.
Why plugging in all those EVs could actually save the power grid
Gristby Matt Simon·6d ago
California has a good problem. As it scrambles to deploy more solar panels and wind turbines, it is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality while hitting the challenge of...
Collapse of Atlantic Currents Could Drive a Surge in Warming
Yale E360by Fred Pearce·6d ago
A vast system of Atlantic currents appears to be weakening, and scientists say its collapse could lead to dramatic cooling in northern Europe.
Fresh Earthquakes Rock Spain, Forcing Restrictions At World-Famous Landmark
World Newsby REUTERS·6d ago
MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Tourist access to the medieval Alhambra complex was restricted on Tuesday after three more earthquakes shook Spain’s southern Granada province, causing some damage to...
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