i wonder if I'm the first person to send the defunct ^o) emoticon from msn messenger to claude
CULTURE
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AI slop accounts generate insightful comments on obscure culture
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A funny thing is that I now get more insightful comments on my posts about obscure science fiction authors or modernist poets or Bauhaus architecture than ever before, but that is entirely due to AI powered slop accounts. Soon broad cultural interest is a sign of AI writing?
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Defending Anthropic using ToS vs training on all knowledge
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To everyone defending Anthropic by mentioning how things are against their ToS: Cry me a river they trained their models on the entirety of humanity's knowledge
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AI Fable turns Rilke’s Duino Elegies into an art game
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Since I am on an AI & poetry kick, here is what Fable did with "the Duino Elegies as a game. get the mood right"
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 12 juin 2026
It made a beautiful little art game, including translating Rilke (though I insisted on bits from A. S. Kline's excellent translation as well) https://t.co/s8TVvG6eg5 pic.twitter.com/YLguas8dd4Since I am on an AI & poetry kick, here is what Fable did with "the Duino Elegies as a game. get the mood right" It made a beautiful little art game, including translating Rilke (though I insisted on bits from A. S. Kline's excellent translation as well) https://
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McConaughey uses ElevenLabs Dubbing v2 to preserve iconic voice in multiple languages
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Matthew @McConaughey is celebrating the big kickoff today. Thanks to ElevenLabs Dubbing v2, he can reach fans around the world in their native language while preserving his iconic voice. pic.twitter.com/SFNoLDNrHa
— ElevenLabs (@ElevenLabs) 11 juin 2026Matthew @McConaughey is celebrating the big kickoff today. Thanks to ElevenLabs Dubbing v2, he can reach fans around the world in their native language while preserving his iconic voice.
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Pew: One in five US teens get news from AI chatbots
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6/ Here is who is doing it. Pew found one in five US teens now get their news from ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The people still forming their instincts about truth are handing those instincts to a model.
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MIT Study: AI Destroys Our Ability to Discern Reality
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URGENT: A new MIT study has revealed that AI is destroying one of your most important skills. Discerning what is real. Here's what they found and how to stop it:
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Sold-out New York premiere of Runway AI Festival tonight
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The sold out New York premiere of the 2026 Runway AI Festival is tonight. See you at the movies. pic.twitter.com/l5niWgMMzb
— Runway (@runwayml) 11 juin 2026The sold out New York premiere of the 2026 Runway AI Festival is tonight. See you at the movies.
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Daily disappointment with unending AI news
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Every day I wake up hoping there is nothing new in AI that I feel like I need to write about. Just for one day. Every day I am disappointed.
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Sarcastic critique of open-source models and subscription culture
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Opensource models? Bad, just pay for the subscription, bro Reached your weekly limits? Just use the API, bro Why you using OpenCode? We have Claude Code, bro Wanna build LLMs or work on GPUs with Claude Code? That's against the ToS, bro Masterclass in clowny