For those of us who find things like folding clothes a tedious task, LG has revealed an AI-powered humanoid that can do your chores for you. Read more from [@Engadget]( ): #Tech #CES #CES2026 #AI #Technology
Paris court finds 10 guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron. [@abc]( ) reports: "The court pointed to 'particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious' comments referring to false claims" about her sexuality." #BrigitteMacron #Cyberbullying #France #Tech #Macron
Flappy Bird was almost as popular as it was simple. Then, it crashed almost as spectacularly as it once soared. @TheVerge@flipboard takes a deep dive into the wild, intense rise and fall of Flappy Bird: #Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #FlappyBird #Technology
Autonomous vehicles have long been believed to be one answer to making U.S. roads safer. Techxplore.com tells us about a study that puts a figure on it: https://flip.it/EbAKxg #Tech #Cars #AutonomousCars #Technology #Driving
A growing number of people have come to rely on generative AI to do their work. Consider this a public service announcement: Make sure you double/triple check the output. [@Futurism]( ) tells us about the police officers who learned this lesson like so many others have: #Tech #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
From [@WIRED]( ): The U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT’s output delivered something else. Read more on how some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news, while others don’t: #Tech #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Non-consensual deepfakes are proliferating on X as users have discovered that AI chatbot Grok will create fake edits of real photos of women and girls on request. Kat Tenbarge of Spitfire News explains the history of deepfakes and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the platform. #Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #ElonMusk #Deepfakes #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
Tesla is no longer the world's biggest electric vehicle maker, with fourth-quarter sales falling short of even the reduced target analysts set. Chinese rival BYD is now No. 1, selling 2.26M vehicles last year vs. Tesla's 1.64M. Here's more from [@AssociatedPress]( ). #Cars #Automotive #Technology #Tech #ElectricVehicles #Tesla #BYD
"In automation theory, a 'centaur' is a person who is assisted by a machine. You're a human head being carried around on a tireless robot body. Driving a car makes you a centaur, and so does using autocomplete. And obviously, a reverse centaur is a machine head on a human body, a person who is serving as a squishy meat appendage for an uncaring machine." Start the New Year right by reading the transcript of @Cory Doctorow's lecture for the University of Washington, a preview of his upcoming book about his thoughts on AI, and how to be a good AI critic. "AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more." #Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CoryDoctorow
More concerns over content manipulation and online safety. @npub1h4gw...h97y reports: “Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot blamed “lapses in safeguards” for the recent posting of artificial intelligence-generated sexualized pictures of children in response to user questions.” Read more, including Musk’s response: #Tech #AI #Grok #Technology #Internet #ArtificialIntelligence