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What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation
On her blog, game writer Laura Michet describes what happened when her insulin pump, a Tandem t:slim X2, started failing once or twice a day in the middle of a… READ THE REST
Is the AI apocalypse a religion in disguise?
In his talk "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People," Maciej Cegłowski takes apart the fear that a self-improving AI will bootstrap itself into a god and wipe out humanity… READ THE REST
A company accidentally spent $500 million on Claude in one month
An AI consultant told Axios that one of their clients "recently spent half a billion dollars in a single month" on Claude, the Anthropic AI assistant, because nobody had capped… READ THE REST
If you're paying a la carte for AI models, this $60 lifetime pass gets you ChatGPT, Claude & more
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: ChatPlayground AI lets you compare GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more side-by-side in one tab—and lifetime access is… READ THE REST
Imagine never seeing a website hosting renewal email again after paying $149.99 once
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Most web hosts treat your website like a subscription. PawnHoster's King Plan would rather take your money once… READ THE REST
This HP EliteBook delivers business-class performance for $400
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: This HP EliteBook comes with a range of professional features you can depend on and software… READ THE REST
