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Two AIs got $100 each to make a music video by themselves
Someone at TryAI handed two frontier AI models the same assignment: here's Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," a budget, and a shell with ffmpeg plus access to every… READ THE REST
The sci-fi machines that talk, but only about one thing
Modern voice AI can talk about anything, which is the problem: do you want therapy from your fridge? On his blog Interconnected, Matt Webb posted excerpts from sci-fi stories about… READ THE REST
The keystroke that hid your game behind a fake spreadsheet
Before multitasking made it easy to control-tab away from a goofing-off page (and when people work in offices with other people), PC games shipped with a boss key — a… READ THE REST
This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: This Grade A refurbished 2020 MacBook Pro has 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 13.3-inch Retina… READ THE REST
Free up computer space with 2TB of cloud storage for $59 — for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: FileJump is offering 2TB of cloud storage in an easy-to-use package for only $59 (MSRP $467) for… READ THE REST
All Babbel language courses just dropped in this exclusive offer
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a Babbel lifetime subscription covering all 14 languages for $159 (reg. $299) with code LEARN. Plenty of… READ THE REST
