As generative AI (and access to AI tools) continues to grow, expect to see more of the George Carlin: Glad I’m Dead freakout. It was released on YouTube in 2008, framed as an hour of new “material” by the late comedian. Of course, this is not so. It doesn’t rely on old records or lost routines like most recent releases The Beatlesand has property of George Carley sued against the creators.
Preliminary reports NPR The AI said it spent thousands of hours training on Carlin’s routines to create the material. Dudesy, the channel that created and distributed the video, later appealed The New York Timesand their spokesperson said the video was “written entirely by one of the channel’s co-hosts, Chad Kultgen.”
Both hosts, comedian Will Sasso and writer Kultge, are named in the suit. They claim that Carlin, created by artificial intelligence, is like an impressionist. (Although it’s not really great…)
The complaint seeks unspecified damages and the immediate deletion of “any video or audio copy” of the private document.
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But it will continue to release updates for several years.
Fossil is officially out of the smartwatch business. Its Wear OS smartwatch lineup hasn’t seen a new model since 2021, and the company has now confirmed it’s exiting wearables. If you own a Fossil watch (which includes several fashion brands like Skagen, Michael Kors, Diesel, and even Emporio Armani), you should be getting updates for the next few years.
But let’s be clear: It probably wasn’t the Pixel Watch that took the final punch.
A software issue prevents it from activating when the cars are in reverse.
Tesla is recalling 200,000 cars in the U.S. because the backup cameras won’t turn on when the cars are put in reverse — which is the whole point. Tesla has reportedly reviewed 81 potential warranty claims related to the problem Autoblog. The recall includes certain Model Y, Model S and Model X vehicles from 2023 onwards. Tesla says it delivered 1.8 million vehicles last year, so the recall represents more than 10 percent of the company’s annual production. If that sounds familiar, it comes six weeks after Tesla recalled more than two million cars after serious safety issues with its Autopilot feature.
After the singer’s pornographic deep spoofs went viral last week.
X confirmed that it blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift’s name after the artist’s pornographic deep spoofs began circulating on the platform. Visitors to the site began noticing on Saturday that some searches containing Swift’s name would only return an error message.
The platform has been slow to resolve the issue. After the photos surfaced last Wednesday, Swifties took matters into their own hands (of course!) mass warning the accounts that shared the photos and flooding hashtags related to the singer with positive content. don’t you remember snake emoji saga?
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Thoughts, feelings and facts this week on the Mac in middle age, the gaming modular laptop and the realization that the dream of the Apple car is still alive. Devindra is joined this week by News Editor Nathan Ingraham.
