OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said […]
Day: June 17, 2025
Meta warns users to ‘avoid sharing personal or sensitive information’ in its AI app
Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to “avoid sharing personal or sensitive information” to the “post to […]
9 Urgent Questions About Trump Mobile and the Gold T1 Smartphone
We don’t know much about the new Trump Mobile phone or the company’s data plan, but we sure do have a lot of questions.
Inside LinkedIn’s AI overhaul: Job search powered by LLM distillation
In building its AI-powered job search, now available to all users, LinkedIn chose to distill large models and improve its understanding of queries.
Meta warns users to ‘avoid sharing personal or sensitive information’ in its AI app
Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to “avoid sharing personal or sensitive information” to the “post to […]
Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing
Pornainen recently turned on a 100 MWh thermal battery filled with ground up soapstone.
Threads is testing spoiler text, Zuckerberg says
Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Spoiler text refers to words (or images) that are greyed out in a post and only become readable if you manually click to see them. As the name […]
Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators
Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups.
Take Us North Kickstarter campaign launches for game about crossing the U.S.-Mexico border
Anima Interactive has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its game, Take Us North, about crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
There’s a Nintendo Direct for Donkey Kong Bananza on June 18
The Switch 2 is officially out in the wild, but the launch lineup is a bit thin. Mario Kart World is great, of course, but I’m missing a legitimate 3D platformer. That’s where Donkey Kong Bananza comes in. Nintendo has announced a Direct livestream for […]