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In this episode I compare the future of AI to the failure of the music industry in the early 2000’s. Open Source AI Models: https://huggingface.co/ I’m running the LLM on a Mac Studio  with a 4TB hard drive and… more ›
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Juice WRLD (R.I.P) back on Tim Westwood TV! Spittin fire for an hour over nothing but Eminem beats!! Real legendary! #JuiceWRLD #Freestyle #LucidDreams — more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/ca0tFgC How did World War II break out in Asia in 1937? Why did Mao Zedong and his fellow communists live in caves after the Long March? How did the notorious Nanjing Massacre occur? Anita and William are joined… more ›
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Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body o… https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.70024 more ›
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Over the last few years, a new type of AI company has emerged, like Mercor and Surge AI, staffed by and large by former white-collar workers, including former lawyers, scientists, copywriters, and screenwriters. https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor/?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InRtVWJ6Q0NEVXkiLCJwIjoiL2NzL2ZlYXR1cmVzLzg3NzM4OC93aGl0ZS1jb2xsYXItd29ya2Vycy10cmFpbmluZy1haS1tZXJjb3IiLCJleHAiOjE3NzM1ODM3MTcsImlhdCI6MTc3MzE1MTcxN30.53oBMYd7Un052lv06tM4E6R77ikIntyWUDcZIIlfW0k&utm_medium=gift-link more ›
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Which AI apps are people actively using? What’s actually making money, beyond being popular? We analyzed the data. https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-6/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/F56YmiI How did World War II break out in Asia in 1937? Why did Mao Zedong and his fellow communists live in caves after the Long March? How did the notorious Nanjing Massacre occur? ** Binge all six episodes… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/kjVfcPq Why did the communists and nationalists join forces with the USSR during the Chinese Civil War? When did the nationalists purge communists in what is known as the “White Terror”? Why did 80,000 communists walk across the country… more ›
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Dario Amodei, Co-Founder & CEO, Anthropic sits down with Bloomberg’s Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait to discuss the future of AI, focusing on harnessing its power while managing risk, at Bloomberg House in Davos on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic… more ›
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📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with author and Cambridge professor, Helen Thompson, to discuss the global race for rare earth elements. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://ift.tt/fy1r3gl Listen to the podcast: https://ift.tt/CZvoged… more ›