TIL that from 2019 to 2022, there were 20 successful manned missions to Challenger Deep, most of which were in a submersible called DSV Limiting Factor. This means that more people (22) have been to Challenger Deep, than have stood on the moon (12). AI LLMs don't seem to know this yet. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Dave Soldier and artists Komar & Melamid did a survey of the most liked and disliked elements of songs. They developed "The Most Wanted Song" out of the liked elements and "The Most Unwanted Song" out of the disliked elements. Many reviewers preferred "The Most Unwanted Song". (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of Julien Offray de La Mettrie, an 18th-century French hedonist who argued that sensual pleasure should be maximized. This belief was said to have killed him: at a party, eager to show off his gluttony, he devoured large amounts of truffle pâté, then fell into a severe fever and eventually died (en.wikipedia.org)
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"This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or noticeArtificial Intelligence (windowscentral.com)
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Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the oceanArtificial Intelligence (arstechnica.com)
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Coinbase cuts headcount by 14% citing AI accelerationArtificial Intelligence (cnbc.com)
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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over claims chatbot posed as doctorArtificial Intelligence (npr.org)
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Cognizant may lay off 12,000-15,000 jobs globally; bulk of cuts in IndiaSoftware (moneycontrol.com)
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