On July 19th, 2024, a Korean man in his 50s, identified as a pseudonym of Kim Seung Chan in an exclusive report from Hankyoreh, found a hard foreign object in the bulgogi he cooked with the beef he purchased at the Costco Yangpyeong, the very first Costco location in Asia. Costco Yangpyeong | @rolo_ggo/Naver Blog […]
Released Denver Broncos WR quickly finds new spot with NFC contender
When the Denver Broncos finalized their 53-man roster on Tuesday, perhaps the biggest news was that the team had chosen to move on from veteran wide receiver Tim Patrick. It was reported that the Broncos would move on from Patrick but hoped to trade him. When the team was unable to find a trade partner, […]
OpenAI finds that GPT-4o does some truly bizarre stuff sometimes
OpenAI’s GPT-4o, the generative AI model that powers the recently launched alpha of Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT, is the company’s first trained on voice as well as text and image data. And that leads it to behave in strange ways, sometimes — like mimicking the voice of the person speaking to it or randomly […]
Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data
At the end of June, a security researcher found a vulnerability in a web app used by a16z, one of the most powerful and influential Silicon Valley venture capital firms, which exposed some data about the firm’s portfolio companies. The bug has since been fixed. On June 30, a security researcher who goes by xyzeva […]
Experiment finds AI boosts creativity individually — but lowers it collectively
A new study examines whether AI could be an automated helpmeet in creative tasks, with mixed results: it appeared to help less naturally creative people write more original stories — but dampened the creativity of the group as a whole. It’s a trade-off that may be increasingly common as AI tools impinge on creative endeavors. […]