2026-05-21

Google Just Turned Street View Into a Video Game

Google Just Turned Street View Into a Video Game

Here’s the coolest thing Google shipped at I/O, what they didn't, and why a Korean research paper shows where they might go next.

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Why does off-model SFT degrade capabilities?

Why does off-model SFT degrade capabilities?

Off-model SFT (SFT on outputs generated by a different model) might be an important method for controlling AI behavior. For instance, it seems like a central technique for overcoming exploration...

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Man sues Nintendo for $341,000 because he can't be a Pokemon Professor

Man sues Nintendo for $341,000 because he can't be a Pokemon Professor

A 34-year-old Iowa resident is seeking damages after his Pokémon Professor application was revoked by The Pokémon Company.

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GPU behemoth Nvidia on track to be world's leading CPU supplier too, says CFO

GPU behemoth Nvidia on track to be world's leading CPU supplier too, says CFO

GPUzilla forecasts $20 billion in CPU revenues this year

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Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World

Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World

The great myth is that truth is an emergent property of fact, that it bubbles up from the bottom of reality once the mind attains enough fathoms of factuality. But...

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AMD says its $4K Ryzen AI Halo workstation practically pays for itself

AMD says its $4K Ryzen AI Halo workstation practically pays for itself

If you spend at least eight hours a day vibe coding that is

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The famous o3 "GeoGuessr" prompt did not work

The famous o3 "GeoGuessr" prompt did not work

In April last year, Kelsey Piper discovered that OpenAI’s o3 model was surprisingly good at figuring out where a photo was taken from. Like human “geoguessr” pros, o3 could sometimes...

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Intuit axes 3,000 – without blaming AI

Intuit axes 3,000 – without blaming AI

'Margin expansion' and a 'faster, leaner' company are CEO Sasan Goodarzi's goals

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If I Were Emperor of New AI Safety Researcher Training...

(Epistemic status: Opinions, but justifiable ones. For several notable AI safety research sprint program directors of my acquaintance who I won't mention by name here; with thanks to @WhatsTrueKittycat and...

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Snowcaps

Snowcaps

I love my snowcaps, in landscape photos and pens. I have been using Montblanc pens for a long time, about three decades now. Slowly the numbers have piled up. The...

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Building Festival Badges That Sync Themselves Up

Building Festival Badges That Sync Themselves Up

Lots of music events these days hand out various glowing tchotchkes that flash and sync up with the performance. [Tony Goacher] has whipped up his own badges that can do...

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How to watch Warhammer Skulls 2026

How to watch Warhammer Skulls 2026

Catch the latest reveals from the yearly Warhammer videogame showcase.

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AI code accelerates production failures and spending, study finds

AI code accelerates production failures and spending, study finds

CloudBees survey exposes verification gap

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Quoting SpaceX S-1

We have the ability to use compute resources to support our proprietary AI applications (such as Grok 5, which is currently being trained at COLOSSUS II), while also providing access...

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In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?

In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?

Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity.

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AI Is Exposing the Leadership Problem That’s Costing You Speed, Focus and Results

Most organizations think they have an AI execution problem, but the real issue is leadership hesitation around tradeoffs, ownership and the willingness to decide what actually matters.

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2026-05-20

Nearly a decade after its last update, Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets a photo mode and motion controls in a surprise new patch

Nearly a decade after its last update, Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets a photo mode and motion controls in a surprise new patch

Darksiders launched for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S this week, and that's good news for us too.

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