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Google

Pixel 10 Pro review: a great device well ahead of its software

Google takes its smartphone hardware to another level. It's now just waiting for the promises of the software to catch up.

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AI

Accountable for every sloppy word

One cool trick to stop the word slop? Demand transparency when AI errors appear in documents that were meant to be written for people.

AI

15 great reads on the state of AI

There's plenty of hype available. Here's some more thought provoking coverage to help consider things more carefully.

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Home

Petbarn's first ever app has an AI to answer your pet dilemmas

A clever use of generative AI to give you easy answers to pet questions based on a knowledge base of expert advice.

AI

Nightshade: poisoning AI image models

Meet Nightshade. A tool for collective, offensive artist action against image scraping for AI. Nightshade adds a human-eye invisible interference pattern to images that will accumulate to increase the cost of training on unlicensed data".

AI

Google Gemini upgrades AI powers in Bard, Pixel, and more

Can the arrival of Google Gemini give OpenAI the serious competition we've been waiting for?

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Culture

Great summer reads

16 great links to some of the best stories around the web that help you stay on top of what's next in digital.

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AI

What will the Canva of AI copy mean for writing?

Every industry has its practitioners who over charge and under deliver. Both graphic design and copywriting have more than their fair share.

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Technology

Maintaining a clear sense of the future

In 1999 I completely dismissed the importance of flash memory cards as a storage medium for the future. It taught me big lessons on how to consider a technology's long-term potential.

Culture

'In the style of': why AI art needs to address named artists as prompts

If you ask an AI art tool to be inspired by a specific artist, should the artist be compensated?

AI

💡 Byteside Weekly: Are AI art programs a tool or a cheat?

An AI artwork wins a local art competition. Is that fair? Plus other curated links on digital twins, USB4 Version 2 confusion, the end of SIM cards, and plenty more.

Games

Gran Turismo 7's AI could power the future of self-driving cars

Sony's GT Sophy AI is beating the best Gran Turismo players and could help shape autonomous cars going forward.