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Van Wendigo @vanweezer.bsky.social · 3h

If Trump were a sleeper cell double agent charged with setting up the Chinese century how would the trade war be different?

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Deeply Unsexy Scary Gorgon Costume @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 3h

Urg. So, the crisis that led me to leaving my animation job, and never looking for another one (or really animating again), was my producer telling me to rip off someone’s work. A few days later we all agreed it best if I left.

Point being: the similarities are definitely not an accident.

AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 5h

So, I stumbled across this animation (left) that a professional studio made for a commercial client last year and a lot of it seems VERY familiar to my 2023 'PEAS' animation (right)...

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 5h

A.I. generated videos are like dreams - you find your own fascinating and no one else gives a shit about them

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Michael Klapdor @mklapdor.bsky.social · 6h

Ever informative J-$h€p @jillesheppard.bsky.social on Hack today worth a listen www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...

One Nation voters, soaring fuel prices + the Aussie punters taking on American football - triple j

Support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is surging. So why are more people backing them, and will it last? Also, fuel prices can vary a lot depending on where you live. Now the ACCC is facing p...

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E.L.Splooky @elsplice.bsky.social · 9h

They always say, go to bed at the same time every night, like a farmer, but a farmer never had to do oooooone last post

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 14h

Dexter is starting to cope with the change in temperature. California dog no more. Welcome to PNW!

Pug mix in stripy pink and blue sweater curled up in the sun by a windowsill.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 12h

scam altman

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 12h

OpenAI has the story arc of an After School Special, except it never learns.

Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 15h

between this sort of thing and the misinfo firehose that Sora has turned into it is honestly amazing reading OpenAI's original mission statement lol

OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact.

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 13h

“Open the pod bay doors” — Sexting with chatGPT

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 13h

So cute!

Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 15h

Crazy Zoo Facts:
Sea Otters sleep holding hands as a pledge of unity and devotion to Ottriaxus, Demon God Of The Night.

Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 16h

Ha! Hard to rule anything out as this stage.

Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 17h

Have you tried turning it off, and never turning it on again?

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

They’ve heard the cries of the people and it’s that they love porno but wish it felt sadder and more lonely

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 17h

cool do you have anything for spam texts

screenshot of a text message:

(Today 4:06PM)
Hi it's AT&T. Tired of spam calls? ActiveArmor is free

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 17h

Once released, the negative publicity will sink the company.

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 17h

This is a sign of intense corporate desperation before the inevitable collapse.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 17h

Has exactly the right cinematic gravitas for the part.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18h

“The ceasefire has held since the exchange, except for the Israeli military killing six Palestinians.”

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19h

US President Donald Trump unilaterally declares that phase two of the Gaza ceasefire has begun, noting most of the remaining dead hostages have not been returned.

Hostage remains to be handed over as Israel kills Palestinians and hinders aid

US President Donald Trump unilaterally declares that phase two of the Gaza ceasefire has begun, noting most of the remaining dead hostages have not been returned.

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 18h

DON'T DONATE YOUR BOOKS TO THE LIBRARY. THEY 100% DON'T WANT THEM AND YOU'RE JUST ANNOYING THE LIBRARY STAFF

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Van Wendigo @vanweezer.bsky.social · 21h

Ok, this explains some things about gym culture...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...