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Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation

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    If I had a cloning machine, I'd make many Luigis.
  • Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books

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    The students read Tolkien, then invent their own settings. The judge thinks this is similar to how claude works. I, nor I suspect the judge, meant that the students were reusing world building whole cloth.
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    I believe that's what a write down generally reflects: The asset is now worth less than its previous book value. Resale value isn't the most accurate way to look at it, but it generally works for explaining it: If I bought a tool for 100€, I'd book it as 100€ worth of tools. If I wanted to sell it again after using it for a while, I'd get less than those 100€ back for it, so I'd write down that difference as a loss. With buying / depreciating / selling companies instead of tools, things become more complex, but the basic idea still holds: If the whole of the company's value goes down, you write down the difference too. So unless these guys bought it for five times its value, they'll have paid less for it than they originally got.
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    I don't see Yarvin on here... this needs expansion.
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    Epic is a piece of shit company. The only reason they are fighting this fight with Apple is because they want some of Apple’s platform fees for themselves. Period. The fact that they managed to convince a bunch of simpletons that they are somehow Robin Hood coming to free them from the tyrant (who was actually protecting all those users all along) is laughable. Apple created the platform, Apple managed it, curated it, and controlled it. That gives them the right to profit from it. You might dislike that but — guess what? Nobody forced you to buy it. Buy Android if Fortnight is so important to you. Seriously. Please. We won’t miss you. Epic thinks they have a right to profit from Apple’s platform and not pay them for all the work they did to get it to be over 1 billion users. That is simply wrong. They should build their own platform and their own App Store and convince 1 billion people to use it. The reason they aren’t doing that is because they know they will never be as successful as Apple has been.
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    It varies based on local legislation, so in some places paying ransoms is banned but it's by no means universal. It's totally valid to be against paying ransoms wherever possible, but it's not entirely black and white in some situations. For example, what if a hospital gets ransomed? Say they serve an area not served by other facilities, and if they can't get back online quickly people will die? Sounds dramatic, but critical public services get ransomed all the time and there are undeniable real world consequences. Recovery from ransomware can cost significantly more than a ransom payment if you're not prepared. It can also take months to years to recover, especially if you're simultaneously fighting to evict a persistent (annoyed, unpaid) threat actor from your environment. For the record I don't think ransoms should be paid in most scenarios, but I do think there is some nuance to consider here.
  • VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos

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    This is really exciting news! VLC adding real-time AI subtitling with offline capabilities is a game-changer for accessibility and international content consumption. While this is great for real-time viewing, for those who need to analyze, edit, or repurpose video content, having access to the actual transcript text is crucial. That's where tools like video to srt come in - they can help you extract, analyze, and work with video transcripts in ways that go beyond just real-time viewing. The combination of real-time AI subtitling (like VLC's new feature) and dedicated transcript analysis tools gives content creators and researchers the best of both worlds. You can watch with live subtitles, then use the transcript for deeper analysis, content repurposing, or creating study materials. This development really shows how AI is democratizing access to video content across language barriers. Exciting times for both viewers and content creators!