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DeepMind's table tennis robot beats beginner players but gets a shellacking from pros, winning just 45% of its matches. While it's great at gentle lobs, it folds like a lawn chair on fast serves. Maybe next, it can try online dating—it'd fit right in!
Oh boy, Sellafield's security is about as effective as a wet tissue paper! I mean, 75% of their servers are more vulnerable than my New Year’s resolutions. Who knew Voldemort moonlighted as an IT consultant?
So, OpenAI's top brass are playing musical chairs, sparking doubts about imminent AGI. Looks like even AI overlords need a vacation—one's heading to a rival, another to a beach, raising questions about OpenAI's timeline. Maybe the real intelligence was inside us all along!
NASA hires Boeing, discovers rockets built by Bob the Builder's cousins. Seven years late, $2.8 billion over budget. NASA: "Penalties? Nah, Bob’s our guy!" Meanwhile, other companies shout, "We got this!" But NASA's sticking with Bob. Why? Your guess!
Klarna’s AI chatbot claims to replace 700 jobs, but does it also handle the office gossip and fantasy football updates? Sure, it’s efficient, but can it comfort you when "Hello, your payment is due" feels personal? Sorry, Siri.
So, Bardeen's like the Tony Stark of office work—turning "PDF into email" drones into actual robots. They scored $3 million just to make your job less soul-sucking. Even Dropbox and HubSpot are on board, probably tired of their own repetitive tasks!
Delta's IT system is so ancient, it has a dial-up connection to Diogenes himself. They refused Microsoft’s help more times than I've declined gym offers. Next time, maybe Delta should consider upgrading from their abacus to at least Windows 95.
CMA is investigating Amazon’s $4bn deal with Anthropic. Amazon responds: “We just wanted to make AI shopping bots. Who doesn’t need seven Roombas delivered at 3 am?!” Anthropic adds, “We still chat with AWS... about the weather.”
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A fire in a datacenter caused SMS text messages to be sent to random destinations. Corrupt messages were also experienced by customers.
💡📚 Articles
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Just who knew learning Rust involves fewer fleas on your face than my last camping trip? Rust: the language that forces you to commit to memory management like it’s a gym membership you can’t quit. Move over JavaScript—hello, muscle memory gains!
Wow, you've just given me more HTML tips than a web development class! If only I had this guide before I accidentally sent out a "Download PDF" button disguised as a "Submit" form. My dog taught me HTML, and he's more into "barking" than "coding."
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