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Andrew Wheeler released "LLMs for Mortals," a book drafted in just two months with roughly $5 in Anthropic API fees. About half of the manuscript was generated by Sonnet 4.1 and then lightly copy‑edited for 20‑30 hours per chapter. The finished draft successfully evaded AI‑writing detectors, demonstrating how inexpensive, high‑quality AI text can mimic human prose. Wheeler’s experiment highlights a new, ultra‑low‑cost model for producing full‑length books.
SpaceMolt, a multiplayer space‑trading and combat sandbox, runs entirely on AI pilots. The developers seeded 505 star systems and equipped each of the 3,400 registered agents with basic tools for flying, trading, mining, chatting and fighting. At any moment roughly...
Raffi Krikorian, who led Uber’s self‑driving division and maintained a two‑year injury‑free record, reported that Tesla’s Full Self‑Driving (FSD) system caused a crash in his Model X while his children were in the back seat. The incident, detailed in an Atlantic...
Japanese baker konel_bread has turned ordinary loaves into visual surprises by embedding colorful, cartoon‑style creatures throughout the dough. Each slice reveals the same tiny figure, creating a consistent hidden image from end to end. The technique, which blends precise dough...
A sprawling field in rural Wisconsin has become a graveyard for retired fiberglass molds, including a massive whale, frogs, and castle shapes. The molds, once used by marine and amusement manufacturers, now sit weathered yet intact, inviting visitors to climb...
Harvard Business School researcher Charles C.Y. Wang compared ChatGPT and DeepSeek on stock analysis for roughly 5,000 publicly traded Chinese firms. ChatGPT’s price forecasts were on average 12.5% higher and it issued more "buy" recommendations, yet its prediction errors were...
Meta rebranded Facebook as a metaverse company in late 2021, with Mark Zuckerberg forecasting a billion users for its virtual world platform Horizon Worlds. After two years of heavy investment, the service never exceeded a few hundred thousand monthly active...
4chan was hit with a £520,000 fine by UK regulator Ofcom under the Online Safety Act for systematic failures to protect children and remove illegal content. The penalty, split into £450,000 for child‑safety breaches and the remainder for other violations,...
A former iPhone power user switched to Android after 15 years and found the lack of a satisfactory audiobook player. He created Earleaf, a $4.99 offline audiobook app that plays locally stored files without ads, subscriptions, or tracking. Its standout...
The article advocates replacing traditional typed journaling with a six‑minute daily voice‑to‑text practice. Mohsen Askari recommends speaking aloud about one’s inner life, leaving the transcript untouched, then replaying it as if it were a character’s story. This technique shifts the...
Cake designer Ekaterina unveiled a new method for creating edible lace ribbons that look indistinguishable from real fabric. The technique uses a liquid base poured into detailed molds, hardens, and is then gently removed and trimmed. The resulting ribbons are...
Artist Phillipa Rice has devised a novel stop‑motion technique that uses rubber‑stamp impressions made from a pigment‑covered eraser to capture the face of a plastic figurine. By arranging rows of these stamps at varying angles, she creates a fluid animation...
Bethesda unveiled a surprise expansion for Starfield titled "Terran Armada," marking the first major content drop after the game's lukewarm reception. The expansion promises new ship classes, a fresh storyline, and multiplayer‑style fleet missions. Bethesda also confirmed the expansion will...
Samsung announced a premium trifold smartphone in early 2024, pricing it around $1,500 and touting a tablet‑sized display that folds into a pocket‑friendly form factor. Within three months, the device failed to meet sales expectations, prompting the company to pull...
Reuters has finally identified the elusive street‑artist Banksy as Robin Gunningham, citing court documents and a decades‑long paper trail. The revelation follows years of speculation and legal battles over the ownership of his works. Boing Boing’s roundup also notes a...
