Chaos & Amazement #2405 Facebook at 20, Soups Older Than Taylor Swift, and Infinite Craft
This week, we revisit Facebook's 20-year evolution, explore AI's physical advancements, and discuss credibility issues in travel inspiration media. Dive into my weekly blend of tech and creativity.
Tech News
Facebook, the social network that once started as a hangout spot for young people, turns 20 today. From exclusive college beginnings to a global behemoth, it's weathered controversies and changes, evolving into Meta. From techxplore.com
Drones are changing how wars are fought globally. More countries and groups are using weaponized drones, shifting the balance of power and making conflicts more complex. https://vox.com/2024/1/29/24055046/jordan-drone-strike-troop-deaths-proliferation
One of my favorite travel inspiration websites, atlasobscura.com, faces credibility issues as writer Blair Mastbaum fabricates stories, including soups older than Taylor Swift. The incident underscores challenges in media skepticism and fact-checking in the digital age. https://thewalrus.ca/around-the-world-in-eighty-lies/ via
Fresh AI
This is the year that AI gets physical. Here’s one example: Figure AI eyes a $500M funding round with Microsoft and OpenAI. Their humanoid aims to boost productivity, tackle labor shortages, and explore physical, consumer, and space markets. Tesla and 1X Technologies are also in the race.
Fabio Comparelli, a digital artist based in Switzerland, made a 40-sec AI video for The Future of Money event in Toronto, showcasing the evolving landscape of currency. Pretty impressive work: https://www.thefutureofmoney.ca
In this interactive explainer, explore how capable AI language models (LMs) like ChatGPT are in the past and present, to better understand AI’s future. Check here how fast AI is improving: https://theaidigest.org/progress-and-dangers
From my blog
Digital Impact: A Conversation with Anatolii Ulitovskyi https://bnox.be/2024/01/digital-impact-conversation-with.html
Earlier this week I explored the digital impact on daily life in a live podcast with @UlAnatolii, an entrepreneur leading a thriving SEO agency. We unpacked challenges and insights, delving into the dynamic world of online amid billions of websites.
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Weird and Wonderful
OK cancel the rest of the day: Infinite Craft https://neal.fun/infinite-craft/
Random animations https://bleuje.com/randomanimations/ Tell me what you see.
The claim that the maximum size of a PDF is 381 km x 381 km is completely false - there's no set limit to the size of a file. Please don’t try to print it.
This hit me right in the feels Female Chameleon Erupts with Color Before Death
Normal is a setting on my dryer; we are all weird.