Chaos & Amazement #2436 iPhone 16, Flux AI, and a Potato Camera
Brace yourself for another fast paced tour through the latest tech marvels, AI breakthroughs, and quirky innovations that blur the line between chaos and amazement. Enjoy!
Tech news
Earlier this week Apple launched its new iPhone product line. The A18 Pro chip in the iPhone 16 Pro models promises to offer advanced AI capabilities, enhancing performance and efficiency. Thanks to this new chip, iPhones can handle various AI tasks, including real-time language translation, smart photography, augmented reality, voice recognition, and personalization. Personally I’m worried about how this powerful on-device processing would impact battery life. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/09/apple-debuts-iphone-16-pro-and-iphone-16-pro-max/
Sad news: Internet Archive lost appeal against publishers over free digital book rental system Open Library. It's a blow to accessible knowledge, hurting students, researchers, and book lovers who relied on this service. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235958/internet-archive-loses-appeal-ebook-lending
Fresh AI
A new open-source AI tool called Flux by https://blackforestlabs.ai creates hyperrealistic photos has been making waves. It can generate convincing images of people in recognizable locations within seconds, with fewer telltale signs of AI generation. More here: https://www.aol.com/ai-tool-creates-hyperrealistic-photos-150838356.html According to some, this new model is so dangerous it needs to be stopped.
From my blog
How to Turn a Potato into a Camera https://bnox.be/2024/09/how-to-turn-potato-into-camera.html
Weird and Wonderful
Pig belly rubs: “Why did you stop?”
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