A.I. tried to recreate gymnastics and gave us a Lovecraftian nightmare of unimaginable terror

ALL HAIL OCTOBUTT!

Gymnastics is a stunningly gorgeous sport. A perfect harmony of strength, flexibility, and athleticism that causes us to marvel at what the human body is capable of. Ask a computer to try and parse it’s nuances and you get one of the most terrifying things the world has ever seen. I’m sorry to show you this.

Gymnastics is the Turing test of video generation models pic.twitter.com/cOhmUJjI2m

— Deedy (@deedydas) July 2, 2024

A.I. was prompted to recreate...

Vernestra has to be Qimir's old Jedi Master in 'The Acolyte,' right?

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mac app was storing conversations in plain text

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Until Friday, OpenAI’s recently launched ChatGPT macOS app had a potentially worrying security issue: it wasn’t hard to find your chats stored on your computer and read them in plain text. That meant that if a bad actor or malicious app had access to your machine, they could easily read your conversations with ChatGPT and the data contained within them.

As demonstrated by Pedro José Pereira Vieito on Threads, the ease of access meant it was possible to have...

Nothing’s first CMF phone could be customizable with dial and kickstand add-ons

Users will be able to swap the CMF Phone 1’s rear case and attach accessories like a folding kickstand. | Image: Nothing

Nothing plans to reveal the first smartphone from its affordable CMF subbrand on July 8th, but as part of a continuing series of teasers, it’s revealed the CMF Phone 1’s unique customizability, including a dial that can be used to attach accessories and a rear panel that can be easily swapped.

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The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair

A “warranty void if seal broken” sticker covering a screw hole. | Image: Eirik Solheim (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Ever seen one of those “warranty void if removed” stickers covering the screw holes on a gadget? Today, the FTC is reminding ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac that they’re illegal.

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The pink Google Pixel 9 resurfaces in another video leak — but the screen is turned on this time

Google hasn't officially shown anyone the Pixel 9 yet, but two leaks in one week have given us the most exciting news we could possibly get about it: that it will be available in pink.

Per Neowin, a Reel video uploaded to Facebook by a channel called "Reparation mobile 23" appears to show a pink Google Pixel 9 model with the screen turned on.

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Mia Goth Told Us About "MaXXXine" While Playing With Puppies

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TaylorMade and other brands give fans amazing patriotic golf equipment

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July 4th week is here, and golf brands like TaylorMade, Callaway, and many others have fantastic patriotic equipment to celebrate.

July 4th week is here, and the golf brands brought the heat with the Red, White and Blue equipment.

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Google will now generate disclosures for political ads that use AI

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Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch

The Astro for Business robot is no more. | Image: Amazon

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Blumhouse’s Afraid brings AI terror to the smart home

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