TikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19, the wildly popular short-form video app went dark. The shutdown left me (and millions of other users) in shock as they were greeted with a message saying, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available […]
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In our rush to understand and relate to AI, we have fallen into a seductive trap: Attributing human characteristics to these robust but fundamentally non-human systems. This anthropomorphizing of AI is not just a harmless quirk
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The world of AI agents is undergoing a revolution, and Microsoft’s recent release of AutoGen v0.4 this week marked a significant leap forward in this journey. Positioned as a robust, scalable, and extensible framework, AutoGen represents
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week announced the finalists for the Independent Games Festival’s awards event, which is part of the former’s conference. The IGF’s awards event, where it reveals the winners of each award, will take place on March 26 alongside the Game Developers Choice Awards. The previous winner of the Seumas McNally
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has become the de-facto way of customizing large language models (LLMs) for bespoke information. However, RAG comes with upfront technical costs and can be slow. Now, thanks to advances in long-context LLMs, enterprises
Content warning: This story contains references to suicidal ideation and postpartum mental health struggles. If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. Help is available. Please reach out to a trusted healthcare provider or call the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS (1-833-943-5746). Six months after becoming a mother, I
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Is there anything more nerve-wracking than trying to organize your first kid’s playdate? One parent took to Reddit to vent about the stress of reaching out to another parent for a playdate, and honestly, many of us feel this in our bones. The parent shared her story: “My super social 4-year-old has been asking to
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The AI media tech provider Runway has announced the release of Frames, its newest text-to-image generation model, and it’s winning early praise from users for producing highly cinematic visuals — a fitting compliment given Runway is
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As a mom and parenting writer, I’ve seen my share of awkward family situations. But when I came across a recent Reddit AITA post about a $2,800 post-vacation bill for a teen’s trip to Costa Rica, I couldn’t help but cringe. Why? Because this kind of situation is entirely preventable—and it’s time we had an
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Last year, Cognition started the AI agent wave with a product called Devin — the world’s first AI engineer. The offering was under wraps for several months, but now it’s generally available and learning new chops
