Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers
GameSpot
Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract That Could Set A New Standard For Game Developers
Blizzard workers have secured AI guardrails and new protections against layoffs.
Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent
https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/
https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/
Engadget
Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent - Engadget
The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear, but Meta execs have accidentally tagged the band instead of their AI agent.
I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from
Genesmindsmachines
I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology
A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came with by Looking at Specification Gaming
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/
SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came up with by Looking at the List of Specification Gaming Behaviours
Creatures bred for speed grow really tall and generate high velocities by falling over. An evolved player makes invalid moves far away in the board, causing opponent players to run out of memory an…
Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998 – Hugo Vergnes
https://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b/
https://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b/
Hugo Vergnes
Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998
A 3.8B model pretrained from scratch to 0.384 CORE on 65B tokens in 43 hours, for $998.
OpenAI have no mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out
https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117237555794407063
https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117237555794407063
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Just to point something out to Open AI since they do not seem to have any mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out. They like to point out that their work was inspired by unforced Euler. As I said in my statement, our hypodissipative…
Just to point something out to Open AI since they do not seem to have any mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out. They like to point out that their work was inspired by unforced Euler. As I said in my statement, our hypodissipative…
What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260909-00/?p=112683
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260909-00/?p=112683
PlayStation cancels Kojima's PHYSINT, Xbox steps in
https://twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en/status/2097877506401681753
https://twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en/status/2097877506401681753
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HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) on X
As confirmed earlier through our official channels, in mid-June of this year, we unexpectedly received notice from PlayStation Studios that they would cancel the PHYSINT project. PHYSINT is an imp…
Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/thanks-to-siri-recaps-your-apple-watch-is-always-listening-as-you-go-about-your-day-but-apple-may-be-risking-a-meta-glasses-style-backlash
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/thanks-to-siri-recaps-your-apple-watch-is-always-listening-as-you-go-about-your-day-but-apple-may-be-risking-a-meta-glasses-style-backlash
TechRadar
Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening as you go about your day — but Apple may be risking a Meta Glasses…
Apple may not have read the room on this one
Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643556
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643556
Amazon pilots ad services in ChatGPT
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-pilots-ad-services-in-chatgpt-what-marketers-need-to-know/829945/
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-pilots-ad-services-in-chatgpt-what-marketers-need-to-know/829945/
Marketing Dive
Amazon pilots ad services in ChatGPT: What marketers need to know
The managed service offering, which is in a U.S. pilot and available via Amazon DSP, comes as ChatGPT Ads recently hit a revenue milestone.
NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It's Unveiling Rock Art on Earth
https://gizmodo.com/this-nasa-color-trick-was-meant-for-mars-now-its-unveiling-rock-art-on-earth-2000809844
https://gizmodo.com/this-nasa-color-trick-was-meant-for-mars-now-its-unveiling-rock-art-on-earth-2000809844
Gizmodo
This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It's Unveiling Rock Art on Earth
Rather than simply raising the contrast between colors, the decorrelation method maps the original colors to an expanded range.
One resignation turned the embers of AI fear into a wildfire
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/one-resignation-turned-the-embers
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/one-resignation-turned-the-embers
www.interconnects.ai
One resignation turned the embers of AI fear into a wildfire
Some quick notes on a truly weird week.