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The internet is freaking out because ChatGPT won’t say the name ‘David Mayer’

ChatGPT users are getting error codes every time they type the name “David Mayer” into the generative AI chatbot, leaving many confounded on who it could be and why the platform isn’t recognizing the name.

A Reddit user who posted to the “r/ChatGPT” subreddit six days ago appeared to be the first to notice that ChatGPT wouldn’t (or couldn’t?) generate a response to the name. The user asked “who is david mayer?” The chatbot said

‘The Mr Beast of Jails’: This influencer is bailing people out of jail for content

An influencer is bailing random people out of jail and putting them on a party bus. Why? For content.

In a ">video posted to his YouTube channel on November 20, creator cduerk bails 10 strangers out of jail at one time. “I went a little over budget with the bail,” cduerk says. Dressed in a goodwill suit, he waits outside the gates, cameras rolling, ready to load them onto a party bus waiting nearby. 

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Here’s how two European search upstarts aim to go after Google—from the index up

Google’s dominance of web search—consistently above 85% of the market in the U.S.—is an unmissable fact of online life. But a key source of that power is much less obvious: the exhaustive index of web pages that Google has created and maintains, and which is so comprehensive that even

How to apply AI in complex domains

Skepticism in artificial intelligence (AI) applications has proliferated exponentially over the past year, especially in industries with complex regulatory frameworks and rigid operational boundaries. While AI holds enormous potential, its application in fields like healthcare, finance, and tax preparation comes with unique challenges. Compliance, accuracy, and risk management must remain top priori

Why Sasha Luccioni wants to create Energy Star ratings for AI

Sasha Luccioni was experiencing something of a quarter-life crisis. It was early 2018, and Luccioni was working as an AI researcher at Morgan Stanley, where she spent her days thinking about how to use the rapidly advancing technology to head off financial risks. But over the course of a year in the job, Luccioni couldn’t escape the feeling that there was a far greater risk—namely, cl

How AI is accelerating—and devaluing—book publishing

AI has the power to pump out words in record speed. And already, that’s substantially inflating the book publishing market. 

Lovers of LLMs are pushing into the traditional publishing system, building their own book-publishing entities. They’re jump-starting their own publishing imprints, and self-publishing books (often slop) on digital marketplaces. The goal here is very often speed: Just how ma

7 surprisingly practical ways to use ChatGPT’s free voice wizard

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ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode—free as of Oct 21—is like having a 24/7 wizard in your pocket. From language practice and virtual museum tours to meditation and public speaking guidance, I’ve been discovering

Bend the web to your will with this page-transforming power tool

Modern web pages aren’t exactly what you’d call “minimal.” All text aside, they’re almost always overflowing with images, ads, and other extraneous elements.

Whether you want to print a page, archive it as a PDF for future reference, or even just read it without getting an instant migraine, that can sometimes create an awkward challenge.

But there’s a solution to those cluttered web page woes. It’ll reshape the way you experience the web—and


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