Thinging Cowboy The Spotify Car Thing wasn't exactly a hit when it went on sale in 2022— its production ceased within a year of its release. But many people with an older vehicle have come to rely on the quirky piece of hardware because it was a convenient way of controlling music without your phone. But now it's becoming a thing of the past. Just...

Ticket Takers The Department of Justice is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation, the monolithic ticketing enterprise that merged in 2010, over its alleged industry monopoly that's said to drive prices through the roof and make it harder for artists, fans, venues, and competitors to get butts in seats. In a press release about the sweeping lawsuit, which...

Making Stuff Up You know how Google's new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won't slide off (pssst...please don't do this.) Well, according to an interview at The Verge with Google CEO Sundar Pichai...

Google's AI search, which swallows up web results and delivers them to users in a regurgitated package, delivers each of its AI-paraphrased answers to user queries in a concise, coolly confident tone. Just one tiny problem: it's wrong. A lot. Over the past week, X-formerly-Twitter has lit ablaze with screenshots of Google's "AI Overview" spewing a...

Cat of a Different Coat Attention cat fanciers! A research team has identified a new type of cat which has the typical adorable face and fur pattern of the black and white tuxedo cat, but with a difference: the fur on this feline's back starts off with a solid color at its base, such as black, and gradually turns white at the tip — all caused by a...

Stupid Simulacrum The accusations that Scarlett Johansson has leveled against OpenAI have launched a storm of controversy, turning the ChatGPT creator into a near-pariah overnight for its alleged copying of the actress's voice without her permission. There's already plenty of good writing out there on how the incident encapsulates the AI industry's...