Imad
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Senior Google and AI reporter at CNET. Past bylines: NYTimes, WaPo, Tom's Guide. Newmark J School alum. AAJA, SAJA and NYVGCC member.
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#DeepSeek, justifiably, freaked the tech world out over the weekend. But experts say that while it's a major democratization of "reasoning" AI without the high price tag, America isn't suddenly in 2nd place. And AGI is still far away. Lot to unpack.

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DeepSeek Turned the AI World on Its Head, but Don't Fall For The Hype Just Yet
DeepSeek AI is a new open source AI model out of China that claims to be outperforming OpenAI, Google and Meta.
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imad.bsky.social
It should be noted that these messages also made fun of Indians... of which Vance's wife and kids are....
radleybalko.bsky.social
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
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oliverdarcy.bsky.social
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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monolithfiji.bsky.social
Didn't care for The Smashing Machine but it did make me realize that Reggie File-Aime was the role Dwayne Johnson was born to play. Biopic when?
imad.bsky.social
What has America come to.
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Burger King abandoned its 'Creepy King' mascot, the one with the uncanny valley face and bizarre commercials, because it was too scary for families with young children who would end up at McDonald’s instead. bit.ly/4h2xppV
Burger King Says It Ditched “Creepy King” Because He Was Scaring Off Families With Kids
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scottstein.bsky.social
Ok I might be afraid of AI now
imad.bsky.social
HMM, sounds like it's time for a new rhythm game
wario64.bsky.social
Rock Band 4 will delist on October 5, 2025 - "the original licenses for the core soundtrack are expiring"

DLC are delisting too
www.resetera.com/threads/rock...

Rock Band 4 Rivals Bundle is $9.99:
US PSN store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
Xbox www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...
imad.bsky.social
The reality is that Xbox Game Pass doesn't have enough subscribers and isn't making money the same way Netflix is. Game Pass needs 100 million-plus subs. It might reach 50 million this year.

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Gets Another Price Hike, and It's Rough
Some other Game Pass plans are being upgraded and will be renamed, but they aren't getting a price increase.
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imad.bsky.social
It's highly telling that a passionate global fanbase dedicated to clear and factual telling of history is an affront to Musk's worldview

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Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster
Remember when Grok praised Adolf Hitler?
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imad.bsky.social
Alterego shows off some incredibly cool tech. I just wonder how practical it would be in real life. I do feel that for those who are speech impaired, this could be very handy, however.

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This AI Wearable Is the World's First 'Near-Telepathic' Device
Alterego's new AI wearable device can read your brain signals so you can communicate without speaking.
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