[Music] Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of testing cursed technology. I'm your friend V Song and I'm here with a special Sunday bonus episode. Yay.We're calling this AI for normies. So, here's the concept. AI can be so open-ended, it's really hard for the average person to know what it's good for.And if you ask me, I don't think big tech is doing such a great job at explaining that either. But we here at the verge. com are a bunch of giant nerds and we test all of this stuff for a living.So I ...

Hallucination & Deception Rate Analysis - GTP5 scored 50 in deception rate, while 03 scored 47.4%, but the bar chart visually misrepresented the data, making GTP5 appear better when it's actually worse [1] - The report lacks clarity on what constitutes a good deception rate, ideally aiming for zero, especially when the model is used for medical advice [2][3] - Chart inconsistencies include boxes of different sizes representing percentages that don't align with their visual representation, such as 69.1%, 30.8%, and 52% [2] Data Presentation Issues - The charts exhibit a lack of consistency, with the highest numbers not always positioned in the highest spot [1] - Random coloring and inconsistent sizing of elements within the charts further contribute to the confusion [2]

On Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook joined Trump at the White House to announce a new investment into American manufacturing. >> Today, we're committing an additional 100 billion to the United States, bringing our total US investment to 600 billion over the next four years. >> To commemorate this, Cook did something pretty unexpected.He gifted Trump a statue made with iPhone screen glass and a 24 karat gold base. The glass comes from Corning, a US-based manufacturer that Apple will now use to create 100% of th ...

Product Overview - The industry is exploring 3D printed lightsabers using off-the-shelf electronics kits, enabling realistic motion-controlled sound effects and hands-free ignition [1] - The kit allows for wireless color changes and various saber effects via an app, including blaster bolt blocking and adjustable saber sound profiles [2] - The $135 kit includes electronics and aluminum tubes, requiring users to 3D print custom parts and assemble the circuitry [2] Assembly and Customization - Assembly involves plugging in connectors and threading wires, potentially requiring a heat set insert for securing the core and super glue for decorative buttons [3] - Additional M2 bolts and nuts are needed, as the kit does not include them [4] - Customization may involve reboring holes for proper fit and securing parts with filament [4] Durability and Maintenance - The blade is susceptible to breakage from excessive force, necessitating printing replacements [4]

It took me less than a minute to generate nude Taylor Swift videos using Grock's new AI feature. Unlike rival video generation models like Open Eyes, Sora or Google's VO, which do try to prevent users from generating not safe work content or celebrity deep fakes, the Grock imagine feature for Xi's chatbot has a spicy video generation mode that will allow you to do both of those things simultaneously. In fact, it didn't hesitate whatsoever to spat out a completely uncensored, topless video of Taylor Swift th ...

Company Overview - FabScrap is a small fashion nonprofit in Brooklyn that resells and recycles leftover fabric, aiming to reduce textile waste in landfills [1] - The organization collaborates with various brands, including household names like J Crew and Macy's, as well as niche brands like Noah [2] - FabScrap employs a small team of 15 people [6] Environmental Impact - FabScrap has saved 2 million pounds (907,185 kg) of textiles from landfills [1][3] - The nonprofit shares data with brands, including the amount of material saved from landfills, the percentage of materials reused, and the amount of CO2 saved [3] - The organization receives 6 to 7 thousand pounds (2,721 to 3,175 kg) of material every week [3] Operations and Processes - FabScrap sorts through thousands of pounds of textiles with the help of volunteers [4] - The organization recycles, resells, or downcycles excess material [2] - Smaller scraps of fabric are shredded and made into shoddy, which is used for insulation [5] - Fabric pieces too big to shred are sold to the public in a thrift store [6]

James says, "In the last episode, the Clueless Closet was mentioned and Mia talked about their spreadsheet system. I've been looking for a solution to the same issue since I can never make up my mind. I'd love a deeper dive in the system used or an app, maybe the AI ones if they're good, to catch people up if they didn't hear the last one." We were talking about all the fake movie and TV tech that we would love to steal. And I mentioned the clueless closet, which is sort of like a computer system that inven ...

I designed this very specific skirt called the pure wet skirt in 2021. We release the design, it goes viral and three months later, guess who takes it. It's Sheen.And then a couple years after the Sheen incident, Taylor Swift ends up wearing it in 2024 and then the skirt goes crazy viral. so viral that, you know, our sales go up insanely, but at the same time, the dupes get out of control because now everyone has seen it. And since then, there's been over 2,65 different infringements on my designs.The bigge ...

I viewed a laptop that grows and shrinks at the push of a button. It's one of the coolest laptops I've ever used. Here's what I like about it and don't.Push a button and the squareish 14-in display turns into a 16.7% in tall boy. It's a 120 Hz flexible OLED display with punchy colors and crisp details. But you pay a big price for this screen.The ThinkBook Plus costs $3,300 where a non-rolling Lenovo with a similar specs is like $1,000 cheaper. It's awesome for multitasking, allowing you to work within two s ...

This tiny Game Boy plays Doom for real. There's a Tiny Game Boy Advance, too. Today, I'm toying with the Thumby and Thumpy Color from the makers of the Tiny TV.They don't play Nintendo games, unless you count knockoff Zelda, but there's Tetris and Connect 4 and Mind Sweeper and Doom and Flappy Bird and Bustamov. There's Solitaire in 2048 and whatever else you want to code and upload right in a browser window. Both thumbies have Raspberry Pi Pico processors inside, but the color is more powerful with an RP23 ...