Burrfect, AI Summit, Olympic Skater Face, More: Tuesday A…

NEW RESOURCES Found via Reddit: Burrfect. From the Reddit announcement: “A major struggle we’ve had brewing at home is that espresso recipe info is incredibly thin and fragmented. Maybe 85% of the […]

Found via Reddit: Burrfect. From the Reddit announcement: “A major struggle we’ve had brewing at home is that espresso recipe info is incredibly thin and fragmented. Maybe 85% of the time, there’s nothing available. … So we’re opening up our database: 1,300+ roasters and 800+ dialed-in bean recipes across 40 countries — with dose, yield, brew time, and temperature data whenever we have it.” Al Jazeera: India’s hosts AI Impact Summit, drawing world leaders, tech giants.

“India is hosting an artificial intelligence summit this week, bringing together heads of state and tech executives with hot-button issues on the agenda, including job disruption and child safety.” Gizmodo: Gettyimages.com Is the Best Website on the Internet Right Now. “Every four years, we all get a reminder about why still photography is an urgently important art form that must be preserved at any cost: the high-effort Olympic figure skater face, which is always best enjoyed by clicking around the Getty Images site.” Salisbury Journal: Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘vast wartime archive’ joins Imperial War Museum collection.

“The collection includes Dame Vera’s personal diary from her 1944 tour of India, the contract for her BBC radio show Sincerely Yours, 160 wartime contracts for more than 200 engagements, letters from Dame Vera to her husband Harry Lewis, and items of clothing from her Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) tropical uniform.” New York Times: Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters.

This link goes to a gift article. “As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.” TechCrunch: Longtime NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice. “David Greene, the longtime host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on Greene, according to The Washington Post.” BBC: BBC catfishes romance scammer who was back on dating app days after jail release.

“Within days of being released from his seventh prison term for romance fraud, Raymond McDonald was back on a dating app looking for his next victim. Over more than 20 years he had racked up 58 convictions, mostly for fraud and theft, while telling lies on an industrial scale and taking thousands of pounds from women for holidays and weddings which were never going to happen.” Ars Technica: Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations.

“That this happened at Ars is especially distressing. We have covered the risks of overreliance on AI tools for years, and our written policy reflects those concerns. In this case, fabricated quotations were published in a manner inconsistent with that policy. We have reviewed recent work and have not identified additional issues. At this time, this appears to be an isolated incident.” Tubefilter: Little Dot’s new data digs into YouTube viewer habits across video lengths (and what happens when the algorithm changes).

“Using data from 800+ managed YouTube channels, 930 million subscribers, and 11.2 billion monthly views, Little Dot looked at multiple years of viewing habits across formats, from Shorts to long-form to ultra-long-form (aka videos over 120 minutes, with some clocking in at well over 180 minutes).” Courthouse News Service: ‘First feline’ Larry marks 15 years as Britain’s political top cat.

“Larry the cat celebrates 15 years on Sunday as the British government’s official rodent-catcher and unofficial first feline, a reassuring presence who has served under six prime ministers. Sometimes it seems like they have served under him.” Good afternoon, Internet… This newsletter is free but most of the things that go into making it aren’t! Help me afford new socks and fancier bean stew by supporting ResearchBuzz on Patreon.

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This report covers the latest developments in artificial intelligence. The information presented highlights key changes and updates that are relevant to those following this topic.

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