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No, AI Image Slop Is Not Ok
I found a post by Gordon McLean called "When Is AI Image Slop Ok?" and I want to answer it straight: no. Slop's not ok. That doesn't mean AI images are off the table, I use them on this blog myself sometimes, tied to whatever I'm actually writing about, chosen on purpose. What's not ok is the lazy, …
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No One's In The Front Seat Anymore
Twenty years ago I watched The Fifth Element, and there's a taxi scene I never forgot. Korben Dallas flies his cab through the city with an autopilot mode built right into the dashboard, but the second things go wrong, he flips it off and takes the wheel back himself. Twenty years later we still …
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AI as Interior Designer? Didn't See That One Coming
I ran across a piece on Apartment Therapy about a writer who used ChatGPT to reimagine her entryway, and it stopped me mid-scroll. She snapped a photo of the space, uploaded it, and asked the AI to add wallpaper and a chandelier. The first try wasn’t quite right, so she kept feeding it references — …
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Fable 5 Is Back (Well, Tomorrow)

That is great news. Fable 5 comes back tomorrow and I am ready — well, sort of. I’ll be out of town most of the day, but I will absolutely get to it eventually.

Claude Fable 5 cleared to return as US lifts Anthropic’s export control restriction - 9to5Mac
Claude Fable 5 cleared to return as US lifts Anthropic’s export control restriction - 9to5Mac

Anthropic has confirmed it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 this Wednesday, July 1. Here are the details.

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Duck AI Fell for a Fake News Story
There is a website called WKNA 49 that looks exactly like a local West Virginia TV news station. It has a weather ticker, a logo, a newsroom email, even a corrections policy. It is also completely fake. Over the past few weeks, the site published multiple stories claiming both JD Vance and Donald …
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Your Phone Is About to Get More Expensive — and AI Is Why
Something's been quietly building for the past year that's about to get very loud this fall when new iPhones and Samsung flagships drop. Your next device is going to cost more. Maybe a lot more. And the reason is one of the unexpected tech stories I've followed in a while — one that starts deep …
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Why I built Perch...
I've been writing blog posts on and off for over 20 years. I survived the Blogger era, bounced around platforms, and eventually landed on Micro.blog — where I've been happily tinkering ever since. I dabble in HTML and CSS for fun, I'm a perfectionist about how my posts look, and I have a long …
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I think AI Health is great, but I would be cautious with their explanations or advice. Always do your homework to verify or ask your doctor. Sometimes, I just want to understand my results or overall health, like weight/BMI or diabetic sugar levels.

Superpower Health Review: Is AI Good Enough To Be Your Doctor?

Superpower Health provides extensive biomarker testing to assess your health, but its dependence on AI makes its utility questionable.

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It breaks my heart. A 9th grader used an AI app to make fake explicit images of five female classmates. His friends had his back. AI is a powerful tool — but we have to be responsible with how we use it. This can’t keep happening.

via How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart

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After watching Google’s 2026 I/O, I am excited about Gemini & some of its AI features that I’m eager to try. I’ll share some soon, so stay tuned! I’m curious how people will respond since not everyone is comfortable w/ AI in an OS. I don’t mind, but it shld always be an option to turn them off.

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