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The Download: preserving the Arctic permafrost, and playful AI agents
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Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares
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Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down
If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, and grooveboxes. What unites almost all of them is that they were made possible by increasingly sophisticated vibe coding tools. These sorts of custom firmware were exceedingly […]
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Democrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge
Democrats could win back control of Congress this November, and if they do, they'll need to decide how to approach one of the country's newest and thorniest political issues: AI. Polls predict Democrats will flip at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections, which would put committee leadership back in their hands. That […]