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OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets for Its Codex App

Today at 02:29 AM, via Slashdot

“Vibe coding just got a whole lot more adorable,” writes Engadget:OpenAI introduced AI-generated pets to the Codex app, its agentic tool that helps with coding. These “optional animated companions” don’t do any coding themselves, but serve as a floating overlay that can tell you what Codex is working on, notify you when Codex completes a task or whether it needs your input on something. The new...

GameStop offers to buy eBay for $56bn

Today at 02:18 AM, via BBC News

GameStop’s chief executive Ryan Cohen told the Wall Street Journal that he sees potential to make eBay a much bigger rival to Amazon.

Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker

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Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the...

AI Cameras are Being Deployed Across the Western US for Early Detection of Wildfires

Today at 01:29 AM, via Slashdot

The Associated Press reports:On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the state’s forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs of...

Remember, Remember the 4th of November

Today at 01:20 AM, via Mail & Guardian

As unpredictable as elections may be, the best outcome for voters in the 4 November local government elections would be an electoral system which incentivises and rewards candidates for consistent engagement with communities rather than media engagement for their political party

Should Sesko goal have been ruled out?

Today at 01:03 AM, via BBC News

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards believe Benjamin Sesko’s goal against Liverpool should not have stood after it brushed his fingers, saying under the laws of the game it should have been a handball.

‘They know they’re safe’: beagles saved from US research facility after protests

Today at 00:59 AM, via The Guardian

Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility

The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe.

“They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some crawled in people’s laps. Every single one...

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