The greatest library in the world was built by this ruthless king

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

Speechify is a solid alternative for folks who want realistic text-to-speech on mobile for everything from web pages to e-books, while ElevenLabs has some of the best natural-sounding voices for voice ...
The Guardian

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks

Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening People examining documents released by the Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case discovered ...
VentureBeat

Bolmo’s architecture unlocks efficient byte‑level LM training without sacrificing quality

Enterprises that want tokenizer-free multilingual models are increasingly turning to byte-level language models to reduce brittleness in noisy or low-resource text. To tap into that niche — and make ...
TechCrunch

Google’s NotebookLM adds ‘Deep Research’ tool, support for more file types

Google is updating NotebookLM, its AI note-taking and research assistant, with a new tool to help users simplify complex research, along with support for additional file types. The service is rolling ...
USA Today

Elon Musk says some Tesla owners might be able to text and drive. Can that happen?

Elon Musk said Tesla owners might soon be able to text and drive while using the car’s self-driving feature. However, the action is banned in nearly all states. The Tesla CEO made the remarks while ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Third Person Shooters "Will this blow up the server?": Arc Raiders players are so good at killing Arc that Embark eyes ways to "escalate" PvE Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer says ...
Forbes

The Surprising Idea That Generative AI Might Be Better Off Using Visual Images Of Text Rather Than Pure Text As Tokens

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. For anyone versed in the technical underpinnings of LLMs, this ...
The New York Times

With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...
Hacker

How to Read and Write Files from Oracle Forms Using WebUtil

Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, known for his expertise in Oracle. Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, ...