Josh Quittner
@netly.com
Decrypt Media co-founder. Original owner of mcdonalds.com.
We are witnessing the birth of the Ultimate Assholes Fighting Championship. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12226491/Who-win-Zuckerburg-Musk-clash-tech-titans-MMA-experts-say.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
Who will win Zuckerburg-Musk clash? MMA experts have their say
Musk and Zuckerberg got into a now-viral back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms this week, seemingly agreeing to a 'cage match'. Some fight experts have now had their say.
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https://decrypt.co/145461/ai-answers-the-age-old-question-what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg
AI Answers the Age-Old Question: What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? - Decrypt
While ChatGPT typically couches answers in disclaimers, OpenAI’s generative chatbot doesn’t hesitate when asked the fowl riddle.
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Pretty excited about this: We've been working on an AI named "Gen" for the past few months, training her on some of our favorite writers so she has a voice and POV. Today we launched a newsletter about AI that she's writing every week. Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/Decrypt-Media
Flambuginous [flam-BUHJ-in-uhs] (adj.) - Fictitious; fraudulent or untrue. From “flam” (sham story, fabrication; to deceive by flattery) - 1630s Used in a sentence: “I’ll thank you to take your flambuginous claptrap and leave, this instant!” — Buy my book! Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
Flambuginous - Grandiloquent Word of the Day - by Jason Travis Ott
Flambuginous [flam-BUHJ-in-uhs](adj.)- Fictitious; fraudulent or untrue.From “flam” (sham story, fabrication; to deceive by flattery) - 1630sUsed in a sente...
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CNN covering the Trump arraignment like it's the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Apple has announced its Vision Pro augmented reality headset - and the word "metaverse" is nowhere to be seen. https://decrypt.co/143452/apple-reveals-vision-pro-augmented-reality-headset
Apple Reveals Vision Pro Augmented Reality Headset - Decrypt
The long-anticipated Apple Vision Pro augmented reality headset has been revealed. Here's everything we know so far.
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And now it crashed Twitter Spaces. As in, there are none. Took out the whole thing.
Twitter: Where 450,000 people can assemble live to hear... nothing. Great replacement for Fox, come to think of it.
And todays best lede goes to… @sander.bsky.social https://decrypt.co/140664/beeple-bitboy-dumping-bored-ape-how-all-hit-fan
We're launching our dedicated Web3 gaming channel, GG, on Wednesday 26 April! Find out more here: https://decrypt.co/gg
Top gaming news, reviews, guides, and interviews | GG - Decrypt
Get the latest gaming news, reviews, guides, and interviews with Decrypt GG.
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'Snow Crash' Author Neal Stephenson Says Future of the Metaverse Won't Require Goggles https://decrypt.co/122695/snow-crash-author-neal-stephenson-future-of-metaverse-no-goggles
It’s on a hat, now it’s official! We at @decryptmedia.bsky.social are launching our GG Web3 gaming hub this Wednesday! Stay tuned…
My favorite story of the day. We went all Buzzfeed in the hed, too: https://decrypt.co/137213/people-worshiping-ai-gods
People Are Now Worshiping AI Gods—But There’s Only One Thing We Want to Know - Decrypt
Humans are finding guidance in these dark times by talking to AI versions of the world’s biggest religious figures.
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The Pizza World Championships are being streamed live from Italy. for some of us, this is far better than the Summer Olympics. https://campionatomondialedellapizza.it/eng/home
Weird that the ChatGPT-powered Sims like to congregate in bathrooms. But who am I to judge? https://decrypt.co/136798/chatgpt-ai-the-sims-smallville
The coolest part of this story is that people are creating anti-ChaosGPTs to counter the evil AI. https://decrypt.co/126122/meet-chaos-gpt-ai-tool-destroy-humanity
Say hello and follow the @decryptmedia.bsky.social team here so far! @quittner.bsky.social @droberts.bsky.social @stephengraves.bsky.social @dragonwolftech.bsky.social @ilanhz.bsky.social @abigailcarlson.bsky.social ... so far! #crypto #web3 #media #journalism
Of course, this would be among the first uses of an open source, uncensored GPT4 LLM.
AI Sex Chatbots and the Dudes Who Love Them - Decrypt
A new, uncensored open-source large language model is being used by the AI community to build X-rated chatbots, because of course it is.
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Twitter without Elon Musk. One of the most epic exit strategies ever.