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How an overlooked geothermal plant got a second ch

In June 2024, a small company called Zanskar purchased a geothermal power plant in New Mexico that was failing fast. The water coming from the underground reservoir was getting colder by the day, making the plant uneconomical to run. Now, two years later, that plant is running at full capacity ag...

AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Cre

在社交媒体平台上，一些讲述正义战胜邪恶的感人故事正以惊人的速度传播，动辄收获数百万次观看。然而，这些看似鼓舞人心的内容背后，隐藏着一个令人不安的真相：它们几乎全部是由人工智能生成的点击诱饵。

这些故事通常以简洁的叙事结构呈现，描绘了弱者如何凭借智慧或勇气击败强大的对手。例如，一位普通员工揭露公司高层的腐败，或者一个孩子用纯真感化了一个冷酷的成年人。这类内容在Facebook、TikTok和YouTube等平台上广泛传播，吸引了大量用户点赞、评论和分享。但细心的观察者发现，这些视频的画面往往存在明显的AI生成痕迹，比如人物面部表情不自然、背景细节出现逻辑错误，或者声音与口型不同...

The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix   Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, used to work late. But lately, he’s been c...

PBS附属台恐因云存储商倒闭丢失50TB数据

After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years. As reported this week by Current, a trade newspaper covering public broadcasting, St. Louis affiliate Nine PBS filed...