Making Toronto into a movie-industry monster

The Oscar-winning Canadian movie producer has, over the past 15 years, become the most trusted collaborator of Guillermo del ...
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19 large language models redefining AI safety—and danger

Whether you are looking for an LLM with more safety guardrails or one completely without them, someone has probably built it.

‘My prey, my prize, my Vladimir’: flipping the gender script on predatory professors

In her Netflix series, Vladimir, Julia May Jonas attempts to tame the slippery characters and weighty themes in her novel.
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Developer spills candy on the floor, invents a programming language

MNM Lang compiles source code into a PNG image made of candy sprites. Each program is a grid of M&M-style tokens - six colors, each mapped to a family of instructions - and you can round-trip the ...
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Eustress vs. Distress: What Is Good Stress?

Eustress, or positive stress, can motivate individuals, aid in achieving goals, and contribute to overall well-being and a sense of fulfillment. Unlike distress, which arises from negative experiences ...