Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

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Johnson Accuses The Media Of Being 'On The Other Team'Come On, Man!': Blanche Rages At Dana Bash For Mentioning January 6th

During an interview on this weekend's Fox News Sunday, after bragging about all of the money he's raised for his party and how they've supposedly delivered on all of their promises (tax cuts, spending cuts, deregulation) and lying about the economy they inherited from Biden, host Shannon Bream pressed Johnson on why the mood in the country is so sour right now, and Johnson proceeded to blame the media for their lousy polling numbers rather than admit or take responsibility for the damage they've done to the economy.

BREAM: With that long list, though, is it a messaging problem? Why do think Americans tell us over and over again in the polls they are worried about all kinds of things that are tied to the economy?

They don't like the direction the country is moving in. They feel very pessimistic. Is something lost in translation? Is there more work to be done?

JOHNSON: Well, look, it's a hostile media environment. Most of the mainstream media, of course, is advancing the false narrative of the other side, the Democrats and the Marxists, the insurgent left that is taking over the Democrat party.

They're on the other team. And they can completely and constantly repeat that message.

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‘Cyberselfish’ author takes aim at Silicon Valley libertarians as her book returns from the dead

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world."

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'Come On, Man!': Blanche Rages At Dana Bash For Mentioning January 6th

Trump's corrupt Attorney General didn't take too kindly to CNN's Dana Bash bringing up January 6th while asking him about their latest attempt to pre-steal the Alaska Senate race.

As we discussed here, the DOJ lawsuit filed this past week seeks to block the certification of the election unless the Republican wins, and the pretext for the suit is the claim that confusion over two candidates with the same first and last name “could taint the election,” despite the fact that the Alaska Supreme Court already ruled on this.

Blanche repeatedly denied that that's what they're doing, and never answered Bash's questions about how they'd actually prove who these voters were that were supposedly confused and voted for the wrong candidate.

The interview got ugly when Bash dared to bring up Trump trying to overturn the results of the presidential election and what happened on January 6th.

Here's the exchange via CNN:

BASH: Can we just -- can we just take a step back here? Can we take a step back as to -- you were asking why people are asking questions about this.

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Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet?

The moment you realize the internet is "held together by glue and dreams."

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'The Body On Bobby': Trump Swoons Over RFK Jr’s Body

Of all the possible entries on my Trump bingo card, homoeroticism, especially at Trump rallies, was probably in last place. Maybe even after kindness and generosity.

But here we are. The guy who kept thirsting for Republican Sen. Jon Husted’s ass and marveling over the bodies of Rep. Mike Collins, Sen. Tim Sheehy and even Arnold Palmer now seems like he’d like nothing better than to grab HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by the you-know-what.

At his Florida rally on Friday, Trump took time out from boasting about his presidential awesomeness to boast about the physical awesomeness of one of his least qualified appointees. “Did anybody ever see the build, the body, on Bobby? Did anybody ever see? He's got the body of a 30-year-old," Trump marveled over the 72-year-old Kennedy.

Considering this comes from a guy who boasts “I just start kissing … I don’t even wait [for permission],” I’d be careful around Trump if I were RFK Jr. On the other hand, that could be just the kind of thing that turns him on.

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The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

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