This prompt trick forces AI to stop flattering you and think harder
I wish I had nickel for every time ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini told me I’d hit the nail on the head, stumbled onto a genius idea, or otherwise patted me on the back for a…
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Streaming Paramount+ for free is about to get even harder
First, the promo codes dried up, then the offers to departing subscribers stopped happening. Now comes word that the last reliable way to stream Paramount+ for free will soon go away. In a letter to its shareholders reporting its third-quarter…
Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence
The next time you encounter an unusually polite reply on social media, you might want to check twice. It could be an AI model trying (and failing) to blend in with the crowd. On Wednesday,…
Give up wired Internet? Starlink will have to work harder to convince me
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It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing
For example, while high-profile banks like JPMorgan Chase and HSBC have started enforcing in-office policies, London-headquartered bank Standard Chartered is letting managers and individual employees decide how often workers are expected in the office. In…
Apple could keep iPhone prices the same… by upselling harder than ever
There have been escalating fears in recent days that iPhones could go up in price as a result of the huge tariffs imposed on China by President Trump. Most of Apple’s smartphones are manufactured in…
iPhones might be harder for police to unlock, thanks to new reboot feature
New code introduced in the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system could make it more difficult for both police and thieves to unlock iPhones. 404 Media reported Thursday that law enforcement officials were warning…
Intel pushes harder to make AI apps run best on Core Ultra
Intel said Tuesday that it is expanding what it calls its AI Acceleration program into midrange software vendors, launching an AI developer NUC to speed the process. It’s all a bid to lasso software developers…