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Aug 18 2025

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

¿Os imaginšis que se vendiera un coche que no frenara correctamente el 95% de las veces que se pulsara el pedal de frenado?
https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/

An MIT report says 95% of GenAI pilots at companies have little to no financial impact, mainly due to a "learning gap" for both the tools and the companies (Sheryl Estrada/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-perc…

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

A selection of pictures from yesterday
#iceland #reykjavik

Progress! Mexico becomes latest country to ban marine mammal performances https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/mexico-becomes-latest-country-to-ban-marine-mammal-performances?utm_source=Mastodon

Progress! Mexico becomes latest country to ban marine mammal performances — Species Unite
In a step forward to animal protection, lawmakers voted unanimously to ban marine mammal breeding, performances, and concrete tanks following years of advocacy.

Gary White, the #Buffalo custom hatter who made hats for Indiana Jones, The Untouchables, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and other films (and two for me), has died:
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Hats Off to Gary White, who Outfitted the stars with Custom Hats for Upwards of 50 Years - Buffalo Rising
Buffalo’s legendary custom hatter, Gary White, has passed away. White, who made hats for upwards of 50 years, was widely known for creating spec hats for the film industry, including notable films such as Dick Tracy, The Untouchables, Tombstone, and Indiana Jones. In a world where the art of making custom hats is becoming more and more obscure, Buffalo was certainly lucky to have Gary and his business – The Custom Hatter – around for so long. For decades, Gary

In recent months, UnitedHealth has targeted traditional journalists and news outlets, a prominent investor, a Texas doctor and activists like Ms. Strause and her father, who complained about a UnitedHealth subsidiary.
In legal letters and court filings, UnitedHealth has invoked last year’s murder of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of the company’s health insurance division,
to argue that intense criticism of the company risks inciting further violence.

UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics
The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media.

One-Pot Sun-Dried Tomato And Chickpea Stew #plantbased

One-Pot Sun-Dried Tomato And Chickpea Stew
This one-pot sun-dried tomato and chickpea stew is an ideal dinner dish for someone who wants a straightforward and filling meal.

Fullmoon fun with a cheap cellphone ... the Flimserstein above Flims, Graubünden, Switzerland illuminated solely by #moonlight (the village is pretty dim) - 20 seconds at f/1.79 and ISO 1600; some stars are visible in the brightened sky.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05008 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_…

Structure-Aware Radar-Camera Depth Estimation
Monocular depth estimation aims to determine the depth of each pixel from an RGB image captured by a monocular camera. The development of deep learning has significantly advanced this field by facilitating the learning of depth features from some well-annotated datasets \cite{Geiger_Lenz_Stiller_Urtasun_2013,silberman2012indoor}. Eigen \textit{et al.} \cite{eigen2014depth} first introduce a multi-scale fusion network for depth regression. Following this, subsequent improvements have come from r…