On The Road - To Xi’An 🪭
在路上 - 去西安 🪭
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️Kentmere Pan 200
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Leaked documents: Meta is training custom AI chatbots to message users unprompted, following up on past chats to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-studio-…
Monday 7:56AM, on our way to celebrate a major anniversary — wish we could have stayed at this peaceful place all day...
#WaterfallWednesday #LandscapePhotography #Alps
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flying Mojito Bros:
🎵 Glitter
#FlyingMojitoBros
https://flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com/album/glitter
https://open.spotify.com/track/7jNsuvcAbrJjUeAY1UugmX
honestly feeling pretty fuckin' bleak at the moment, *BUT* i do get to go on @… & play a bunch of fantastic (mostly) not-bleak #music for falling/floating/back-stroking through hot stupid summer skies. come hang & listen with me. tune in:
Do we do #ICanHazPDF on Mastodon? https://saemobilus.sae.org/papers/demonstration-a-dme-dimethyl-ether-fuelled-city-bus-2000-01-2005
An in-depth look at the rise of relationships between humans and AI companion chatbots on apps like Nomi, coinciding with a loneliness epidemic in the US (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/human-ai-relationships-love-nomi.html
Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation in January 2025 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…
AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a flood of virtual creators on YouTube and TikTok amid concerns over AI slop (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/ai-virtual-perso…
Sources: CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said Bumble's "centre of gravity" would move to the US where the "talent pool is right now"; 70% of Bumble's staff are UK-based (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d1f8e7f1-dbf2-4a85-8a59-f42febec…