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Plaud unveils the $179 Plaud Note Pro, an AI note-taking device with two extra mics to hear audio 16.4 feet away and a 1-inch display, shipping in October (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/766335/plaud-ai-note-pro-launch-pricing-availabili…

Plaud upgrades its card-sized AI note-taker with better range
Plaud is launching the Note Pro, a new version of its AI-powered Note device it launched in 2023. The Note Pro can pick up audio within a 16.4-foot area and comes with a small display.

Amerikanen (net als Russen en Chinezen) zijn natuurlijk als de dood voor de United Countries of Europe als werkelijk machtsblok, en willen voorkomen dat het zover komt.
Trump ziet een verdeeld Europa met duiven en haviken onder de lidstaten – en maakt daar goed gebruik van …

Trump ziet een verdeeld Europa met duiven en haviken onder de lidstaten – en maakt daar goed gebruik van
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wil de handelstarieven voor de Europese Unie vanaf 1 augustus verhogen tot 30 procent. In onderhandelingen probeert Europa er nog onderuit te komen, maar tegen welke prijs? Wat is de EU als machtsblok waard als zij de rug niet recht houdt?

Intensivering grenscontroles tot op een niveau dat ze geloofwaardig worden is vrijwel onmogelijk, we hebben de mensen er niet voor, zoals ook door de KMar aangegeven. Tegelijk is er dan ook de politieke vraag, wil je die mensen dan allemaal aan de grens zetten of zetten we die capaciteit niet liever in voor criminaliteitsbestrijding en verhogen van veiligheid elders in het land, persoonlijk weet ik het dan wel.

Kamerbrief over intensivering grenstoezicht
Staatssecretaris Van der Burg (JenV) informeert de Tweede Kamer over de operationele en juridische mogelijkheden van herinvoering van de binnengrenscontroles.

Rompkabinet is zeker een verwijzing naar de ridder uit The Holy Grail toch?

Measuring Large Language Models Dependency: Validating the Arabic Version of the LLM-D12 Scale
Sameha AlShakhsi, Ala Yankouskaya, Magnus Liebherr, Raian Ali
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17063

Measuring Large Language Models Dependency: Validating the Arabic Version of the LLM-D12 Scale
There is an urgent need for reliable, culturally validated instruments to assess psychological responses to AI in general and large language models (LLMs). This need is global issue, but it is especially urgent among Arabic-speaking populations, where AI and LLMs adoption is accelerating, yet psychometric tools remain limited. This study presents the first validation of the LLM-D12, a dual-dimensional scale assessing Instrumental and Relationship Dependency on LLMs, in an Arab sample. A total o…

Das Thema Synästhesie finde ich hochspannend.
In dem Beitrag wird erzählt, dass man Synästhetiker während der NS-Zeit als psychisch krank betrachtet hat. Deshalb haben sich viele von ihnen auch in den Jahren nach dem Krieg nicht zu erkennen gegeben, haben lieber geschwiegen und an Forschungen zu dem Thema nur anonym teilgenommen.
#synästhesie

Performance Analysis of Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Using O-RIS and Fiber Optic Backhaul (Extended version)
Aboozar Heydaribeni, Hamzeh Beyranvand
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18915

Performance Analysis of Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Using O-RIS and Fiber Optic Backhaul (Extended version)
This Letter presents a novel hybrid underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) system that integrates underwater optical access points (UOAPs) with a passive optical network (PON)-based fiber-optic backhaul to provide a resilient backbone. A hard switching mechanism is employed between direct and optical reconfigurable intelligent surface (O-RIS)-assisted links to ensure reliable connectivity. Unlike previous studies, the proposed system is evaluated under both active and multiple passive…

Agri-Query: A Case Study on RAG vs. Long-Context LLMs for Cross-Lingual Technical Question Answering
Julius Gun, Timo Oksanen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18093 https://

Agri-Query: A Case Study on RAG vs. Long-Context LLMs for Cross-Lingual Technical Question Answering
We present a case study evaluating large language models (LLMs) with 128K-token context windows on a technical question answering (QA) task. Our benchmark is built on a user manual for an agricultural machine, available in English, French, and German. It simulates a cross-lingual information retrieval scenario where questions are posed in English against all three language versions of the manual. The evaluation focuses on realistic "needle-in-a-haystack" challenges and includes unanswerable que…

Impact Assessment Card: Communicating Risks and Benefits of AI Uses
Edyta Bogucka, Marios Constantinides, Sanja \v{S}\'cepanovi\'c, Daniele Quercia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18919

Impact Assessment Card: Communicating Risks and Benefits of AI Uses
Communicating the risks and benefits of AI is important for regulation and public understanding. Yet current methods such as technical reports often exclude people without technical expertise. Drawing on HCI research, we developed an Impact Assessment Card to present this information more clearly. We held three focus groups with a total of 12 participants who helped identify design requirements and create early versions of the card. We then tested a refined version in an online study with 235 p…

Sources: GPT-5 shows improved performance in coding, particularly in practical software engineering tasks, outperforming prior OpenAI models and Claude Sonnet 4 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-gpt-5-shines-coding…

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Shines in Coding Tasks
GPT-5 is almost here, and we’re hearing good things. The early reaction from at least one person who’s used the unreleased version was extremely positive.That’s good news for OpenAI. The ChatGPT creator has been under pressure to show major gains from its next big artificial intelligence model ...