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"Walk My Walk": KI-generierter Song erstmals an Spitze einer Billboard-Liste
Nachdem KI-Musik in den vergangenen Monaten immer wieder für Aufsehen gesorgt hat, hat jetzt erstmals ein KI-Song die Spitze einer US-Hitliste erreicht.

Connecting the blind to groundbreaking #BCI vision restoration technology through Science Corporation's patient registry for retinal diseases https://science.xyz/news/science-patient-registry-a…

Connecting the Blind to Groundbreaking BCI Vision Restoration Technology Through Science Corporation’s Patient Registry for Retinal Diseases | Science Corporation
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company.

Dust devil migration patterns reveal strong near-surface winds across #Mars: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5170 -> Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars / Raging winds on Mars / How fast winds sweep across Mars: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Dancing_dust_devils_trace_raging_winds_on_Mars / https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/raging_winds_on_mars/index_eng.html / https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2025/how-fast-winds-sweep-across-mars

Glen Gordon’s departure is a loss for JAWS (and Freedom Scientific / Vispero):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glen-gordon-13a625133_today-is-a-very-sad-day-for-me-since-after-activity-7392923860024614912-B9tr

Today is a very sad day for me, since after nearly 32 years, it’s the first day that I’m no longer working on the JAWS screen reader. I’ve voluntarily resigned my position at Freedom… | Glen Gordon
Today is a very sad day for me, since after nearly 32 years, it’s the first day that I’m no longer working on the JAWS screen reader. I’ve voluntarily resigned my position at Freedom Scientific/Vispero because I found myself unable to continue working for a company that’s changing in ways that are moving away from my personal values. As recently as the 2025 NFB convention, I was thinking that I’d be working on JAWS far into the future. Much to my surprise, a recent influx of new Exe…

There's a site called "Lyrics Layers" (or "Lyric Slayers") that has got to be all AI generated bullshit about song lyrics.
I stumbled across it last week to look up a Devo song and it just felt... generic. I checked a few other songs and they all have the same feel.
I could find no info or about page, or anything suggesting humans are involved.
I don't want some goddamn machine with an LLM to guess what song lyrics are about.
I want real li…

Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/caribbean-reefs-have-lost-48-of-hard-coral-since-1980-study-finds

Bildungsminister Teuber: Warten auf den zweiten Digitalpakt und eine Dauerlösung
Für die Digitalisierung der Schulen gibt es eine Pakt-Strategie, die keine Dauerlösung ist. Der rheinland-pfälzische Bildungsminister kritisiert das erneut.

OpenAI's house of cards seems primed to collapse https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-house-of-cards-seems-primed-to-collapse-170000900.html "In 2025, it fell behind the one company it couldn't lose ground to: Google."

OpenAI's house of cards seems primed to collapse
OpenAI is in a far less commanding position than it was following the public release of ChatGPT a few short years ago. 

heise | Darum ist die Hybridheizung fast nie die beste Lösung
Die Hybridheizung steht als eine Standardlösung im Gebäudeenergiegesetz. Mittlerweile hat die Wärmepumpe allerdings auch im Bestand längst überholt.
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(Nimer's Blog) Seeing with sound: My adventures in echolocation and The vOICe #congenitally