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A look at Smart Answers, an AI chatbot trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to the outlets' readers on August 1 (Mia Sato/The Verge) http://www.techmeme.com/230827/p3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230827p3

A look at Smallville, a virtual village populated by AI chatbots, built by Stanford and Google researchers to create a society with "believable human behavior" (Oliver Roeder/Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p5

A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI (Clive Cookson/Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p7?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p7

WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years (Roger Montti/Search Engine Journal) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p6?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p6

Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses errors and ethics but not sexual harassment claims, responding to accusations that prompted a production pause (Wes Davis/The Verge) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p9

Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted data on its victims; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/230826/p8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230826p8

Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience (Stephen King/The Atlantic) http://www.techmeme.com/230827/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230827p2

A Pepe memecoin team member says three ex-colleagues stole about 16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges (James Hunt/The Block) http://www.techmeme.com/230827/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230827p1

Maui County is suing Hawaii's electricity company over the deadly fire that leveled Lahaina, alleging the destruction could have been avoided if power lines had been shut off.

https://apnews.com/article/maui-hawaii-wildfires-electric-utility-c3513c2f8e451df6dab2e59a6c2f670d