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You Installed Hermes. Now Make It Look Better Than ChatGPT or Claude

The terminal is fine. But if you actually want to live in your Hermes agent, here are the four best GUIs the community has ...

Why OpenAI's 'goblin' problem matters — and how you can release the goblins on your own

If OpenAI can accidentally train its flagship model to obsess over goblins, what other more subtle and potentially harmful ...

OpenAI explains why ChatGPT developed a goblin fixation, and how it solved the issue

OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 upgrade to ChatGPT and Codex appears to be going smoothly, especially compared to the rockier GPT-5.0 ...
The Guardian

I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must accept artificial intelligence – but we are as valuable as ever

Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’t I recently heard an exchange at a playground that should ...
BGR

What Your USB Drive's Formats Actually Mean (And How To Change Between Them)

When you connect a new USB drive or external drive to a laptop, phone, or another storage-compatible device, it's mostly unusable until you format it. Formatting a drive helps prepare and set up the ...
The New York Times

Tell Us: How Are You Using A.I. for the Tasks of Daily Life?

We want to hear how artificial intelligence helps you with tasks like meal prep, translation and planning a trip. By Elie Levine See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
The Conversation

Using AI responsibly means knowing when not to use it

Most AI training teaches you how to get outputs. Write a better prompt. Refine your query. Generate content faster. This approach treats AI as a productivity tool and measures success by speed. It ...
The Atlantic

How to Read the Epstein Files Like an Expert

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...
Time

How to Get the Most Out of AI—Without Letting It Think for You

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. A woman browses the OpenAI website on her laptop. A woman browses the OpenAI website on her laptop.Photo Illustration by Serene Lee—SOPA Images/LightRocket/ ...