AI: Google scales back “AI Overviews”
… because AI Overviews was often spouting nonsense: Google Pumps Brakes on AI Overviews Search After Telling Us to Eat Glue, Rocks (msn.com)
Software: Everyone is running Linux?
I often hear that Windows is terrible, everyone is using Linux. Except just 4% of PC users use Linux. Data tells a different story.
Computing: Microsoft introduces AI-based Windows PCs
This looks very interesting: Exclusive | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains AI-Focused Windows PCs and How They Compete With MacBooks – WSJ (Paid subscription required to access)
VR: Teens don’t use their VR headsets
Most teens with access to a VR headset don't use the headset much or at all.
Will ChatGPT replace blogs and bloggers?
Is ChatGPT usage resulting in the end of blogs? The data suggests this is happening.
Software: “The Mythical Man Month” – 1970s versus 2024
If you do software or are interested in organizational design, this is a good review of some key concepts: The “10x engineer:” 50 years ago and now – by Gergely…
AI: Google admits Gemini AI was tuned to produce nonsense
How many other things have they tuned?
Google’s Gemini AI is broken
Gemini AI's architecture is fundamentally broken - is it even fixable? I have doubts.