Even more oddities spotted in the news

[robkelk]

Readers of texts created to use the styles of famous authors prefer works written by AI to human human-written imitations, but only after developers fine-tune AI models to understand an author’s output.

In other words, it appears legal types cannot now ignore the market impact of AI upon human-authored works when assessing whether AI's use of copyrighted content is fair.

The scholarly paper has not yet been published. Preprint copy: Readers Prefer Outputs of AI Trained on Copyrighted Books over Expert Human Writers

[MilkmanConspiracy]

"If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one" (The Verge)

[robkelk]

Podcast: Wazzup Witches! The Ottawans making a living off witchcraft

... including the owner of a shop in the Glebe where business is brooming ...

[robkelk]

I never date co-workers, because relationships always end and then you have to see each other at work the next day and that's just awkward... Somebody didn't realize that.

Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne, Win Butler announce separation

The band isn't breaking up, just the couple.

[Norgarth]

Heart and Fleetwood Mac had similar issues over the years.