The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI

Now some authors tell me they’ve embraced AI as a “writing tool,” no different from spell-check or a laptop. The phrase is ...
How-To Geek on MSN

You’re wasting your time on Windows—these 3 PowerShell scripts save me hours every week

Stop doing manually what your PC has been able to automate since forever.

CBSE Physics answer sheet mismatch: Why the board is facing heat for its on-screen marking system

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reportedly taken up the complaint of a Class 12 student, Vedant Shrivastava, on ‘top priority’ after he alleged discrepancies in his Physics answer ...
MacStories

Introducing Shortcuts Playground: Create Apple Shortcuts with Claude Code or Codex

Today, I’m pleased to introduce something I’ve been working on for the past six months: Shortcuts Playground, a plugin for ...
TechSpot

The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards

A hot potato: With generative AI becoming more prevalent in society, are we heading toward a future where an AI-created actor or script wins an Oscar? If it does ever happen, it certainly won't be ...
New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...
TechCrunch

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

The organization behind the Academy Awards released new Oscar rules on Friday, including several that address the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...
BBC

Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards

Actor and singer Teyana Taylor at the Oscars, where she was nominated for her acting The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has clarified that only acting and writing for films done by humans ...
The Verge

Attack of the killer script kiddies

Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge ...
Liliputing

Bee Write Back is a DIY distraction-free writing machine with OLED display and mechanical keyboard

The Bee Write Back is a writerDeck that combines a 5.5 inch AMOLED display with a small mechanical keyboard, a battery, and a few other odds and ends. It uses a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W for brains, and ...
Los Angeles Times

Stephen Colbert goes from late night to ‘Lord of the Rings’: Host set to co-write new movie script

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker who adapted author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy for the big screen in the ...
Forbes

AI Can Write The Script—But Who Owns The Movie?

Hollywood loves efficiency. So when generative AI started being used to produce loglines, concept art, rough cuts and even serviceable dialogue, the industry did what it always does: It experimented.