| | | “Sinister” originally just meant left. The left side. That’s it. The Romans decided left-handed omens were bad luck, and the word slowly became synonymous with evil over centuries. | Meanwhile, the Latin word for right, “dexter,” gave us “dexterous,” meaning skilled and capable. The language has been calling left-handed people villains and right-handed people gifted for 2,000 years, and nobody has ever been held accountable for this. | What’s in store: | | Read Time: 5 minutes |
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| | | | | CHARACTER AI | | | Character.AI, one of the early success stories of the AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell some of its assets to Disney. | The platform, which lets people chat and roleplay with AI characters, has faced growing legal trouble over chatbot safety, including lawsuits involving young users. | The company has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, with estimated debts of $50 million to $100 million. | Disney is now the lead bidder, offering $20 million for some of its assets as it pushes further into AI. | Here's what we know: | Its $20 million offer sets the starting price for other buyers, and it would also get access to some of Character.AI's technology. Disney recently hired Character.AI's former CEO, Karandeep Anand, as its technology chief, with more employees expected to join him. Character.AI hopes to finish the sale by late November or early December. Its services will keep running for now, but could shut down if no suitable buyer comes forward.
| Bibbidi-bobbidi-bankrupt | In an interesting twist, Disney previously accused Character.AI of using its famous characters without permission. | Now, it could end up owning part of the company it once challenged. | Begs the question, is Disney a GEMINI?!- MG | Would you chat with an AI version of your favourite fictional character? | | Vote for live results and see results + opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | | | | AI TOOLS | | | Claude has five products. You've been using one. | Claude.ai is the chat window. But Skills, Cowork, Code, and Design are completely different tools built for completely different kinds of work — and most people have no idea they exist. HubSpot's free Complete Guide to Claude changes that fast: | 5 products mapped: See what each Claude tool does and where it belongs in your workflow Model guide: Current lineup with a plain-English breakdown of which model fits which task 3 real workflows: Marketer. Founder. Content creator. Each one shows multiple Claude products working together step by step Prompt templates: One ready-to-use prompt per product — copy, customize, go
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| | | | Love, love, love my new AI Agent from Muse. It's been pretty darn easy to meet, name, and get started doing cool stuff. I get a morning briefing with whatever I want on it, a floating schedule I helped define including to-do's and a menu. What's fun is coming up with new tasks (seems it can do just bout anything) and watching it go to work. I feel like I'm just scratching the surface. Very cool! | | | | LaMonte, Eugene OR |
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| | | | | AI GAMES | | | Epic Games is making a big push towards using AI to develop video games, with CEO Tim Sweeney announcing plans to help developers work faster with AI tools. | The Fortnite creator is moving staff towards AI-based development, while Bloomberg reports that its upcoming Disney project featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters has been delayed. | According to the report, developers have been told to stop writing code by hand and use AI to create the game's artwork. | In brief: | Sweeney defended the move, saying Epic needs to keep up with AI's growing role in gaming. Epic laid off more than 1,000 employees six months ago, blaming a drop in Fortnite activity rather than AI. Game designer and Fortnite streamer Lisha Howen believes most players will carry on playing despite concerns about AI.
| Error 404: Handwritten Code Not Found | Sweeney says the aim is to help teams make better games faster, rather than cut jobs. | However, the announcement has raised concerns among developers who worry that AI could replace creative workers. | I’m sure this will go down well. -MV |
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| | | | Space: Scientists have found that Canada's CHIME telescope can detect ancient hydrogen signals, opening up a faster, cheaper way to investigate dark energy and the universe's accelerating expansion.
Business: Fashion brands Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles have suspended online orders following a cyber-attack that disrupted IT systems and may have exposed customers’ personal data.
Music: Zach Bryan is teaming up with Lana Del Rey on new song Lies, featured on his eight-track EP Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs, out October 16. | Don’t Miss: Shopify is expanding its AI shopping capabilities, allowing customers to connect their own AI agents to browse over a billion product listings and make purchases on their behalf. Shoppers can set preferences like budgets and delivery times, with purchases requiring approval and checkout handled through Shop Pay. |
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| | | | | | “Would you want an AI assistant that remembers everything you tell it?” | Yes, I'm tired of repeating myself - 70% ✅ | No, some things belong in the grave - 30% | Your Views: | “Claude Sonnet chatbot requires memory management via State.md files. I canned my Claude subscription over this. ChatGpt has decent memory management. Sometimes it brings context from older chats into a current chat. It's convenient, but sometimes it's creepy.” - info@alls | “Having to find out what the medical name for your medicine is a pain.” - pamela | “With enough memory it will become you then eliminate the real you. Now that’s the future!” - rgray | Submit your opinions in our polls to be featured! |
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