Panic says the Playdate Catalog won't accept games made with generative AI

Panic, the company behind the tiny and excellent Playdate console, is taking a stand on generative AI. The company has ...
Shacknews

This Week in Switch 2 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Pragmata & Mouse: P.I. For Hire reviews

The guys are back with another great episode featuring a detailed chat about the latest Nintendo news of the week and reviews ...
Futurism

ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” to a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your Other Brilliant Ideas

Writer Jonas Ceika "sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects" for feedback. It was extremely flattering.
KTLA

Southern California fire department using sound waves to fight fires as alternative to water

Water has long been the go-to when it comes to fighting a fire. But what about sound waves? It might be hard to wrap your head around the concept at first, but the San Bernardino County Fire ...
Forbes

Ecouté Audio Headphones That Use Vacuum Tubes For Warmer Sound

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
The Columbian

Good vibrations: Sound baths use ancient techniques for creating calm

Bubble baths are a time-honored way to reduce stress, as is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature. Now sound baths — a therapeutic practice using sound to a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Can’t be Probed in OpenAI Fraud Trial

Elon Musk’s use of the drug ketamine will be off limits to attorneys for OpenAI Inc. and its chief executive officer Sam Altman during an upcoming jury trial over claims that the generative AI company ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...
Psychology Today

How to Use Sound Meditation for More Peace

I stumbled upon sound meditation through an Eckhart Tolle video—he rang a Nepal Cymbal (Tingsha) bell. He encouraged viewers to listen to the sound and follow it into the silence that remained after ...
IEEE

Environmental Sound Recognition (ESR) with Python

Abstract: Environmental Sound Recognition (ESR) is an essential task in audio analysis, involving the identification and classification of sounds from various environmental contexts. This study ...
IJR

DHS Sounds Alarm on Rising Use of Poisons in Domestic Abuse Cases

Federal officials are sounding the alarm over a disturbing shift in domestic violence, warning that an increasing number of intimate partners are allegedly turning to poisons and toxic substances to ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Using Sound Waves to Map Soil Health

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...