June 5, 2024

I thought about writing an article about Scarlett Johansson and the fascinating copyright and privacy issues raised when OpenAI used a sound-alike voice for its AI chatbot, clearly hoping to capitalize on people’s memories of her role as the voice of an AI in the movie “Her.” Most of you would only look at the…

May 28, 2024

Veilpiercer, A New SF Novel by Bruce Berls Now Available For Preorder Sebastopol, CA: Today Bruce Berls announced that his new science fiction novel Veilpiercer will be released on June 18. The Kindle version can be preordered today. Hardcover and paperback copies will be available on the release date. The new novel is a standalone…

May 6, 2024

A tech revolution brings changes to the world that are unpredictable. Our first exposure to AI has been chatbots. Very clever chatbots! They’re getting better all the time at conversing as if they’re human. They rewrite emails and summarize subjects and write computer code. Those are impressive tricks but I get it, you’re not convinced…

March 9, 2024

Meta is taking us forward to a world where augmented reality glasses are well understood and useful. “You’re crazy!” I hear you say. “Meta has moved on. Mark Zuckerberg looked foolish when he talked about the ‘metaverse.’ He claimed he was investing in the long-term future of AR but all he did was throw billions…