Proprietà emergenti: alcuni modelli adesso sono in grado di auto-replicarsi. Lo dice Anthropic. La quale sta avviandosi a una delle più strane IPO della storia: si spara sui piedi un giorno sì e l'altro anche. Boh.
Money quote: "Models of 30B parameters and under can already complete many of the individual steps for replication today, though they make mistakes when composing them end to end. In our simplified evaluations, GLM-5.2 and stronger models are capable of end to end replication. If small models improve at their historical rate, they’ll match this capability level by the end of this year. Small weight-based replicators may be possible soon after."
https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai
Money quote: "Models of 30B parameters and under can already complete many of the individual steps for replication today, though they make mistakes when composing them end to end. In our simplified evaluations, GLM-5.2 and stronger models are capable of end to end replication. If small models improve at their historical rate, they’ll match this capability level by the end of this year. Small weight-based replicators may be possible soon after."
https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai
Anthropic
AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
Small AI models may be only months away from being able to self-replicate across cheap IoT devices like Android TV boxes, with no datacenter needed.
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Musk fa l'Odissea con l'IA: meglio la recita di mio figlio in quinta elementare - questa e altre mie gentilezze verso xAI su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2026/11/elon-musk-odissea-grok-intelligenza-artificiale/
https://fumettologica.it/2026/11/elon-musk-odissea-grok-intelligenza-artificiale/
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Le buone vecchie Guerre Stellari di una volta: quelle di Ronald Reagan.
Money quote: "Poco dopo, la presidenza di Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) fornì lo sfondo narrativo. La Strategic Defense Initiative, annunciata nel 1983 e subito ribattezzata Star Wars, trasformò la guerra in una questione di schermi, sensori e traiettorie. Si diffuse l’idea che i ragazzi cresciuti con Missile Command e con il joystick fossero i piloti e gli operatori del futuro, e che le forze armate setacciassero le sale giochi in cerca di talenti. Nelle fonti pubbliche che abbiamo potuto consultare direttamente o tramite i numerosi articoli accademici sul tema, non risulta alcun programma organizzato di questo tipo."
https://techdale.it/come-il-pentagono-ha-usato-i-videogiochi/
Money quote: "Poco dopo, la presidenza di Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) fornì lo sfondo narrativo. La Strategic Defense Initiative, annunciata nel 1983 e subito ribattezzata Star Wars, trasformò la guerra in una questione di schermi, sensori e traiettorie. Si diffuse l’idea che i ragazzi cresciuti con Missile Command e con il joystick fossero i piloti e gli operatori del futuro, e che le forze armate setacciassero le sale giochi in cerca di talenti. Nelle fonti pubbliche che abbiamo potuto consultare direttamente o tramite i numerosi articoli accademici sul tema, non risulta alcun programma organizzato di questo tipo."
https://techdale.it/come-il-pentagono-ha-usato-i-videogiochi/
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Nel numero 401 di Mostly Weekly ci sono cose che sembrano lontane ma forse non lo sono affatto: treni, scimmiotti e Omero. E l'iPhone Duo, ovviamente
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/401/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/401/
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Letture per la domenica.
iTunes sta tornando. Cioè dopo tutte le varie hipsterate su vinili, cassette, cd, minidisc e quant'altro, adesso è il momento dell'acquisto digitale genuino. Oh yes.
Money quote: "These iTunes Store releases typically tack on bonus tracks, exclusive content or live versions of tracks only available via an iTunes digital download purchase in a bid to draw in a subset of fans who will purchase everything an artist releases. “It fits into this broader strategy of major labels trying to get every penny they can out of the superfans of their biggest artists,” says Mulligan.
It also doubles up as a marketing tactic to cut through the noise of the streaming era. “Putting music on Spotify now is literally like putting a needle in a haystack the size of the Empire State Building,” says Darren Lewis of UK production duo Future Cut, who has worked with artists such as Lily Allen, Pink Pantheress and Little Mix."
https://www.ft.com/content/5a21a7fe-3929-4e11-b571-8ce4bfd778ec
archivio: https://archive.is/ZTYeY
iTunes sta tornando. Cioè dopo tutte le varie hipsterate su vinili, cassette, cd, minidisc e quant'altro, adesso è il momento dell'acquisto digitale genuino. Oh yes.
Money quote: "These iTunes Store releases typically tack on bonus tracks, exclusive content or live versions of tracks only available via an iTunes digital download purchase in a bid to draw in a subset of fans who will purchase everything an artist releases. “It fits into this broader strategy of major labels trying to get every penny they can out of the superfans of their biggest artists,” says Mulligan.
It also doubles up as a marketing tactic to cut through the noise of the streaming era. “Putting music on Spotify now is literally like putting a needle in a haystack the size of the Empire State Building,” says Darren Lewis of UK production duo Future Cut, who has worked with artists such as Lily Allen, Pink Pantheress and Little Mix."
https://www.ft.com/content/5a21a7fe-3929-4e11-b571-8ce4bfd778ec
archivio: https://archive.is/ZTYeY
Ft
How iTunes came back from the dead
Record labels and artists including Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are using the throwback music store to bolster their chart position and cash in on their fandom
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Partiva come un articolo normale o quasi, sul conservare i siti che si amano, e poi diventa una specie di sistema di scraping di mezza internet, ma a fin di bene. Fico.
Money quote: "There was this fansite called teapuppies.com for an old anime series and and toy line called Ochaken. It’s about these cute cartoon dog characters who have tea leaves for ears, each of them named after a different kind of tea.1 The site had been online since 2004 and had basically not changed since 2005, but it was nice just having it around. Except when I went to visit it a few weeks ago, and discovered that not only was the site gone but the domain is now being used to serve online gambling ads."
https://blog.mistys-internet.website/post/2026/10/29/if-you-love-a-website-back-it-up/
Money quote: "There was this fansite called teapuppies.com for an old anime series and and toy line called Ochaken. It’s about these cute cartoon dog characters who have tea leaves for ears, each of them named after a different kind of tea.1 The site had been online since 2004 and had basically not changed since 2005, but it was nice just having it around. Except when I went to visit it a few weeks ago, and discovered that not only was the site gone but the domain is now being used to serve online gambling ads."
https://blog.mistys-internet.website/post/2026/10/29/if-you-love-a-website-back-it-up/
The Future Is Now
If you love a website, back it up
This story starts with a little tragedy. See, I’ve got these old webpages I love to go back and look on every now and then. There’s websites that h...
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Cose mie: la recensione dell'Odissea di Elon Musk, part one of many. Diciamo che la tocco piano.
Money quote: "La storia. Per non partire per Troia, Ulisse finge di essere pazzo: attacca all’aratro animali spaiati e semina sale sul campo, finché Palamede posa il piccolo Telemaco davanti al solco e l’aratro si ferma. C’è anche una Penelope che corre e tanta rabbia ed emozione male espressa. Il primo episodio dell’Odissea di Elon Musk potrebbe essere un’alternativa che gli Stati Uniti potrebbero prendere in considerazione rispetto a veleno, sedia elettrica o plotone di fucilazione. Meno umana, certo, ma tutto sommato più mirata e micidiale.
Tutto prende le mosse da una scena del mito che peraltro nell’Odissea non c’è (un sacco di cose non ci sono nell’Odissea o nell’Iliade, se è per questo, ma ce le raccontiamo uguale), e in meno di sette minuti viene voglia di imitare l’eroe: seminare sale sul divano e farsi credere matti pur di saltare la seconda puntata."
https://fumettologica.it/2026/11/elon-musk-odissea-grok-intelligenza-artificiale/
Money quote: "La storia. Per non partire per Troia, Ulisse finge di essere pazzo: attacca all’aratro animali spaiati e semina sale sul campo, finché Palamede posa il piccolo Telemaco davanti al solco e l’aratro si ferma. C’è anche una Penelope che corre e tanta rabbia ed emozione male espressa. Il primo episodio dell’Odissea di Elon Musk potrebbe essere un’alternativa che gli Stati Uniti potrebbero prendere in considerazione rispetto a veleno, sedia elettrica o plotone di fucilazione. Meno umana, certo, ma tutto sommato più mirata e micidiale.
Tutto prende le mosse da una scena del mito che peraltro nell’Odissea non c’è (un sacco di cose non ci sono nell’Odissea o nell’Iliade, se è per questo, ma ce le raccontiamo uguale), e in meno di sette minuti viene voglia di imitare l’eroe: seminare sale sul divano e farsi credere matti pur di saltare la seconda puntata."
https://fumettologica.it/2026/11/elon-musk-odissea-grok-intelligenza-artificiale/
Fumettologica
Musk fa l’Odissea con l’IA: meglio la recita di mio figlio in quinta elementare
Elon Musk aveva promesso un'Odissea fatta con l'IA e migliore di quella di Christopher Nolan, ma le cose non sono andate per niente bene.
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Come mai Donald Trump ha perso il voto del mid-term? Facile.
Money quote: "Labor share, or the portion of the U.S.’s economic output that workers receive through salary and wages, decreased to 52.8% in the second quarter of 2026, its lowest level since the BLS started recording this data in 1947, according to its labor productivity and costs report. In the previous quarter, labor share was at 53.6%. This decade, the labor share average was about 55.6%.
That’s despite corporate earnings skyrocketing, with profits for Fortune 500 companies hitting a record $2.1 trillion in 2025. The U.S. GDP grew 3.4% in the third quarter last year, exceeding economists’ predictions."
https://fortune.com/article/why-did-us-workers-just-take-home-smallest-share-of-capital-since-1947-lowest-ever-recorded/
Money quote: "Labor share, or the portion of the U.S.’s economic output that workers receive through salary and wages, decreased to 52.8% in the second quarter of 2026, its lowest level since the BLS started recording this data in 1947, according to its labor productivity and costs report. In the previous quarter, labor share was at 53.6%. This decade, the labor share average was about 55.6%.
That’s despite corporate earnings skyrocketing, with profits for Fortune 500 companies hitting a record $2.1 trillion in 2025. The U.S. GDP grew 3.4% in the third quarter last year, exceeding economists’ predictions."
https://fortune.com/article/why-did-us-workers-just-take-home-smallest-share-of-capital-since-1947-lowest-ever-recorded/
Fortune
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947—and the lowest ever recorded | Fortune
American workers aren’t just getting the smallest share of GDP since records began. Their share of employment is shrinking and shrinking.