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Heavy Is the Crown: George R.R. Martin on His Triumphs and Torments ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )

In 1975, Martin met Dune author Frank Herbert at a book convention and they shared a drink. The meeting was “near the end of Herbert’s life,” Martin says. Herbert had written many acclaimed novels, but all fans seemed to want was more Dune. Herbert’s publisher had just offered him a modest advance for a story he wanted ...

Bulgarian lawmakers approve government resignation, snap election looks likely ( www.reuters.com )

Bulgarian lawmakers formally approved on Friday the resignation of the country's minority government, a day after it bowed to mass street protests and said it would quit, paving the way for talks on forming a new coalition or most likely a snap election. ...

Winner of Wikimedia Picture of the Year 2024: "Cattle camp of the Mundari tribe" (Diego Delso)

The Picture of the Year for 2024 is "Cattle camp of the Mundari tribe, Terekeka, South Sudan", by Diego Delso. It depicts a Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows as a ritualistic and protective practice. The picture was taken just after sunset, and the smoke in the background is the result of cow dung ...

Anti-AI communities might be helping AI training by filtering AI-generated content

AI (LLMs and image generators, really) is trained on human-made material scraped from the entire internet. As more and more communities and sites online are filled with AI-generated content, AI training is in danger of getting stuck in a loop, trained on its own output again and again. ...