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May 2024
16m 22s

Thu. 05/09 – The Weird Apple Ad Backlash

Brian McCullough
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AlphaFold 3 is a new AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, the better to cure diseases and create medicine with. More cuts in Microsoft gaming. The community backlash erupting over at Stack Overflow. And that really weirdly tone deaf Apple commercial that has everyone so upset.

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