(points Tanya at OpenAI; “Look! Over there! Commies!”)

The Legend Of Tanya The Pragmatic 2, episode 2

This week, Our Bilingual Adjutant quite possibly changes the course of the war by exposing a blind spot in Our Heroine’s assumptions (and pretty much everyone else’s as well).

Bumpkin & Harem 2, episode 2

In which two drunken haremettes squabble over who’s best positioned to give their master a leg up, while a third basks in what little praise he can offer up for her nonexistent teaching ability. Meanwhile, Our Only Age-Appropriate Potential Love Interest shows him that she can handle a firm squeeze, and Our Adopted Daughter comes ever-so-slightly out of her shell.

And then some plot happens.

Verdict: moving right along.

OpenIve’s Magic Box

It’s a portable speaker with a camera:

“The device will have a personality, and will be able to ‘connect on a humanlike level with users’. It has mechanical elements that can move on their own, to create a sense that the device is alive. There’s also a camera so it can understand a user’s surroundings. The AI product includes a rechargeable battery and it can be carried from room to room.”

No, Sam & Jony, I will not be installing a device that auto-feeds audio and video from inside my home to your data-scarfing datacenters. Not that I was particularly interested in the first place, other than in a “how much will he underdeliver this time” kinda way.

And the “mechanical elements that can move on their own” sound like an RMA just waiting to happen.

Related, “1Password For Claude” exists

How do I feel about the prospect of letting Claude use my secure password store to log agents into my accounts? First word rhymes with “duck”, second word with “blow”.

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