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This Lego-built printer can save you the hassle of painstakingly creating your own Lego pixel art. | Screenshot: YouTube A devoted YouTuber has designed and built a Lego printer that can automate the process of assembling elaborate brick-built mosaics, similar to Lego’s art sets like da Vinci’s Mona Lisa or Hokusai’s The Great Wave. But while the creation draws inspiration from another Lego printer called the Bricasso, it streamlines the process using AI. Although technically impressive when it debuted eight years ago, Jason Allemann’s Bricasso required a complicated process where mosaic designs had to be manually created, printed on paper, and then scanned by the machine’s camera. The YouTube channel Creative Mindstorms used some custom code and AI, so generating a Lego mosaic requires one simple input. With the Pixelbot 3000, users simply have to type in... Continue reading…

Finally, a Google-owned company is stealing something worthwhile. YouTube announced today that it's begun experimenting with its own version of Community Notes, the feature that X/Twitter pioneered whereby the user community fact-checks and brings additional context to posts. Of course, there's not a snowball's chance in hell these YouTube notes will on the whole be unbiased, but I'm getting distracted. First, the announcement itself from YouTube begins as follows: "Starting today, we are testing an experimental feature to allow people to add notes to provide relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context on videos. "For example, this could include notes that clarify when a song is meant to be a parody, point out when a new version of a product being reviewed is available, or let viewers know when older footage is mistakenly portrayed as a current event." In a sense, this is kind of an extension of existing YouTube features that add context alongside vides, such as disclosures that point out synthetic context -- as well as information panels. Watch a YouTube about the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and his Wikipedia entry appears below the video, adding context about who he was which is meant to complement whatever video you're watching. Meanwhile, this is a Google-owned company we're talking about here. Which is to say, Google's core values are bigness, automation, and monopoly control of the company's markets -- which, in turn, lets Google and its affiliated units get away with all kinds of mistakes, mediocrity, and idiotic ideology (like that Google Maps not offering a "scenic route" option when doing so could bias low-income areas). I bring that up because this is the same company that's also going to somehow bring authoritativeness and accuracy to YouTube videos. "The pilot will be available on mobile in the US and in English to start," the YouTube announcement continues. "During this test phase, we anticipate that there will be mistakes -- notes that aren’t a great match for the video, or potentially incorrect information -- and that’s part of how we’ll learn from the experiment." YouTube, you almost made me laugh. Don't Miss: YouTube videos might skip to the end if you use an adblocker The post YouTube launches its own version of X/Twitter Community Notes appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals 44 best cheap Apple deals under $100 Today’s deals: $150 Beats Solo 4, $55 HP printer, $248 Sony XM5 earbuds, 25% off eero Pro 6E, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Ring Video Doorbell deals in June 2024

Archaeologists have uncovered the first-ever Celtic ritual lake site in Poland, a “revolutionary” discovery that dates back to the 3rd century BC. This find has been so termed as it has prompted a reevaluation of Celtic history in the geographical region of contemporary Poland. Underwater archaeologists made this discovery while conducting research in the historic Kuyavia region of north-central Poland. In one of the lakes they investigated, they found a variety of items, including sickles, fragments of sword sheaths, and chain belts for hanging weapons.    The Forgotten Celtic History Of Ancient Poland  Read moreSection: ArtifactsOther ArtifactsNewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later 

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is seeking a "Goldilocks" candidate and "fighter" as his vice president pick, the Guardian reported Monday, citing sources connected to the former president.

The Kremlin said on Monday a remark by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that the military alliance was holding talks on deploying more nuclear weapons was an "escalation of tension."