I’m Sorry, Sam, What Did You Just Say? Altman Says No “AI Jobs Apocalypse” Coming
OpenAI's Sam Altman said yesterday that AI is unlikely to lead to a "jobs apocalypse". Which means...
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LowEndBoxTV: The Cult of ForgeMind AI: True Belief, Sarah’s Purple Octopus, and the Quest for Immortality
We're super-excited to release our full-length documentary on ForgeMind, a controversial AI companion service that charges up to $10,000 to build an AI companion for you. It's all part of a scheme to grant their founder immortality.
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I Should Have Read Further: Small Models Find the Same Bugs as the Vaunted Claude Mythos
Yesterday, we talked about how Calude's Mythos model is over-hyped. I should have googled a little further because there's a great piece of evidence out there.
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Too Dangerous to Release? Why Claude Mythos’s Alleged Capabilities are Nonsense
Is Claude's new AI model, Mythos, really so incredibly godlike that it's a threat to the Internet? I wish this one was on Polymarket.
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LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 5: SillyTavern Tutorial! Setup, Config, How to Write a Character Card, and MORE!
We're in the middle of a series on LowEndBoxTV on the exploding world of AI companions. This market is huge and millions of people are using these applications and services. We're going to give you a comprehensive overview, a deep dive into the tech, some problems and issues, the major options, and finally a DIY tutorial using SillyTavern. Enjoy!
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LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 4: Pitfalls and Problems
We're in the middle of a series on LowEndBoxTV on the exploding world of AI companions. This market is huge and millions of people are using these applications and services. We're going to give you a comprehensive overview, a deep dive into the tech, some problems and issues, the major options, and finally a DIY tutorial using SillyTavern. Enjoy!
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Not April Fools: Microsoft Says Copilot is for “Entertainment Purposes Only”
Don't believe me? Just look at the Microsoft Copilot terms of use.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet Zypher, a Homemade AI Companion Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen Before!
A while back I was browsing Reddit and came across a fascinating post by a man who'd created his own AI companion. We sat down with him and learned a lot about this really cool project.
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LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 3: Options and Services (Nomi, Kindroid, SillyTavern, ChatGPT, Claude, and More!)
We're in the middle of a series on LowEndBoxTV on the exploding world of AI companions. This market is huge and millions of people are using these applications and services. We're going to give you a comprehensive overview, a deep dive into the tech, some problems and issues, the major options, and finally a DIY tutorial using SillyTavern. Enjoy!
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25% of Americans Have an “Intimate, Romantic” Relationship With an AI Chatbot
If you had to guess the percentage of American adults who say they have a "personal" relationship with an AI chatbot, what would be your guess? And what percentage of those would describe it as "romantic"?
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The New Reality: Blame the Human Engineer, Not the AI
Amazon's AI broke Kiro. But they'd rather blame a human engineer, for rather obvious reasons.
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AI Fraudster Matt Shumer Wrote “Something Big is Happening” and He Should Be Ashamed
Matt Shumer has been exposed before as a liar and fraud. Yet people are still reading his essays. Why?
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Prompt It Again, Sam: The Three Reasons Microsoft Decided to Ditch OpenAI and Run Its Own Models.
Bad news for OpenAI: its former partner and funding source will instead shortly become a very well-funded competitor.
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When It Comes to AI, Are You a Maximalist, a Skeptic, or a Gartner Analyst?
We're in an AI bubble, right? I can't go to my YouTube app without seeing someone selling that message. What about the tech itself?
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What Are the Tell-Tale Signs of AI Authorship? Here’s Five That I’ve Noticed.
Text created by ChatGPT is good. Really good. Good enough to write a high school essay, or for that matter a college one. (But not a LowEndBox blog post, in case you're wondering). Here are some ways to immediately spot AI.
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Run Your Own AI LLM Model on a LowEnd VPS for Only $2.49 a Month! Part Two: Web UI
In part one of this tutorial , we discussed quantization a little, then showed you how to setup Ollama and choose an appropriate large language model to run on it. Now we're going to make it a little bit more user-friendly by installing a web UI.
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Run Your Own AI LLM Model on a LowEnd VPS for Only $2.49 a Month! Part One: Ollama and the Model
Large Language Models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, and typically they run in massive datacenters operated by tech giants. But here on LowEndBox, we're all about democratizing computing. Is it possible to run your own AI on a cheap VPS? Yes! We'll show you how.
Read MoreSelf-Hosted Photos, New Uptime Monitors, AI-Powered Notebooks: Fun New Apps Now Available on PikaPods!
We've covered PikaPids many times in the past. They're a provider who offers over 100 apps with easy, nearly one click hosting. You sign up, deposit some funds, and start deploying. Each app is running in its own Docker container, private to you. They're cheap and frankly they're addictive. Let's look at their newest offerings.
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Just.Hosting Launches an AI Assistant: Let’s Put It Through Its Paces to See Its Strengths and Weaknesses
Just.Hosting contacted us to feature the announcement of their new AI assistant. We run it through its paces to find its strengths and weaknesses.
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Is Meta Discontinuing the Free LLaMA Model Series? News Reports Suggest LLaMA Drama
If you love Meta's free series of AI models (LLaMA), sorry to inform you that its days may be numbered. Meta is considering "de-investing" in LLaMA as it overhauls its AI strategy.
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Huckleberry Finn’s Ray Gun: How Mocking AI Puts Dollars in an Advertiser’s Pocket
Remember the part in Mark Twain's 1884 novel, Huckleberry Finn, where Huck uses a laser sniper rifle? Me neither.
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Artificial Intelligence Wants Lower Pricing on LowEndBox’s Black Friday
ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini are all talking about Black Friday. One of them has some specific prices in mind.
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