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Algorithms · August 2026Gaffe level: Typo

Roku now has a channel of pure AI slop. He binged eight hours of it

A new channel on Roku offers all-you-can-eat AI-generated programming. Charlie Warzel binged eight hours of it so you do not have to. Television's final form: content nobody made, watched by everybody.

Source: The Atlantic

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A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial

Robots · October 2026 Kudos level: Legend

Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.

Source: University of Utah

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