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Google Wallet is rolling out support for state IDs this month

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Google Wallet is rolling out support for state IDs this month

Google Wallet users will soon be able to add their ID or driver’s licenses to Google Wallet. Announced today, anyone with a Maryland ID or driver’s license can now save their ID in the Google Wallet app on any phone running Android 8.0 or later with device lock enabled. Google has been testing digital state … Read more

Because an octopus-like creature has come to symbolize the state of AI

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Because an octopus-like creature has come to symbolize the state of AI

A few months ago, while meeting with an AI executive in San Francisco, I noticed a strange sticker on his laptop. The sticker depicted a cartoon of a menacing octopus-like creature with many eyes and a yellow smiley attached to one of its tentacles. I asked what it was. Oh, that’s the Shoggoth, he explained. … Read more