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Now, animal behaviorists from the University of Vienna, the University of Portsmouth, Elephant CREW, Jafuta Reserve, and the University of St Andrews have determined elephants use a combination of gestures and vocal cues when greeting one another. — Read the rest The post Elephants greet each other by "saying hello" and gesturing appeared first on . ]] 1018337 OpenAI’s generative video software is more tedious than actual filmmaking https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/openais-generative-video-software-is-more-tedious-than-actual-filmmaking.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/openais-generative-video-software-is-more-tedious-than-actual-filmmaking.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 19:28:46 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018291 Writer Ed Zitron recently published a comprehensive look (read: takedown) of Sora, the new generative video platform from OpenAI. Functionally, Sora is not much different from text generation via ChatGPT, or image generation via MidJourney—which is to say, the so-called artificial intelligence is hardly intelligent , even when it produces the kind of passable content that wows some people despite its absolute hollowness. — Read the rest The post OpenAI's generative video software is more tedious than actual filmmaking appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/openais-generative-video-software-is-more-tedious-than-actual-filmmaking.html/feed 1 1018291 Watch the final performance of a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic house band https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/watch-the-final-performance-of-a-chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-house-band.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/watch-the-final-performance-of-a-chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-house-band.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 19:17:10 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018295 After decades, Munch’s Make Believe Band — the infamous animatronic house band at countless Chuck E. Cheese locations across the country — is finally calling it quits . As The New York Times reports: By the end of 2024, the animatronic performances — endearing and nostalgia-inducing, if perhaps slightly creepy to their audiences — will be phased out at all but two of the chain’s more than 400 locations in the United States: one in Los Angeles and another in Nanuet, N.Y. — Read the rest The post Watch the final performance of a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic house band appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/watch-the-final-performance-of-a-chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-house-band.html/feed 6 1018295 Commencement announcer butchers the names of graduates https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/commencement-announcer-butchers-the-names-of-graduates.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/commencement-announcer-butchers-the-names-of-graduates.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 19:11:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018315 About ten minutes into the College of Nursing graduation ceremony at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, the woman announcing the new graduates’ names was replaced. Why? Because she was mispronouncing their names in a comical way. The ceremony quickly turned into a viral hit on social media as the announcer hilariously flubbed several graduates’ names, even common ones like Allison and Sarah. — Read the rest The post Commencement announcer butchers the names of graduates appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/commencement-announcer-butchers-the-names-of-graduates.html/feed 2 1018315 Meet the winners of the 2024 Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/meet-the-winners-of-the-2024-ugly-muppet-toy-pageant.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/meet-the-winners-of-the-2024-ugly-muppet-toy-pageant.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 18:51:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018298 For over twenty years , the Muppet-fansite-for-grownups Tough Pigs has held a (semi-)annual Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant — a celebration of the most horrifically rendered licensed cash-grabs of everyone’s favorite felt friends. And oof , there are some bad ones . — Read the rest The post Meet the winners of the 2024 Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/meet-the-winners-of-the-2024-ugly-muppet-toy-pageant.html/feed 2 1018298 Appeals court leaves Trump gagged https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/appeals-court-leaves-trump-gagged.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/appeals-court-leaves-trump-gagged.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 18:28:36 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018326 A NY appeals court has affirmed Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order for Donald J. Trump in his criminal election interference trial. An appeals court feels Judge Merchan has appropriately identified the Orange Menace as a "significant threat to the integrity" of the proceedings. — Read the rest The post Appeals court leaves Trump gagged appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/appeals-court-leaves-trump-gagged.html/feed 2 1018326 Whales attack and sink a yacht https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/whales-attack-and-sink-a-yacht.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/whales-attack-and-sink-a-yacht.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 17:15:15 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018321 Naive scientists believe the activity could be "playful" behavior. An unknown number of Orca attacked and sank a yacht in Moroccan waters off the Straight of Gibraltar. Spanish Maritime Rescue Service reports that two passengers reported an emergency after feeling their boat rammed and seeing it had begun to take on water. — Read the rest The post Whales attack and sink a yacht appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/whales-attack-and-sink-a-yacht.html/feed 17 1018321 Tesla seems scared Musk’s bloated pay package won’t fly https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/tesla-seems-scared-musks-bloated-pay-package-wont-fly.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/tesla-seems-scared-musks-bloated-pay-package-wont-fly.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 15:36:45 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018314 Tesla has finally tried advertising to help sell something: shareholder approval of Elon "I hate advertising" Musk’s ridiculous $55 billion pay package. Tesla has notified the SEC that it is running ads for its shareholder approval process of Elon’s now $55 billion pay package and the corporation’s move to Texas. — Read the rest The post Tesla seems scared Musk's bloated pay package won't fly appeared first on . ]] https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/tesla-seems-scared-musks-bloated-pay-package-wont-fly.html/feed 17 1018314 Weird and fantastic vintage photos of people dreaming https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/weird-and-fantastic-vintage-photos-of-people-dreaming.html https://boingboing.net/2024/05/14/weird-and-fantastic-vintage-photos-of-people-dreaming.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2024 15:21:57 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1018304 Esteemed vernacular photography collector Robert E. Jackson curated a fantastical collection of vintage snapshots depicting people dreaming. Early trick photography is truly enchanting—the simple magic of the double exposure. See more of these most rare visions at Flashbak . Previously on : Vintage photos of women in wonderfully odd hats See this strange collection of "farm noir" photos from ye olden days Vintage photos of men with wonderfully odd haircuts Odd vintage snapshots of women in mirrors The post Weird and fantastic vintage photos of people...