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The island without timeWhen the sun rises on May 18 in the small Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle, it doesn’t set again until July 26. Later in the year, it vanishes from November until January.
In the winter, the island is covered in snow. But during the midnight sun, the weather is temperate, even hot. Purple wildflowers stick out of mossy grass, and the electric-blue water and white sand look more Caribbean than Arctic. Walking along the coast around 11 p.m., you might see kayakers paddling on the smooth sea in the distance, or children in pajamas fishing and running along the beach with their catches.
Inspired by the extreme periods of light and dark, in late spring 2019, a group of locals signed a petition to make the village the first “time-free zone,” a place where anyone could buy groceries, cut grass, or eat dinner no matter the time. Their reasoning made sense enough: In a town where the sun shines at 1 a.m. in July and you can see the stars at 1 p.m. in December, the time on the clock is meaningless. International media seized on the time-free zone as a curiosity, and the town leaned into the branding, flaunting its freedom from the clock and inviting others to experience it. The realities of how to run a business, coordinate work, and have a social life without time went unmentioned; what mattered was the fantasy of a time- and stress-free life.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-island-without-time/ar-AA1SLAA7
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2030Survey ends on New Year's Eve.
Unless otherwise stated, you are predicting the state of the world by 11:59PM on 12/31/2030.
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On The Record 2030 is an attempt to capture this point in time, where the future feels more uncertain than ever. My hope is that this website will provide some stable source of reference for the evershifting goalposts in the dialogues we have about AI, the economy, science, and politics. It's not really meant to be a 'told you so' tool, even if that's what it ends up being. I think it will just be very interesting to see, in 2031, how we did in predicting the near future.
Who I Am
I'm Jacob Sargent, an interested bystander to the ongoing debate on whether certain technologies and ideologies are flashes in the pan or revolutionary upheavals. I do not work in tech, but like everyone, I am impacted by it.
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Anybody up for a train ride?I'm not much of a traveler, but some of these are tempting.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/most-exciting-new-trains-for-2026
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AI slopIn some ways, Gigi is like any other young social media influencer.
With perfect hair and makeup, she logs on and talks to her fans. She shares clips: eating, doing skin care, putting on lipstick. She even has a cute baby who appears in some videos.
But after a few seconds, something may seem a little off.
She can munch on pizza made out of molten lava, or apply snowflakes and cotton candy as lip gloss. Her hands sometimes pass through what she's holding.
That's because Gigi isn't real. She's the AI creation of University of Illinois student Simone Mckenzie - who needed to make some money over the summer.
Ms Mckenzie, 21, is part of a fast-growing cohort of digital creators who churn out a stream of videos by entering simple prompts into AI chatbots, like Google Veo 3. Experts say this genre, dubbed "AI slop" by some critics and begrudging viewers, is taking over social media feeds.
And its creators are finding considerable success.
"One video made me $1,600 [£1,185] in just four days," Ms Mckenzie said. "I was like, okay, let me keep doing this."
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AI slopFascinating.
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.
The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop.
Together, these AI slop channels have amassed more than 63bn views and 221 million subscribers, generating about $117m (£90m) in revenue each year, according to estimates.
The researchers also made a new YouTube account and found that 104 of the first 500 videos recommended to its feed were AI slop. One-third of the 500 videos were “brainrot”, a category that includes AI slop and other low-quality content made to monetise attention.
I really don't watch many YT videos, the exceptions being cooking or crocheting stuff. Something came up in the sidebar about an animal story and I clicked on it. It became clear pretty quickly that it was AI, which I confirmed by looking at the description, which said it was AI -generated.
This is crazy.
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What's next in Iran?Iran launched three domestically built observation satellites into space from Russia on Sunday, state television reported, marking a new step for Tehran's space program despite Western sanctions.
Western countries fear that these satellite launch systems incorporate technologies interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles, potentially capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Tehran denies those accusations and refutes that it is trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
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What's next in Iran?The ayatollahs’ grip is weakening. Who can replace them is less clear
