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Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves
I use AI a lot, but not to write stories. I use AI for search. When it comes to search, AI, especially Perplexity, is simply better than Google.
Ordinary search has gone to the dogs. Maybe as Google goes gaga for AI, its search engine will get better again, but I doubt it. In just the last few months, I’ve noticed that AI-enabled search, too, has been getting crappier.
In particular, I’m finding that when I search for hard data such as market-share statistics or other business numbers, the results often come from bad sources. Instead of stats from 10-Ks, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) mandated annual business financial reports for public companies, I get numbers from sites purporting to be summaries of business reports. These bear some resemblance to reality, but they’re never quite right. If I specify I want only 10-K results, it works. If I just ask for financial results, the answers get… interesting,
This isn’t just Perplexity. I’ve done the exact same searches on all the major AI search bots, and they all give me “questionable” results.
Welcome to Garbage In/Garbage Out (GIGO). Formally, in AI circles, this is known as AI model collapse. In an AI model collapse, AI systems, which are trained on their own outputs, gradually lose accuracy, diversity, and reliability. This occurs because errors compound across successive model generations, leading to distorted data distributions and “irreversible defects” in performance. The final result? A Nature 2024 paper stated, “The model becomes poisoned with its own projection of reality.”
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Cooler Master MasterLiquid Core II 360 White All-in-One Liquid Cooler Review @ APH Networks
Description: The Cooler Master MasterLiquid Core II 360 White AIO liquid cooler offers impressive performance and stunning aesthetics at a competitive MSRP.
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Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 A-RGB Review @ Vortez
The Pro 360 variant features a 38mm-thick, 360mm aluminium radiator, cooled by three 120mm ARCTIC A-RGB fans optimized for static pressure. This combination is designed to support high-core-count CPUs, making it a strong contender for both gaming and workstation use cases.
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AMD’s Export-Friendly Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU Prepares for China Debut
According to the latest rumor mill, AMD is preparing Radeon AI PRO R9700, a new GPU designed specifically for the Chinese market. The new Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU will feature deliberately handicapped performance parameters that comply with the most recent US export regulations while still supporting the local industry’s needs for tasks such as on-device inference and model fine-tuning. To adhere to Washington’s restrictions, AMD has reduced the chip’s compute throughput to remain below the critical threshold for controlled exports, yet it retains 32 GB of high-bandwidth frame buffer memory and full PCIe Gen 5 connectivity. These specifications are intended to ensure efficient data transfer, and when multiple R9700 cards are deployed together, they can deliver substantial processing capability despite the lower power per card.
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Apple eyeing up 200mp camera trick
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth rumour claiming that Jobs’ Mob is eyeing up the same 200MP sensor that powers Samsung’s ultra-slim Galaxy S25 Edge.
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Huawei’s AI blitz rattles Nvidia
In a Bloomberg interview, Huang said Huawei’s AI chips and clusters are now on par with Nvidia’s top-end gear. He name-checked the CloudMatrix system, revealing it scales beyond the Grace Blackwell platform, which until now was Nvidia’s heavyweight offering. This is the first time the outfit has publicly acknowledged Huawei’s architecture as equivalent to its own in any way.
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A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months
A nearly year-old Facebook event for a “simple maths competition” has been one of the most viral posts on the platform for six months. The “event” racked up about 51 million views on Facebook during the first quarter of 2025, according to the company’s latest report on “widely viewed content” on the platform.
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Microsoft Shifts Xbox Gaming Handheld Ambitions to Third-Party Windows Handhelds
We’ve reported on Microsoft’s development of a custom Xbox gaming handheld a number of times, with Microsoft Gaming head, Phil Spencer, recently confirming a foray into hardware was in the works. Now, though, it seems as though Microsoft has shelved the idea for the meantime, instead putting its weight behind developing and optimizing Windows for third-party gaming handhelds, like the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go. According to Windows Central, Microsoft is still planning on developing its own Xbox gaming handheld, but that product will no longer launch alongside the Xbox Series X|S as previously planned.
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Here’s Why So Many People Love Noisy Mechanical Keyboards (But I Still Don’t Get It)
The mechanical keyboard propaganda is everywhere. Whether it’s a PC gaming streamer or a photo of any self-respecting enthusiast’s desk, there’s bound to be some sort of mechanical keyboard around, with that unmistakable clack-clack-clack as you pummel its keys.
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Despite Rising Prices, Gaming Is Still the Cheapest Fun You Can Have
Times are tough all around the world, and usually when belts are tightened, the first thing to go is entertainment. That’s a sad situation, and it doesn’t help that the only news about gaming these days seem to be that it’s getting more and more expensive.
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Anker’s Steam Deck USB-C Hub Is Just $23 Right Now
Anker’s 6-in-1 USB-C hub has fallen to a very low price. Right now, it is available for $23.40 at Anker, which makes it a great choice for adding more connectivity and charging options to devices like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go. To get this discount, use the promo code Ankerhowtogeek2025 at checkout.
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Google Lens is coming to YouTube Shorts
Once it’s enabled on your account, the feature can be accessed by pausing the video, selecting Lens from the top menu and then tapping or highlighting an element of the clip to search about. Visual matches and search results will be overlaid on top of the Short. More details are provided in Google’s support pages.
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Dell Technologies Delivers First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2026 first quarter. The company also provides guidance for its fiscal 2026-second quarter and full year.
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AMD Ryzen 9000G APUs Appear in Gigabyte AM5 Motherboard Leak
It seems as though an official international launch for the elusive AMD Ryzen 9000G APUs might still be on the cards for later this year, after all. While an announcement was expected at Computex 2025, along with a full-scale retail launch later this year, AMD was suspiciously quiet about its CPUs at the electronics trade show. Now, it looks as though Gigabyte has seemingly started preparing its B650 motherboard line-up for the arrival of AMD’s Ryzen 9000G APUs.
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Logitech MX Brio 4K Ultra HD Webcam Review
Description: The MX Brio 4K Ultra HD Webcam by Logitech may not be the best of its class out there but for the most part it does deliver as advertised.
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Germany is considering a 10 percent digital service tax on US tech giants
“These corporations do billions in business in Germany with extremely high profit margins and benefit enormously from the country’s media and cultural output as well as its infrastructure — but they pay hardly any taxes, invest too little, and give far too little back to society,” Germany’s Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer said of the draft rule during an interview with the magazine Stern.
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Microsoft Zune executive J Allard is leading a secretive team at Amazon
What ZeroOne is actually working on remains a bit mysterious, but CNBC was able to find another listing for a “Senior Applied Scientist” role that suggests the team will be “conceiving, designing, and bringing to market computer vision techniques for a new smart-home product.” Computer vision is the umbrella term for technologies that allow computer systems to “understand” images and video — for example, the ability for a Ring Video Doorbell to identify when a package is on your door step.
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GameSir Announces Nova 2 Lite Controllers & Opens Up Pre-orders
Introducing the GameSir Nova 2 Lite wireless game controller—compatible with Switch, PC, Android, iOS and Steam via Bluetooth, wired, and wireless dongle connections. Co-designed with the fighting game champion and our brand ambassador, XiaoHai, the Nova 2 Lite delivers champion-grade quality—truly Champions for You. Whether you’re exploring new ways to game or aiming to level up, the Nova 2 Lite offers a fresh take on competitive control—perfect for beginners and beyond. Now available for pre-order on gamesir.com.
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Client Interest in Samsung Foundry Reportedly Buoyed by Nintendo Switch 2 SoC Production Deal
The Nintendo Switch 2 hybrid console is due to launch globally next Wednesday (June 4). The highly anticipated next-gen handheld is powered by a custom NVIDIA processor. To the surprise of many industry watchdogs, both parties have semi-recently disclosed a couple of technical details regarding their fruitful hardware collaboration. Historically, Nintendo has guarded many aspects of its past generation hardware. Throughout the 2020s, data miners and leakers have unearthed plenty of pre-release information—leading to theories about the Switch 2 chipset’s origins. During the Switch 1 era, TSMC was the chosen manufacturing partner. NVIDIA’s off-the-shelf Tegra X1 mobile SoC powered the first wave of Nintendo Switch (2017) devices, in 20 nm form. A 2019 revision resulted in Switch Lite and (refreshed) Switch models being equipped with a more efficient 16 nm solution, also present within 2023’s premium OLED variant.
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Meta could soon start building tech for the US Army
Meta is bidding to build high-tech wearables for the US Army, as reported by Wall Street Journal. The company is teaming up with Palmer Luckey’s defense firm Anduril Industries on the project, which has been dubbed EagleEye. The contract is worth around $100 million, though it hasn’t been awarded yet. It’s part of a larger $22 billion Army wearables project of which Anduril is the lead vendor.