AI and the "Cliff Clavin Problem"

On the TV show Cheers, Cliff Clavin was the character who worked very hard to say sophisticated sounding things but who most of the time was just making up facts. AI, specifically large language models (LLMs), have a Cliff Clavin problem.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/ai-and-cliff-clavin-problem.html

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-ai-cheating-students-97075d3c

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-ai-cheating-students-97075d3c

Alibaba Releases AI Model That Reads Emotions to Take On OpenAI

In two demonstrations, Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab researchers showed their new open source R1-Omni inferring the emotional state of a person in a video while also offering descriptions of their clothes and environment.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alibaba-releases-emotional-intelligence-model-102013293.html

A DeepSeek Ban is Absolutely Coming

The existence of DeepSeek AI makes absolutely no sense. The entire United States government, and most recently the Supreme Court, have worked themselves into a tizzy over concerns about TikTok.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/the-generator/a-deepseek-ban-is-absolutely-coming-2167119732f2

The AI Image Generation Mistake 99% of People Make (5-Minute Fix!)

Imagine trying to be a good carpenter, but you only know how to use a hammer and a screwdriver. It would be impossible!

ORIGINAL LINK: https://ai.plainenglish.io/the-ai-image-generation-mistake-99-of-people-make-5-minute-fix-05b80830ebf4

I Tried Google’s Generative Search. It Will Change Blogging Forever.

This week, I finally got an invitation to beta test Google’s new generative AI-powered search experience, dubbed Search Generative Experience (SGE). It's a total game-changer.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/the-generator/i-tried-googles-generative-search-it-will-change-blogging-forever-e95bdf753106

Google just confirmed the AI reality many programmers are desperately trying to deny

Now Google’s Chief Scientist just made a telling revelation: AI now generates at least 25% of their code. Can you see — it’s happening now at top software companies with billions of active lines of code.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/coding-beauty/ai-writes-google-codebase-00e6ad35ac7c