Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you don't have to - what else could a cat owner possibly want? How about insights into your kitty's litter box usage that could flag health issues? Sign me up. But I have two feline friends… No worries, kitty facial recognition can handle that. At least, that is the idea behind the Litter-Robot 5 Pro, the highest-end model from the OG robotic pooper scooper company Whisker. Boasti

The Verge·2026/8/17·Jennifer Pattison Tuohy站内阅读全文

How to take better photos of your pets

Meet Noodle and Loaf, aka Carb Cats. | Image: The Verge, Getty Images Like the pets of any self-respecting millennial, my cats have their own Instagram account. Noodle and Loaf - aka Carb Cats - aren't exactly celebrities. But they are used to having their photos taken a lot. Between their Instagram account, my regular need to test smartphone cameras, and the fact that they are two adorable idiots, I've taken on an unofficial household role as pet photographer. I know I'm not the only one. It

The Verge·2026/8/17·Dominic Preston站内阅读全文

Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work

Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rules. On Friday, Anthropic announced that Claude's text marking system is "a version of the SynthID-Text approach" - an open-source watermarking technology developed by Google DeepMind that creates detectable patterns using wording probabilities. This watermarking feature, alongside C2PA support for Claude-processed images, is being introduced to meet

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中国邮政发行《纪念江泽民同志诞辰100周年》纪念邮票

新华社北京8月17日电 中国邮政8月17日发行《纪念江泽民同志诞辰100周年》纪念邮票1套2枚、小型张1枚。邮票表现内容分别为:江泽民同志在上海、江泽民同志在中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会上。小型张表现内容为:江泽民同志在天安门城楼上向群众游行队伍挥手致意。

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