AI

OpenAI’s Junk

OpenAI’s Junk

“Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which recruited former Apple design lead Jony Ive to lead its own hardware effort, is gearing up to release its would-be showstopper — and alas, it doesn’t sound like it’s managed to iterate beyond “clunky gadget that pretty much does stuff your phone already does.”

Source: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-hardware-device-leaked-cringe
2026-02-21
Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group’s What Dog

Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group’s What Dog

“What Dog recognizes dogs and classifies them by their breed.”
“Microsoft released a new site called What-Dog.Net that analyzes your face and tells you what kind of dog you look like.”
Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group
Cambridge, UK

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/profiles/what-dog/

Microsoft was very pround of their shitty app ideas and “AI”.
Source: https://twitter.com/sophiasharp/status/698025404594917376
2026-02-21
How-Old.Net Microsoft Edge Introduction.

How-Old.Net Microsoft Edge Introduction.

Microsoft’s new revolutionary age recognition technology. It did not work. Microsoft still used it to show how amazing Microsoft Edge is (because it used Google’s Chromium).

More about this: https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/35n53u/how_did_the_whole_howoldnet_thing_get_so_popular/
2026-02-20