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Puppy Video

 Just as a happy note to create a refreshing change from the usual internet fare, here is a video of several puppies (collectively nicknamed "The Spice Girls") lapping up milk:   https://twitter.com/NiallHarbison/status/1783037625764552988

Google Gemini AI

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 Google's Gemini AI system, which had been in the news for producing images of European historical figures as Africans, Asians or other non-Europeans, is still evidently working on fixing that issue since requests to produce an image of a person always return the message:  " We are working to improve Gemini’s ability to generate images of people. We expect this feature to return soon and will notify you in release updates when it does." But it does produce images of other objects. Here's what it produced when prompted with: " Produce an image of a old wooden sailing ship with a golden figurehead:":

Surprising Development At Wikipedia

 I was surprised to see (a bit late) that GeneralNotability had resigned from the Arbitration Committee. The resignation letter was posted on April 2nd, followed shortly by official removal later that day.  Resignation letter : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=1216857738 Removal - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee%2FMembers&diff=1216862549&oldid=1211046070 I'm still not sure what prompted this.  It isn't often that ArbCom members resign or are removed. I'll post an update if I find out more.