FAMOUS BIGFOOT FOOTAGE STABILIZED USING AI, MAKING IT PRETTY CLEAR WHAT IT IS

Bigfoot — you know Bigfoot, right? — well, Bigfoot has been spotted numerous times over the years, with most sightings being attributed to people in costumes or bears. The most famous footage of a supposed sighting, known as the Patterson-Gimlin film, is widely dismissed as a hoax by the scientific community, but is still popular among Bigfoot enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists. However, according to IFLScience, when stabilized by AI, it became pretty clear what it was.

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PROFESSOR SAYS HE'LL CANCEL FINAL IF A STUDENT MAKES A VIRAL VIDEO

A Taco Bell PR executive and marketing professor at Chapman University challenged his students to create a viral TikTok video with at least 1vmillion views. And if they did, he promised to cancel their final. Per The Byte, the challenge was met by Sylvie Bastardo — or, as her classmates know her, a total hero — whose video went viral with over 4.9 million views, proving the power of influencer marketing on social media. And yes, their professor canceled the final.

LIFE AFTER DAFT PUNK: THOMAS BANGALTER ON BALLET, AI AND DITCHING THE HELMET

Reflecting his preference for "humanity over technology," Thomas Bangalter — one-half of the electronic music pioneer duo, Daft Punk — has some concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence in music creation, reports the BBC, and how technology may lead to the "obsolescence of man."

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ELON MUSK SAYS IT'S 'WEIRD' THAT HIS NAME WAS FOUND IN TWITTER'S ALGORITHM SOURCE CODE ALONG WITH LABELS LIKE 'DEMOCRAT' OR 'REPUBLICAN'

In either a case of truly plausible deniability or playing dumb, but Elon "Twitter's new owner and current interim CEO" Musk "found out" during a Twitter Spaces event that his name had been coded into Twitter's recommendation algorithm, highlighting whether a tweet had been authored by him or not, according to Business Insider. The algorithm also categorized tweets based on whether the user was a "Democrat," "Republican" or a "power user."