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The article argues that AI didn't destroy students' critical thinking — it exposed that schools never truly taught it. Decades of standardized testing trained students to optimize for correct outputs, not thoughtful processes, so AI tools are a rational response to a broken incentive system. The author calls for systemic education reform focused on inquiry-based learning and assessment that values thinking over products.
Blackmagic Design has brought its Hollywood-grade color grading tools to still photography with DaVinci Resolve Photo. The product includes AI-powered features like Magic Mask and Relight FX, native RAW support across camera brands, non-destructive processing up to 32K resolution, and GPU-accelerated batch exports. Available in both a free tier and a $295 Studio version, it positions professional cinema-grade color tools as accessible to photographers.
Google has introduced a new spam policy targeting "back button hijacking," a practice where websites manipulate browser history to trap users or redirect them to unwanted pages when they hit back. This is a significant SEO enforcement action that webmasters and startups relying on organic search traffic need to understand. Sites found violating the policy risk being flagged as spam and losing search visibility.
Jujutsu (jj) is a new distributed version control system designed as a more intuitive alternative to Git, borrowing the best ideas from both Git and Mercurial. It uses a Git-compatible backend, so developers can try it on existing repos without team buy-in or risking their history. It's a developer productivity play that simplifies version control without sacrificing power.
Chicago music enthusiast Aadam Jacobs has donated over 10,000 rare concert tapes spanning from the 1980s onward to the Internet Archive. The collection preserves live music history that might otherwise have been lost and makes it freely accessible to fans and researchers. It's a significant cultural preservation effort, though not directly tied to AI or startups.
