Help a Community member avoid a Patch Tuesday nightmare

Plus, you won't believe just how fast generative AI is learning. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ [View in browser]( [Spiceworks]( Technology is both fascinating and frustrating. I'm amazed at how AI can build such lifelike pictures of me, given that they've never actually seen me. But the frustrating part is that they always get my arms wrong. Enough about me. SpiceWorld 2023 is right around the corner, and we need your help choosing the Spiceworks Partner worthy of our [annual Advisor Award](. This lifetime achievement award is granted to someone who keeps our community lively, informative, and entertaining. [Cast your vote]( and then check out this week's spicy picks. [SpiceRex]( [SpiceRex]( Spiceworks Community ["The system actually learned how to learn. It could teach itself!"]( It's hard to believe that some of the publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) models that have been making headlines recently are only about a year old. Many of the popular image generators launched in 2022: Dall-E in April, Midjourney in July, and Stable Diffusion in August. But they seem to have evolved much faster than that. Peter (Spiceworks) was blown away by just how much generative AI tools have improved in their ability to create the perfect action shot of SpiceRex. Do you agree? [Impressive or Scary?]( [What to do when Windows 10 misbehaves?]( If you've ever worked in an office, you've fought with a Microsoft product, even if it was as painless as trying to figure out how to turn off Clippy. Community member rootabagga is struggling with a much bigger problem: a handful of computers have recently started to automatically update the day after Patch Tuesday, even though the Group Policy has been configured to prevent this. [Uh Oh. Today is Patch Tuesday. »]( [Voice of IT]( [If your favorite tech had a face-off, who would win?]( One day, we may learn who would win if Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk got into a fight. Is this as important as determining if Superman or Batman would win in a fight? What about pirates versus ninjas? These showdowns are fun to think about, but somebody might get hurt. This week's poll asks you to build your own cage match fight card, but the catch is that none of the competitors are humans. Bard v. Bing Chat? Link v. Mario? You decide. [3...2...1...GO! »]( Upcoming Events: [How to intelligently manage your IT information sprawl]( [🗓️ Thurs. July 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM (Central) | 16:00 UTC]( 📢 Sponsor: IT Glue With all of the different applications and systems launched, managed, and owned by different teams, it's inevitable that you'll end up with information sprawl. This leads to fragmented, siloed, and even incomplete documentation. With no clear starting point, it can be difficult to see the full picture. In this webinar, you'll learn about the building blocks needed to automate, consolidate, and integrate intelligent IT documentation. 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[Register now »]( [See more events »]( What else we've been reading this week: [The real history behind the Archimedes Dial in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny']( Smithsonian Magazine You can't have an Indiana Jones movie without an ancient artifact playing a part. The object in the latest flick is loosely based on a real relic called the Antikythera mechanism, which some have even called the first computer. [Robot conductor gives a history-making orchestral debut in South Korea]( Classic FM Researchers at the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology preprogrammed a robot to assist in conducting a 12-minute piece performed by the National Orchestra of Korea. [How to get your name engraved on a NASA spacecraft bound for Europa]( Popular Science A joint project by NASA and the Library of Congress called "Message in a Bottle" gives anyone the opportunity to include their name on a microchip mounted on a ship that will be launched to Jupiter's moon in October 2024. [Google Feud]( Justin Hook Time has called Justin Hook an "evil genius." You may say the same after you've spent more time than you planned trying to guess what the top 10 autocomplete answers are for various questions in this somewhat frustrating game. [Toyota says battery breakthrough will lead to 745-mile EVs]( TechSpot Batteries aren't very good for long-term use, but Toyota may have innovated a small solid-state battery that only takes 10 minutes to recharge. FYI: This was the story in Snap! that had the most community votes last week. Did you find today's newsletter helpful? [Thumbs Up]( [Thumbs Down]( [Spiceworks]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Spiceworks Newsletter. Don't want to receive these emails? 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