2 bookmarks for 2026-06-10

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slixmpp v1.16.0

blog.mathieui.net/en/slixmpp-1-16.html

Slixmpp’s new release makes XEP_0257’s get_certs method asynchronous, breaking prior compatibility.
New plugins add Stickers and MUC Affiliation Versioning.
Improvements let MUC and PubSub retrieve items via the parent interface.

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Thirty-five AI comedians walked into a workshop, and what happened next could reshape how machines learn humor

techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-comedians-workshop-reshape-machines.html

Shiwei Hong created a multi-agent system simulating collaborative comedy writing with GPT-4 performers and critics.

Human evaluators preferred scripts from discussion-based rounds over sequential generation.

Agents refine output using shared conversational memory to mimic collective learning.

Future work may add human participants and immersive interaction modes.