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.
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.htmlShiwei 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.