Meta Launches Vibes, an Endless Feed of AI Slop for Your Viewing Displeasure

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms

Der am Dienstag vom UN-Hochkommissariat für Menschenrechte veröffentlichte Bericht beschreibt weit verbreitete Misshandlungen wie Schläge, Elektroschocks, Scheinhinrichtungen und sexuelle Gewalt gegen ukrainische Zivilisten seit der russischen Invasion im Februar 2022

a.) There's little interest in interrogating the downsides of generative AI, such as the environmental impact, the data theft impact, the treatment and exploitation of data workers.

b.) There's little interest in considering the extent to which, by incorporating generative AI into our teaching, we end up supporting a handful of companies that are burning billions in a vain attempt to each achieve performance that is a scintilla better than everyone else's.

c.) There's little interest in thinking about what's going to happen when the LLM companies decide that they have plateaued, that there's no more money to burn/spend, and a bunch of them fold—but we've perturbed education to such an extent that our students can no longer function without their AI helpers.

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...was Pädagogen als die schlimmste Betrugskrise seit Jahrzehnten bezeichnen

Deutschland fliegt aus den Top 10 der innovativsten Länder

A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes

French lawmaker calls for criminal inquiry into TikTok’s effect on children

"Korruption, ganz einfach": Trumps Familie nimmt mit Kryptogeld Milliarden ein

Blogs have evolved from personal diaries to promotional tools, reflecting changes in content and audience expectations over the past two decades

Is Meta secretly scanning your phone's camera roll? Check this setting to find out

WTF.

Neue Forschungsergebnisse haben lang gehegte Annahmen über naturbasierte Klimaschutzlösungen erschüttert und zeigen, dass sowohl Aufforstung als auch unterirdische Kohlenstoffspeicherung weit weniger Potenzial zur Kompensation von Emissionen bieten als bislang angenommen

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U.S. workers are becoming more stressed about their rising personal debts and financial health

Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn

odd question: what does it mean to buy something?

WTF

Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations