www.nytimes.com House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israel
A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
Yea this is sketchy AF. Not to mention concerning due to its potential implications. Going to be interesting how not only YouTube but other platforms deal with this.
All this will do is piss off creators due to monetization reasons, lead them to complain against YouTube, forcing YouTube to change their monetization process, which will lead to again changing the way videos are made.
And at the end, they will find a way to again shove ads in your face more efficiently.
www.theverge.com Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines
The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies.
The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies.
The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support workers, promote innovation and competition, advance US leadership in AI technologies, and ensure the responsible and effective government use of the technology.
You get access to news from publishers like WSJ, Wired, LA Times, National Review, as well as magazines from many others. You also get access to news audio which is not bad.
Im already finding it a hard sell for my News+ sub. This price increase may just lead me to cancel at this point.
Oh in no way am I saying that Google is a good guy here. I’m sure that if it were up to them, they would keep the current status quo.
They are only doing this due to the pressure they’re getting for their poor track record of supporting their devices. But it is still a step in the direction nonetheless.
Agreed. This and Googles announcement last month of supporting new chromebooks for 10 years is a step in the right direction.
That’s a potential solution but the problem is that IT departments in schools are replacing them when they reach EOL in regards to security patches (since testing software isn’t supported). While there may be people interested, I can’t see many wanting to buy chromebooks that won’t be getting security patches and are sluggish.
The amount of Chromebooks that go to waste in K-12 schools is insane. So it is nice to see Google taking action on this, especially since its largest market are schools.
California just opened the floodgates for self-driving cars
In a pivotal moment for the autonomous transportation industry, California chose to expand one of the biggest test cases for the technology.
www.theverge.com Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now
The fight for who will own your Thread mesh network is creating an even more fractured smart home.
The fight for who will own your Thread mesh network is creating an even more fractured smart home.
It won’t just be electric cars, it’ll be all new model cars from manufacturing companies. At least until ICE is phased out.
I just kept thinking of Abode Security
techcrunch.com OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner steps down | TechCrunch
A significant personnel change is afoot at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence juggernaut that has nearly single-handedly inserted the concept of generative AI into global public discourse with the launch of ChatGPT. Dave Willner, an industry veteran who was the startup’s head of trust and safety, a...
A significant personnel change is afoot at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence juggernaut that has nearly single-handedly inserted the concept of generative AI into global public discourse with the launch of ChatGPT. Dave Willner, an industry veteran who was the startup’s head of trust and safety, announced in a post on LinkedIn last night that he has left the job and transitioned to an advisory role.
www.theverge.com Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it
“Apple GPT” could be coming to iPhones next year.
Apple is creating its own AI-powered chatbot that some engineers are calling “Apple GPT,” according to a report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly doesn’t have any solid plans to release the technology to the public yet.
As noted by Bloomberg, the chatbot uses its own large language model (LLM) framework called “Ajax,” running on Google Cloud and built with Google JAX, a framework created to accelerate machine learning research. Sources close to the situation tell the outlet that Apple has multiple teams working on the project, which includes addressing potential privacy implications.
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Battlefield 4. Was there from the buggy as shit release on the PS4 back in 2013. A little over 600 hours. Some of my best gaming memories.
www.wired.com Can Twitter Alternatives Escape the Enshittification Trap?
People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.
People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.
Yes, it has been fun adding and contributing to the small and bigger communities on here alike. Not to mention that there have been more constructive conversations as well.
I differ with your view in that I’m looking forward to having more people join and seeing these communities grow. As of now, the platform is still pretty niche (which is nice) but the fediverse can be built in a flexible way to give users the power in what they want to see and block.
www.engadget.com OpenAI is forming a team to rein in superintelligent AI | Engadget
OpenAI is forming a dedicated team to manage the risks of superintelligent AI..
OpenAI is forming a dedicated team to manage the risks of superintelligent AI.
A superintelligence is a hypothetical AI model that is smarter than even the most gifted and intelligent human, and excels at multiple areas of expertise instead of one domain like some previous generation models. OpenAI believes such a model could arrive before the end of the decade.
mashable.com Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000
Everything worked fine until Elon Musk took over.
Twitter's API issues have frustrated developers in each of Twitter's new API access tiers. Those with Basic or Pro plans — paying $100 and $5000 a month for API access, respectively — have experienced unannounced changes to their plans, numerous bugs, and often receive zero customer support. And developers shelling out for Twitter's Enterprise API Plan, which starts at $42,000 per month, are experiencing sudden outages and disappointing service considering the money they're paying.
Are upvotes counting towards your reputation now?
Logged in a few minutes ago and noticed that reputation in my account was much higher then before. Guessing it might be counted now.
No one knows who or what would come out of a power vacuum, but history tells us it’s usually a more hardline and extreme result. With some of the reports coming out of more hawkish elements within the Russian government adding more and more pressure on Putin to take further measures in mind, it can be a major cause for concern.
Wagner mercenary boss says Russia bombed his troops
www.bbc.com Wagner chief vows to topple Russian military leaders
Yevgeny Prigozhin says his fighters have crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia.
Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed a "huge number" of his fighters had been killed in the strike.
Just cancelled prime a few days ago and yea it was a pain. I love all the small shady crap like using a grey text box for the “cancel membership” button and the blue one for “resume membership” followed by another page full of reasons why you shouldn’t cancel and double checking to make sure you know your losing the benefits. I swear it might’ve been a total of 4-5 pages.
Side note, more companies need to be held accountable for this as well. There are a lot of streaming services that do the same thing.