OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo (arstechnica.com)
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being “industrial-strength plagiarists” (arstechnica.com)
The District of Columbia fits fleet of EVs with bogus gadget promising 60% range boost (arstechnica.com)
The Energy Management Module claims it can “rejuvenate a battery” somehow....
[Ars Technica] No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
This article covers mostly the recent events, where Reddit tries to gaslight the mods into a “we need to talk”. As well as r/place opening....
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
TSMC delays US chip fab opening, says US talent is insufficient (arstechnica.com)
Report: Apple has already built its own ChatGPT-like chatbot (arstechnica.com)
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
“Reddit is publicly extending an olive branch to the moderator community that it largely enraged over recent weeks…But as you might expect, mods remain skeptical.”
[Ars Technica] - Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced (arstechnica.com)
Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon (arstechnica.com)
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)
Meta tells news publishers to talk to the hand (arstechnica.com)
“Now that we’ve killed your industry, it’s time to move on.”...
Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced (arstechnica.com)
Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture.
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)
We have no explanations for this sort of slow repeat.
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
Antitrust enforcers released a draft update outlining new rules today that officials say will make it easier to crack down on mergers and acquisitions that could substantially lessen competition in the US.
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
Merger rules currently stacked in favor of monopolists, critics say.
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
AT&T says lead cables in Lake Tahoe “pose no danger” and should stay in place (arstechnica.com)
AT&T's legacy telephone network may have nearly 200,000 miles of lead-covered cables, according to an estimate by AT&T submitted in a court filing.
[Ars Technica] "Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon" (arstechnica.com)
Interesting rundown of the whole Meta/Threads/Fediverse situation so far. Not a lot of new information but might be a handy primer for curious newbies....
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)
On Wednesday, researchers announced the discovery of a new astronomical enigma. The new object, GPM J1839–10, behaves a bit like a pulsar, sending out regular bursts of radio energy. But the physics that drives pulsars means that they’d stop emitting if they slowed down too much, and almost every pulsar we know of blinks at...
Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access (arstechnica.com)
Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon (arstechnica.com)
Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.