I use Firefox and uBlock Origin. Not sure what kind of experience anyone else is having with YouTube, but recently my home page has been empty because I “don’t have watch history turned on”. Okay, fine. I won’t be able to browse suggested videos, and I’ll spend less time on their platform....
Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.
My experience with Copilot is that it behaves like a mirror of website contents. It's significantly "dumber" ChatGPT Pro with v4, which does process the contents before throwing it onto the user's face.
I don't have sympathy to GAFA, but the article oversimplifies the reality and jumps to the conclusion here and there. Broken logic is dangerous...
Edit:
For example,
Since its inception, Facebook have been very careful to kill every competition. The easiest way of doing it being by buying companies that could, one day, become competitors. Instagram, WhatsApp to name a few, were bought only because their product attracted users and could cast a shadow on Facebook.
This is oversimplification. Facebook not only acquired WhatsApp, but wanted access to its user data. So, it's not "only because" they wanted to control WhatsApp before they become a rival.
The article's logic becomes sloppy like this every few sentences if not words.
They're astonishingly poor at data ownership. When they started Dropbox Paper, a note taking web app, they sent the inline images to a different web domain. The image, doing so, became publicly visible to anyone knowing the URL! They did this without explaining anything to the user.
They also did not clarify who owns the copyright of these images sent to an apparent third party company.
Seriously, Dropbox's user privacy and copyright management is incompetent and untrustworthy.
A few days ago I downvoted someone's comment, and the next day I happened to notice every single comment I've ever made had at least one downvote. All from the person I dared to downvote the ONE time. I straight up asked why they did it, and they seem to think I'm an "obvious" troll account that "apparently just exist to...
Defending Israel’s security is considered a ‘reason of state’ in the country, where there is practically no public criticism of Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, statements in favor of Palestinian human rights are censored
A volunteer editor seeking to contribute content to the page might use information found on the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s website as a reference source. However, policy sticklers are likely to deny this usage because DOT is a primary source for highways (directly involved in the subject matter). According to the site’s policies, Wikipedia should be based mainly on reliable secondary sources, such as newspapers.
Angry road editors like Ben are up in arms, claiming that this hard-line interpretation of the guideline does not reflect the realities of the situation. With local newspapers going out of business left and right, there are rarely any other sources to draw from for these kinds of articles. Why not allow Wikipedians to cite from DOT, which is responsible for publishing highway routes?
Then again, it’s worth remembering that most of the time Wikipedia has good reasons for the prohibition against primary sources, especially with government entities. A state’s DOT content might generally be reliable—but allowing Wikipedians to cite from other primary sources, such as China’s Central Propaganda Department, is not a risk worth taking. The question is whether there is some way to recognize an exemption, granting that some types of primary sources may be reliable while still protecting the integrity of the rule.
Europe will then become a gigantic organization that takes forever to take any action, with a fragile election system. There's a reason why Parisians don't vote on German issues.
According to him, the time has now come to unite and overcome the difficulties linked to fragmented EU regulations in every sector, which slow down the EU’s operation, particularly in response to emergencies.
I'd say what he wants is basically ignore member states for what he wants to do.
Speaking of the EU’s market potential, Draghi called it “too small”, adding that there “are so many markets and therefore the small companies that are born in Europe, as soon as they grow, they sell or go to the United States”.
And that's because US is a big market. Whatever EU does, the tFrench market will not become identical to the German one, let alone Turkish or Czech
And just imagine. The next Hitler can get the most of europe by one rigged election system and start expanding from there, using the army from Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, etc. etc. It's just dangerous and idiotic.
Edit: To whoever replied to me with what follows:
None of what you said makes any sense
No, I'm not going to waste time with someone who shows lack of the concept of nuance. Get out of your echo chamber first.
I mean, they can get closer but that doesn't mean they'll have the same market in the end. Even they will, they should not toss away their governmental structures in order to please businesses as the article indicates.
“I must say, I keep telling my children: ‘You have to fix it. We goofed it up, you have to fix it.’ So I think here too, the direction of travel – my personal opinion – is clear.”
von der Layen
Watching von der Layen, I often feel like something is off with this woman also.
If an Islam woman not in hijab starts wearing headscarves everyday just as a fashion anyway, theoretically it's not a religious whatever. So what's the point those far right idiots are making.
These include the transfer of inclusive competency on the matters of environmental protection..., meaning that law pertaining to those matters would be entirely set at the European level.
This damages the environment than protect it. It's premature.
Although scientifically we probably know enough to find a solution, no country has a successful implementation of environmental protection. We haven't been shown how these politicians really achieve carbon neutrality. It's not too different from a made-up fantasy so far. Even EVs have flaws.
My impression is that they've possibly made it HARDER to find a practical solution.
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.
I think you might have a fair point. I have a different opinion though.
If men are treated unfairly, although I don't take sides on this exact issue, that's a separate thing that should be fixed. Doesn't mean to abolish no fault divorce. In theory. I don't know enough to decisively argue how practical that theory is.
The only part they emphasized the ongoing problem is the last paragraph, and their wording is still vague.
“At all levels, from grassroots sports and the gym up to elite levels, there are are still many barriers that result in LGBTQ+ people shying away from participating, and if we want to truly make sport everyone’s game, we need to turn the Rainbow Lace from a symbol of inclusion into a mindset.”
So, I wanted to donate my money to Ukraine through this official government link. However, it doesn't accept my money. I've tried two credit cards and they are both refused. The time it takes to show refusal is very quick, indicating that the website rejects my cards before accessing the credit card company....
It's crazy if you think about it. All furniture warns in the manual that it should be fixed on the position with a screw. Because otherwise, you might die in case of earthquakes here.
Do you think your election system is bad. Actually, those many areas in your country are world-leading because voters have more power than other places.
Yeah but look at Japan. We here have got the same political party (LDP) for like 80 years, no matter what we do. Even when the LDP declared an election "loss", we still got an LDP cabinet. At least literally 90% of the time.
I’m honestly hesitant to post this here, but… the absolute ludicrosity compels me. How? How does he have the gall to say something like that? He ought to burst into flames on the spot.
Actually, everybody is trying and failing to reach the quality of ChatGPT so far because OpenAI doesn't release the details. Add to that websites like Reddit and Xwitter, the source of the training data for AIs, have started charging money for that. The governments are also starting to obstruct AI advancement.
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
YouTube screwing itself with adblockers again
I use Firefox and uBlock Origin. Not sure what kind of experience anyone else is having with YouTube, but recently my home page has been empty because I “don’t have watch history turned on”. Okay, fine. I won’t be able to browse suggested videos, and I’ll spend less time on their platform....
Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies (www.wired.com)
Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used (arstechnica.com)
Elon Musk’s new AI bot, Grok, causes stir by citing OpenAI usage policy (arstechnica.com)
Some experts think xAI used OpenAI model outputs to fine-tune Grok.
I'm starting to see some serious downsides to being able to see who downvotes you. (kbin.social)
A few days ago I downvoted someone's comment, and the next day I happened to notice every single comment I've ever made had at least one downvote. All from the person I dared to downvote the ONE time. I straight up asked why they did it, and they seem to think I'm an "obvious" troll account that "apparently just exist to...
In Germany, the weight of historical guilt silences protests for Gaza victims (english.elpais.com)
Defending Israel’s security is considered a ‘reason of state’ in the country, where there is practically no public criticism of Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, statements in favor of Palestinian human rights are censored
Why Wikipedia’s Highway Editors Took the Exit Ramp (slate.com)
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates (arstechnica.com)
Debunking the Top 10 Myths About Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
Draghi: EU must become a state (www.euractiv.com)
Sunak rejects von der Leyen’s comments that UK could rejoin EU (www.theguardian.com)
EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces (www.bbc.com)
noyb files GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” (noyb.eu)
European Parliament votes to abolish member states’ veto | Cyprus Mail (cyprus-mail.com)
[Analysis] What is no-fault divorce, and why do some conservatives want to get rid of it? | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
Sports fans more welcoming of LGBTQ+ people than ever (www.thepinknews.com)
Website Not Working: Support the Armed Forces of Ukraine (bank.gov.ua)
So, I wanted to donate my money to Ukraine through this official government link. However, it doesn't accept my money. I've tried two credit cards and they are both refused. The time it takes to show refusal is very quick, indicating that the website rejects my cards before accessing the credit card company....
You want peace? Get out of Ukraine, Meloni tells Putin (decode39.com) Ukrainian
Putin keeps sending cannibal convicts to Ukraine front (www.newsweek.com) Ukrainian
Germany proves that private renting can work better than it does in Britain (www.theguardian.com)
Putin says we must think how to stop 'the tragedy' of war in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
I’m honestly hesitant to post this here, but… the absolute ludicrosity compels me. How? How does he have the gall to say something like that? He ought to burst into flames on the spot.
Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
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Private Beta Signup Sheet for Artemis (forms.gle)
Making this more visible :)...