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.
The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict....
Sony is now confirming it’s launched a public beta test of PS5 cloud gaming — one that streams games to a PS5 at up to 4K resolution, according to gamers who are now receiving invitations.
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...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state’s pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light’s parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker’s recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into the country’s...
His culture war bullshit is getting so stale (and borderline cringe) at this point. Don’t want a guy chasing companies and institutions for being “woke” and not do shit for their people as president.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades...
He’s not wrong. There’s a lot of instability in the world right now. And it’s times of instability that we tend to see the miscalculations that lead to major power conflict.
As of late, I feel like we are just a few simple mistakes and a series of events away from large scale conflict.
CCC, WPA, or any semblance of the alphabet soup of new deal programs focused on improving the infrastructure and getting people to work is something I believe this country desperately needs. For all the reasons you stated but another important factor; it can help Americans get a new found sense of pride in their country and a sense of community.
I remember reading about how the new deal programs boosted pride among Americans who took part in these programs. A sense of pride that was needed to fight WWII.
While a modern version of this would be amazing, I can’t help but show the same skepticism that has been said here in regards to corruption and issues that would inevitable come up. It’s a totally different political landscape than it was in 1933.
The anti-Biden ad released by the GOP a few weeks ago was much more easier to tell was AI generated. This one is much more subtle that I wouldn’t have known used AI voice generation if it weren’t for the article. Yes it was simply a post on social media, but having it voiced over adds much more to reach its audience imo.
Netflix reported substantial growth in subscribers in the months following its push to stop users from sharing accounts with people outside of their household.
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....
Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Trump that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, say sources.
Around the time J. Robert Oppenheimer learned that Hiroshima had been struck (alongside everyone else in the world) he began to have profound regrets about his role in the creation of that bomb. At one point when meeting President Truman Oppenheimer wept and expressed that regret. Truman called him a crybaby and said he never...
It’ll sell it’s fair share but the delayed launch is going to really hurt it it’s potential sales numbers. In the span of their initial release date and ‘24, ev pickups from Ford, Rivian, and GM have released.
They could have been one of the first and taken the hype
The figure far surpasses what Donald Trump raised, though it is well short of what Mr. Trump and his allies collected during the same period in the 2020 election cycle.
Just a couple of months ago, a leaked memo said to be from a Google researcher cast doubt on the company’s future in AI, stating that it has “no moat” in the industry — and now, we seemingly have confirmation that it was real. In an interview with Decoder, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google’s DeepMind, told The Verge...
Read his quotes and it sounds like he thinks that they can continue with the closed source path, despite of the memo (which I believed had plenty of important points).
You think we’ll see them make a fully open source model?
Yea I don’t think they will either which is a shame it would’ve been interesting to see what they could have done with an open source model combined with the insane resources they have and 3rd party.
G/O Media, who owns popular tech site Gizmodo along with a slew of other outlets, began publishing AI-generated articles last week, despite strong objections from many of the members of its staff, according to The Washington Post. The articles are all credited to various bots — Gizmodo Bot, for example — with no other...
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.
I do, but as more people join I’m also feeling a little republican - i got my spot and this is good; everyone on the outside can go fuck off now. I don’t want it to get so big that it’s what we left. No intended disrespect or lack of acknowledgment to those who were here before.
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.
I tried looking around for a changelog but I couldn't find one anywhere (let me know if you know where it is, I know you can look at the commits/merged PRs on Codeberg but there's a lot to dig through)....
Looks like accessing twitter accounts directly without an account still requires login. But looks like individual tweets are now accessible without an account.
Who knows honestly, twitter has been a mess to say the least.
Now that you pointed it out, I have no clue how people/businesses who rely on twitter can continue to do so with the utter uncertainty the platform runs on daily.
I know they’ve been leaving in droves, but it has been insane how it has been run these past few months.
The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics....
Because the rulings the current court are making are not what the majority of us want.
The job of SCOTUS is not to rule based on what the “majority” of people want. It’s to check the constitutionality of the policies and laws passed by the other 2 branches.
To start, your confusing the cake case with the one from last week that had to do with a website for gay marriage (cake happened years ago). In both, they ruled that the 1st amendment rights of free expression and freedom of religion supersedes state nondiscriminatory laws.
For the record, I’m completely opposed to the rulings. But what you claim to be “pure fantasy of religion” is not something a large portion of the population would not agree with as they believe is some sort of faith, and the right to believe that faith is something that is protected by our 1st amendment whether you like it or not. I mean, it’s something that makes our country great is it not?
In regards to affirmative action, it was bound to be overturned due to its own discriminatory nature. Are there massive discrepancies in access to quality education, funding, wealth, and opportunities on a socio-economic and racial basis that is widespread all throughout society? Of course! But affirmative action is NOT the answer or solution to this, again due to its own discriminatory nature (and therefore, unconstitutional).
The whole bribery thing with Roberts and Thomas is a separate issue, and there needs to be severe consequences for such actions. Does SCOTUS have massive problems currently? Yes! But the faster we realize that it was meant to be a non-partisan institution with the sole purpose of interpreting the constitution and not ruling based on what the majority of people want, the faster we’ll realize that the institution is currently broken and we need to be very careful with what solutions are implemented (and no, packing the court is not a solution. It’ll make the whole situation exponentially worse)
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...
A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.
We shouldn’t be shocked when the education levels of these states (literacy, math, writing, etc) starts to decrease in the near future. It’s not like these politicians, companies, people care sadly, but with the less time teenagers are going to have for studies, extracurricular, and usual teenage things, we can definitely expect to see even further decrease in grades and proficiency levels.
Grades are one thing, but the mental toll and stress a lot teenagers face due to not being have to have an effective school/work/life balance is insane. I have seen a further decrease on these students mental health since the pandemic started (especially now with inflation impact lower SES families) since alot of them have to work to provide for the family as well.
Major tech founders, CEOs, VCs and industry giants across Europe have signed an open letter to the EU Commission, warning that Europe could miss out on the generative AI revolution if the EU passes laws stifling innovation....
With generative AI and it’s harmful impacts being the hot topic right now, I can see how the EU regulations are garnering so much attention and support right now. Even if they do pass the regulations, it’s still going to be important that other countries (US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, etc) get on board or I can easily see the EU being left behind in this space. Like you said, some sort of protections by the EU are going to be important.
With that said, I just don’t see how these regulations remain long term if there isn’t buy in from other countries.
While GDPR is possible to enforce (and thrive) while the majority of the world doesn’t, I find it very difficult for its potential AI industry to do the same if the current draft resolution is passed and unchanged.
It’s still to early to tell if the current draft remains the same and is passed in the EU; but if it does, I think many companies will be content with pulling their business from the EU altogether. These regulations can severely limit the data moat that EU based AI companies can have if they want to create their own competitors, already leaving them in a big disadvantage against other companies who are trained in massive amounts of data that the EU may potentially say cannot be accessed.
Btw, I fully lean on the side of the EU with regulated what data AI companies can access and compensation for creatives. Like you said, AI can eat its own tail, which we already see happening with reports of LLMs being trained with other AI generated content.
I see a lot of comments from bootlickers on how the protests are dumb and stupid and dont work and engagement metrics are still holding but the quality of posts and comments has noticeably depreciated imo. So much so that whenever I visit the site Im actually shocked at how bad it is.
Havnt checked so honestly wouldn’t know. Now that I think of it, it’s kind of crazy that Kbin replaced it so easily for me and I am on it far less (which is a good thing tbh).
It’s also testament to how good the experience here has been so far. And how crap reddits response as been.
The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.
Deleted my previous comment I was unaware of such a resolution but you and previous commentators are correct. Statement on “nuclear cloud” has been made by NATO as a red line, which is terrifying.
Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (www.theverge.com)
The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies....
Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (www.macrumors.com)
California just opened the floodgates for self-driving cars (www.washingtonpost.com)
In a pivotal moment for the autonomous transportation industry, California chose to expand one of the biggest test cases for the technology.
Biden to Restrict Investments in China, Citing National Security Threats (www.nytimes.com)
The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict....
Sony is now streaming PS5 games at 4K over the internet in public beta (www.theverge.com)
Sony is now confirming it’s launched a public beta test of PS5 cloud gaming — one that streams games to a PS5 at up to 4K resolution, according to gamers who are now receiving invitations.
Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now (www.theverge.com)
The fight for who will own your Thread mesh network is creating an even more fractured smart home.
Unpatchable AMD Chip Flaw Unlocks Paid Tesla Feature Upgrades (www.tomshardware.com)
Original source: www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/…/index.html#jai…
After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe (petapixel.com)
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OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner steps down | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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...
DeSantis calls for state investment manager to consider action against Bud Light's parent company (edition.cnn.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state’s pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light’s parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker’s recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into the country’s...
UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades (abcnews.go.com)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades...
Discussion: Would bringing back the Civilian Conservation Corp Program be benefecial in the US? (kbin.social)
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DeSantis PAC uses AI-generated Trump voice in ad attacking ex-president (www.politico.com)
A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC uses an Artificial Intelligence version of Donald Trump’s voice in a new television ad attacking the former president....
Netflix added nearly 6 million new subscribers amid password sharing crackdown. (www.engadget.com)
Netflix reported substantial growth in subscribers in the months following its push to stop users from sharing accounts with people outside of their household.
Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it (www.theverge.com)
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....
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election (abcnews.go.com)
Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Trump that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, say sources.
Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a warning for Silicon Valley (www.theverge.com)
Around the time J. Robert Oppenheimer learned that Hiroshima had been struck (alongside everyone else in the world) he began to have profound regrets about his role in the creation of that bomb. At one point when meeting President Truman Oppenheimer wept and expressed that regret. Truman called him a crybaby and said he never...
Tesla’s Texas factory has produced its first Cybertruck | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
After multiple years of delays, it looks like the Cybertruck is finally on its way to consumers.
Biden and D.N.C. Announce $72 Million in Fund-Raising, a Substantial Haul (www.nytimes.com)
The figure far surpasses what Donald Trump raised, though it is well short of what Mr. Trump and his allies collected during the same period in the 2020 election cycle.
That Google memo about having “no moat” in AI was real — and Google’s AI boss disagrees with it (www.theverge.com)
Just a couple of months ago, a leaked memo said to be from a Google researcher cast doubt on the company’s future in AI, stating that it has “no moat” in the industry — and now, we seemingly have confirmation that it was real. In an interview with Decoder, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google’s DeepMind, told The Verge...
Gizmodo’s staff isn’t happy about G/O Media’s AI-generated content (www.theverge.com)
G/O Media, who owns popular tech site Gizmodo along with a slew of other outlets, began publishing AI-generated articles last week, despite strong objections from many of the members of its staff, according to The Washington Post. The articles are all credited to various bots — Gizmodo Bot, for example — with no other...
Can Twitter Alternatives Escape the Enshittification Trap? (www.wired.com)
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.
Do you find that you're on the fed more than you were on r/ just because you're really really excited to watch your favorite communities become more active?
I do, but as more people join I’m also feeling a little republican - i got my spot and this is good; everyone on the outside can go fuck off now. I don’t want it to get so big that it’s what we left. No intended disrespect or lack of acknowledgment to those who were here before.
Loving the new updates, but what all has changed? (kbin.social)
I tried looking around for a changelog but I couldn't find one anywhere (let me know if you know where it is, I know you can look at the commits/merged PRs on Codeberg but there's a lot to dig through)....
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.
Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials’ Contacts With Social Media Sites (www.nytimes.com)
The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics....
Biden Won't Pack the Supreme Court, and It's Killing Democracy (www.newsweek.com)
Well, it was another banner week from the six unelected zealots who apparently make all of America's public policy decisions.
Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000 (mashable.com)
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...
Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans (arstechnica.com)
Initial hopes of 1 million shipments in 2024 dashed by manufacturing problems....
Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans (arstechnica.com)
Initial hopes of 1 million shipments in 2024 dashed by manufacturing problems.
New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam (talkingpointsmemo.com)
A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.
Are upvotes counting towards your reputation now? (kbin.social)
Logged in a few minutes ago and noticed that reputation in my account was much higher then before. Guessing it might be counted now.
European VCs and tech firms sign open letter warning against over-regulation of AI in draft EU laws (techcrunch.com)
Major tech founders, CEOs, VCs and industry giants across Europe have signed an open letter to the EU Commission, warning that Europe could miss out on the generative AI revolution if the EU passes laws stifling innovation....
The Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan, blocking debt relief for millions of borrowers (www.businessinsider.com)
The Supreme Court ruled Biden's student-loan forgiveness is illegal, meaning borrowers will resume payments without debt cancellation this year.
Affirmative action ruling puts target on corporate diversity programs (www.washingtonpost.com)
Conservative groups and legal experts said the private sector should brace for challenges.
Does anybody feel like the quality of reddit has already dropped massively? (kbin.social)
I see a lot of comments from bootlickers on how the protests are dumb and stupid and dont work and engagement metrics are still holding but the quality of posts and comments has noticeably depreciated imo. So much so that whenever I visit the site Im actually shocked at how bad it is.
Kremlin spokesman: Prigozhin case will be dropped, he will move to Belarus (kyivindependent.com)
The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.
Russia plan to blow up Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been “drafted and approved” (www.newstatesman.com)
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence, warns of a dangerous escalation.