New study shows large language models have high toxic probabilities and leak private information (techxplore.com)
New study shows large language models have high toxic probabilities and leak private information::Generative AI may be riddled with hallucinations, misinformation, and bias, but that didn’t stop over half of respondents in a recent global study from saying that they would use this nascent technology for sensitive areas …
NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument (www.nasa.gov)
Experian slapped by the DoJ for sending spam emails with no opt out | Despite the settlement, the company still denies any wrongdoing (www.techspot.com)
Experian slapped by the DoJ for sending spam emails with no opt out | Despite the settlement, the company still denies any wrongdoing::undefined
Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better (techxplore.com)
Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better::In June 1969, John E. Warnock achieved a milestone of sorts at the University of Utah by producing the shortest Ph.D. dissertation in the university’s history.
YouTube may face billions in fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations (arstechnica.com)
A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier – MIT Media Lab (www.media.mit.edu)
What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers (www.axios.com)
A big sticking point in contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars.
NYT Disables Open AI bot (www.theverge.com)
NYT looks like it’s updated it’s robots.txt file to disallow the Open AI bot from scraping it’s data. Pretty interested to see if they just update their user agent string or if they’ll respect it
Linguist, an ultimate translation browser extension (vitonsky.net)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/1924228...
The Pentagon wants a stealthy UAV to train pilots against fifth-generation fighters (www.flightglobal.com)
Survey Claims Majority of Brits Won't Share WiFi with Neighbours (www.ispreview.co.uk)
How Dead Is Moore's Law? (Sabine Hossenfelder) (piped.video)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4443753...
Apple to Finally Pay Out $500M Over iPhone Slowdown Lawsuit (www.cnet.com)
Apple to Finally Pay Out $500M Over iPhone Slowdown Lawsuit::If you were part of the settlement in 2020, you’re about to get around $65.
Texas Instruments plans up to $1 bln investment to expand Philippine facilities (www.reuters.com)
Writing with AI help can shift your opinions (news.cornell.edu)
The emergence of prompt engineers: The next in-demand role in AI - DataScienceCentral.com (www.datasciencecentral.com)
Anthropic launches improved version of its entry-level LLM (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security::Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.
Climate change may cause disruptions to solar generation in the future, modeling suggests (techxplore.com)
Climate change may cause disruptions to solar generation in the future, modeling suggests::Climate change may affect the future stability of grid-connected solar power systems—something that needs to be considered in the planning of Australia’s renewable energy transition.
Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy (www.theregister.com)
Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy::What could possibly go wrong with this Fujitsu tech?
FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls (techcrunch.com)
FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls::The FCC ordered a record $300 million forfeiture, but whether and when that money will be paid is, as always, something of an open question.
Worldcoin says will allow companies, governments to use its ID system (finance.yahoo.com)
Elon Musk has a plan from 22 years ago where you only need one app to do everything (web.archive.org)
“Elon doesn’t have a branding problem. He wants to make this app into something much bigger than a social media platform and complete his 22 year old dream for X.”...
US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules (techcrunch.com)
A federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices of Americans and international travelers crossing the U.S. border....
