Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal (9to5mac.com)
Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal::It’s being reported that a deal has been struck to allow an unnamed large AI company to use Reddit user…
Telegram releases Peer-to-Peer Login Program (telegram.org)
Microsoft's Pricey AI Assistant Copilot Leaves Early Adopters Feeling Cheated (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Financial dispute leads to suspension of more than 100 .af websites (www.techradar.com)
Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy (techxplore.com)
Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy::Extensive greenery coverage on building rooftops could significantly reduce temperatures at the city scale and decrease energy costs, according to a new study.
This Raspberry Pi volumetric display is a new spin on LED 3D animations (www.tomshardware.com)
Some serious engineering makes for a pretty compelling voxel display. Plus the whole build saga is on Mastodon! Go Fediverse!
US considering more than $10 billion in subsidies for Intel, Bloomberg reports (www.reuters.com)
US considering more than $10 billion in subsidies for Intel, Bloomberg reports::The Biden administration is in talks to award more than $10 billion in subsidies to Intel Corp , Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Possible leak of sensitive Chinese cyber security documents (cybernews.com)
Link to dump: github.com/I-S00N/I-S00N/
Meizu Exits Phone Market To Fully Invest In AI Tech - Lowyat.NET (www.lowyat.net)
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Alleged Chinese-Contract-Company's Dump of the "Chinese Government Spyware" I-S00N (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/14747387...
Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes (www.vice.com)
Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes::A peer-reviewed study featured nonsensical AI images including a giant rat penis in the latest example of how generative AI has seeped into academia.
Threat Actors Exploring Large Language Models for Cyberattacks, Microsoft and OpenAI Report (www.microsoft.com)
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Amazon — like SpaceX — is the latest company to claim the U.S. labor board is unconstitutional, after receiving numerous labor complaints from employees (www.theverge.com)
Amazon — like SpaceX — is the latest company to claim the U.S. labor board is unconstitutional, after receiving numerous labor complaints from employees::Amazon has accused the National Labor Relations Board of being unconstitutional in a new legal filing, according to a report from The New York Times.
The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok (www.engadget.com)
A preview of FOSS video generative AI (youtu.be)
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Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate::The bill would create a duty of care for tech platforms to protect child and teen users.
Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage (www.techradar.com)
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Vudu’s name is changing to “Fandango at Home” (www.theverge.com)
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? (jacobin.com)
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom?::The idea that we are entering an era of techno-feudalism that will be worse than capitalism is chilling and controversial. We asked former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to elucidate this idea, explain how we got here, and map out some alternatives.
OpenAI Reaches $80 Billion Valuation In Venture Firm Deal, Report Says (www.forbes.com)
OpenAI Reaches $80 Billion Valuation In Venture Firm Deal, Report Says::The AI company has raised billions of dollars from companies including Microsoft.
‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship. (consumerchoicecenter.org)
‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship.::Washington, D.C. - This week, a bipartisan cohort of US Senators unveiled a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that aims to impose various restrictions and requirements on tech
Subprime Intelligence (www.wheresyoured.at)
Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed (www.bloomberg.com)
Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter....