AI Launches Nukes In ‘Worrying’ War Simulation: ‘I Just Want to Have Peace in the World’ (www.vice.com)
Researchers say AI models like GPT4 are prone to “sudden” escalations as the U.S. military explores their use for warfare....
Microsoft: Introducing Sudo for Windows (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Shipped in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052. https://www.tiraniddo.dev/2024/02/sudo-on-windows-quick-rundown.html claims it has a big security problem that makes the program accept calls to elevate from anywhere once first run...
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’::Why have so many teens and twentysomethings stopped going out?
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn't really work, argues Macworld (9to5mac.com)
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn’t really work, argues Macworld::Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature is something Apple has stressed as a key product differentiator over rival headsets, and as a…
Rumored 'Big-Block' Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now (www.thedrive.com)
Rumored ‘Big-Block’ Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now::You’d expect diesel engines to get smaller as time goes on, but recent reports claim GM’s truck power plant could grow by more than a liter.
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses (arstechnica.com)
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses::Firms wanted seven years’ worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy.
Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say (www.defenseone.com)
Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say::undefined
The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal (www.npr.org)
The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal::undefined
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages (www.cnbc.com)
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages::Aware uses AI to analyze companies’ employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Amazon accused again of overcharging shoppers with Buy Box (www.theregister.com)
Real-time, AI monitoring at work: Major brands are snooping on employee conversations (www.techspot.com)
Because AI and Crypto use so much electricity, what if a law was made that they had to power it with green energy?
Something on the lines of if your company facility is using over X amount of energy the majority of that has to be from a green source such as solar power. What would happen and is this feasible or am I totally thinking about this wrong...
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader::Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policies
Apple moves away from iTunes on PC with new Windows apps (www.theverge.com)
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Some virtual care companies putting patient data at risk, new study finds (www.cbc.ca)
(emphasis mine)...
Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown (arstechnica.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts::The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.
Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (techcrunch.com)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump (www.wired.com)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump::You need a heat pump, ASAP. Now nine states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of this climate superhero.
Sports betting is coming to X with BetMGM partnership | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast | "There's wires everywhere, and it's gone." (arstechnica.com)
200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast | “There’s wires everywhere, and it’s gone.”::“There’s wires everywhere, and it’s gone.”
OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion (decrypt.co)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....
Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Skiff users received the following email...
