Why Is There an AI Hype? | The Luddite (theluddite.org)
Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...
Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing (stackdiary.com)
Access was gained through a third-party cloud database provider, which we know to be Snowflake.
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Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)
The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software...
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TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app (arstechnica.com)
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Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic (arstechnica.com)
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"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions (radarblog.substack.com)
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Is Firefox still good ?
To the people, is Firefox still the go to browser? Is there something better out there for the average person? I’ve heard good things about internet explorer.
Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI (arstechnica.com)
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Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process (arstechnica.com)
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Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.
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Estonia | The Digital State (youtu.be)
Most states rely on paper bureaucracy to ensure that the state can function and provide services. Paper bureaucracy has been part and parcel of how we maintain states and corporations since the Chinese invented the first paper bureaucracy systems of management 3000 years ago. But as you all probably know, bureaucracy kinda...
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'Godmode' GPT-4o jailbreak released by hacker — powerful exploit was quickly banned (www.tomshardware.com)
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Desperately seeking ICQ? It may shut down, but Nina could resurrect it (www.theregister.com)
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Internet providers agree to continue discounted plans through end of 2024 as federal subsidies end (thehill.com)
Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women (arstechnica.com)
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The biggest findings in the Google Search leak (www.theverge.com)
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All Santander staff and '30 million' customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked (www.bbc.com)
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Everyone Except Nvidia Forms Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium (www.hpcwire.com)
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An interview with the most prolific jailbreaker of ChatGPT and other leading LLMs (venturebeat.com)
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OpenAI Exposes AI-Powered State Actors in Global Influence Operations (thecyberexpress.com)
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Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon (www.extremetech.com)
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Washing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can get (arstechnica.com)
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Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why (arstechnica.com)
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Meta caught an Israeli marketing firm running hundreds of fake Facebook accounts (www.engadget.com)
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