Hollywood writers went on strike to protect their livelihoods from generative AI. Their remarkable victory matters for all workers. (www.brookings.edu)
Google removing links to California news websites as part of test in response to pending legislation (www.cnbc.com)
Why AI is going to be a shitshow.
I was just watching a tiktok with a black girl going over how race is a social construct. This felt wrong to me so I decided to back check her facts....
Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)
A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He? (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Where there's a will, there's Huawei to develop one's own chipmaking kit (www.theregister.com)
Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Jesus, again already?
Tesla Owner Calls Police on Rivian Driver Using Supercharger (www.pcmag.com)
The encounter between a Rivian driver and uninformed Tesla owner highlights 'a need for better education and communication within the EV community,' the Rivian driver says.
Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts (www.engadget.com)
TSAC: Very Low Bitrate Audio Compression (bellard.org)
from fabrice bellard.
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt (infosec.exchange)
Mozilla Pushes Feds to Embrace Truly Open, Transparent AI Models (www.pcmag.com)
Mozilla and a host of other researchers are urging US officials to see value in open-source AI models when considering future regulation....
Who Wrote That? Evaluating Tools to Detect AI-Generated Text (foundation.mozilla.org)
Mozilla research found that detection tools aren’t always as reliable as they say. Further, researchers found that large language models like ChatGPT can be successfully prompted to create more ‘human-sounding’ text...
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi (d-shoot.net)
via www.osnews.com/story/139270/do-not-use-kagi/
Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS firewall zero-day used in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Sev 10!
An Only Slightly Modest Proposal: If AI Companies Want More Content, They Should Fund Reporters, And Lots Of Them (www.techdirt.com)
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers (www.theverge.com)
[Abstract Engineering] Masquerading Digitalization (open.substack.com)
Indeed Adds Generative AI to Help People Write Better Resumes (iblnews.org)
The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed! (www.youtube.com)
YouTuber Internet of Bugs examines the latest demo from Cognition that showcases their “first AI software engineer” allegedly solving UpWork programming tasks.
Google One is shutting down its VPN feature later this year (www.engadget.com)
The company rolled out Google One’s VPN feature back in 2020, but you could only access it if you’re paying for a plan with at least 2TB of storage, which costs at least $10 a month....