Eww, Copilot AI might auto-launch with Windows 11 soon (www.pcworld.com)
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...
My opinion on Bone conduction earphones (sh.itjust.works)
(Sorry if it’s a miss, this community looked the most fitting)...
Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets (arstechnica.com)
But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.
Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility (www.theatlantic.com)
Humane AI Pin review: not even close (www.theverge.com)
What Would God Say About File-Sharing? * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Instagram will blur nudes in messages sent to minors (www.theverge.com)
[Abstract Engineering] Masquerading Digitalization (open.substack.com)
Researchers Develop Horrifying Face-Mimicking Robot (gizmodo.com)
Critical 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Attacks (thehackernews.com)
5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 (arstechnica.com)
Twitter Hate Speech Accounts Exploited Israel's War in Gaza to Grow Four Times Faster (www.rollingstone.com)
Do You Trust Your Cheap Fuses? (hackaday.com)
Microsoft Pitched OpenAI’s DALL-E as Battlefield Tool for U.S. Military (theintercept.com)
Microsoft last year proposed using OpenAI’s mega-popular image generation tool, DALL-E, to help the Department of Defense build software to execute military operations, according to internal presentation materials reviewed by The Intercept. The revelation comes just months after OpenAI silently ended its prohibition against...
An Only Slightly Modest Proposal: If AI Companies Want More Content, They Should Fund Reporters, And Lots Of Them (www.techdirt.com)
This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born (www.wired.com)
Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers (krebsonsecurity.com)
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America Is Sick of Swiping (www.theatlantic.com)
Global PC shipments return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes in 1Q24, says IDC (www.digitimes.com)
Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites (arstechnica.com)
Drones from American startups have been deemed glitchy and expensive, prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China (archive.ph)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14307737...
A new bill wants to reveal what’s really inside AI training data (www.theverge.com)
Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces (proton.me)
UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
