Lemmy (i.imgur.com)
Sarah Silverman and other authors are suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that they're training their LLMs on books via Library Genesis and Z-Library (www.thedailybeast.com)
Some commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor) (lemmy.ml)
this is from this post on !linuxhumor...
Mt Rainier, WA taken from Crystal Mountain (lemmy.world)
Any love for the N64?
I don’t see many posts here about the N64 and it doesn’t look like there is an N64 community on lemmy.world It’s the console I have the most nostalgia for and I have over 130 games in my collection. I’m currently playing a ROM hack called SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror. It has some pretty challenging platforming but it...
Russia's Losses as of July 4th, 2023 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
X continues to suck at moderating hate speech, according to a new report (www.theverge.com)
X continues to suck at moderating hate speech, according to a new report::A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) suggests X is failing to remove posts that violate its own community rules regarding misinformation and hate speech.
SanDisk Extreme Pro Failures Result From Design and Manufacturing Flaws, Says Data Recovery Firm (www.tomshardware.com)
SanDisk Extreme Pro Failures Result From Design and Manufacturing Flaws, Says Data Recovery Firm::A data recovery specialist from Austria uncovers several possible hardware reasons for the Extreme Pro’s failures.
YSK that the free and not-for-profit meditation app Medito had a huge update and is even better now
Built by a dutch non-profit, Medito is a meditation app that is completely free without ads, supported by donations from the community. The new update brought a completely new interface and new content....
Omegle shuts down--founder cites "stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse" (www.omegle.com)
I no longer like jazz (startrek.website)
Philippino Journalist shot dead during live broadcast (www.theguardian.com)
A radio anchor in the southern Philippines has been fatally shot in his studio in a brazen attack witnessed by people watching the programme live on Facebook....
Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry? (garymarcus.substack.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry
In a different timeline (startrek.website)
(not mine - this and some of the others I’ve posted here recently have been from cursedtrekedits on tumblr)
OED update (startrek.website)
FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
he finished Paper Mario 64 (lemmy.world)
I helped for the battles and reading the dialogues but he did all the exploring by himself. He’s so thrilled, but also sad it’s over. Now I’m hesitant between Pokemon FireRed (he loves Pokemon but that a lot more text to read) or PaperMario TTYD (but we don’t have a switch for the remaster version). Any other ideas for...
What is going to happen when people realize the true consequences of climate change?
I often wonder how the general population will react when they truly realize the impacts of climate change. I’d imagine there could be three reactions:...
States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (apnews.com)
Seeing people realize they cant openly criticize a certain group committing genocide or they may lose their jobs (lemmy.ml)
if youre am*rican its illegal to boycott them.
Cryptocurrency's popularity in the U.S. tied to conservative moral foundations (www.psypost.org)
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
New antiviral pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly (www.nature.com)
The antiviral drug ensitrelvir, which shortens sensory problems, is one of the few COVID-19 drugs available to people not at high risk of grave illness.