Google search thinks you should use glue to stick together a pizza as its AI is trained on Reddit, where 11 years ago a user called “fucksmith” posted suggesting it was a good idea.
My favourite trope is people saying “you can’t do that, it’s against the law! GDPR!” to big tech companies… as they steal the world’s copyrighted material to train AI, run Washington DC, count almost every EU data regulator as email customers and fund anti-trans political candidates for commercial gain.
People think they’re holding spears but instead they’re armed with plastic forks from a chip shop.
For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.
From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."
Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.
Really good news, I hope insurance companies etc aren’t the only voices in the public consultation
UK gov to require in law that all ransomware attacks are reported to central government and outlawing ransom payments from critical infrastructure sectors.
Medical workers in Israel have told the BBC that Palestinian detainees from Gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgygdr7vezo
Microsoft have announced they are baking Copilot into Xbox, and it will offer game help.
At the Xbox One launch in 2013, AI and voice activation was the sales pitch. It was abandoned. Then, Cortana AI was launched for Xbox. It was abandoned.
The International Criminal Court has asked for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpe3qj6wo