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helenslunch , to Technology in Bill Gates says not to worry about AI's energy draw
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The guy who owns the company leading the charge on AI is telling you not to worry about the power that AI uses.

I mean it should go without saying that you should completely ignore this.

Agent641 , to Privacy in Police allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal info

WiFi, but with a thin moustache and pointy goatee

breadsmasher , to Futurology in MIT's bionic leg upgrade has amputees walking like the wind • The Register
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Id prefer to walk like a human than the wind

Atelopus-zeteki ,
@Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run avatar

Everyone has their kink. Don't yuck someone else's yum. ;-)

LainTrain , to Technology in France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia' • The Register

Nvidia can probably just buy France at this point

whyNotSquirrel ,
@whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works avatar

That would be a bad investment! First reason I'm here and lazy as fuck, and probably other reason but I don't want to look for it

tal ,
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Nvidia is worth about $3 trillion at this point. France's GDP is about that each year.

Wanderer , to Futurology in China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces • The Register

Was there ever a sequel to 1984?

SubArcticTundra ,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

That's what I ask myself when I read about modern China

muntedcrocodile , to Privacy in Police allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal info

More likely used to gain free internet via Mac spoofing.

Guest_User ,

It's literally the first lines of the article. This was an evil twin attack to man in the middle traffic

cerement , to Futurology in China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces • The Register
@cerement@slrpnk.net avatar

well, they’ve already got an example of what not to do

threelonmusketeers ,

Eh, I think the Neuralink electrode retraction issue was a bit overblown. It sounds as though they were able to restore functionality to the shifted electrodes via a software update:

In the weeks following the surgery, a number of threads retracted from the brain, resulting in a net decrease in the number of effective electrodes. This led to a reduction in BPS (Fig 04). In response to this change, we modified the recording algorithm to be more sensitive to neural population signals, improved the techniques to translate these signals into cursor movements, and enhanced the user interface. These refinements produced a rapid and sustained improvement in BPS, that has now superseded Noland’s initial performance.

I think I'd still be more inclined to trust a device approved by the U.S. FDA over China's NMPA.

Wanderer ,

Downvoted. Elon bad and I won't hear anything on the contrary.

retrospectology ,
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It's not some coincidence that China releases their own piece of shit tech after Tesla releases their own piece of shit tech. Theft has been the CCP's biggest source of tech for a while now.

intensely_human , to Technology in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register

They’ve been waiting a while to use this stock image.

jarfil , to Technology in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register
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Using the term "freeware" is silly, but consider this:

Is the act of reading/watching something, equivalent to making a copy? Freedom of thought is an agreement much older than the 1990s, it has nothing to do with copyright, and all to do with secrecy. If something is made public, then it isn't secret, so obviously anyone can read/watch it, be it with a wetware neural network, or an AI neural network. Making an exact copy is either plagiarism, or copyright infringement... but abstracting a style, then applying it to some other data, is "inspiration".

Imagine a website with a licensing disclaimer like "you are allowed to read the content, but not to comprehend or express any thoughts based on it". Nonsense, right?

BuboScandiacus , to Technology in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register
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Ooc: Hey you ! Take this laptop !

tesseract , to Technology in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register

The sort of mental gymnastics and cognitive dissonance that these subhuman c-suite employ to justify stealing everyone else's data while demonizing sharing of their data, is just infuriating. If these scumbags were incarcerated for a day each for every time they showed this hypocrisy, they would all rot in the jails for their entire lifetime, perhaps more.

renard_roux ,

Lifetime jail + lifetime jail for X generations of offspring, depending on severity?

Or instead of jailing children at birth, maybe just confiscating X yachts, depending on severity.

tesseract ,

No. Just leave their corpses in the jail for multiple lifetimes.

renard_roux ,

Isn't that a bit too much like beating a dead horse?

axo , to Technology in FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

Didnt even know carrier locking is still a thing. I think thats long illegal here in the EU

Gestrid ,

People can usually unlock the carrier on their own. Many phones (or at least every phone I've ever gotten from T-Mobile) even come pre-installed with a carrier unlocking app. It's just not automatic, and certain conditions need to be met.

People may also sometimes be able to buy phones already unlocked directly from the manufacturer if they want to. (Whether or not they're able to do this depends on the manufacturer.)

Burn_The_Right , to Technology in FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

As soon as T-Mobile's check clears, the conservative SCOTUS will make sure all phones remain locked for eternity. Praise Jesus!

Sabata11792 ,
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With recent changes to bribery laws by the supreme court, they must change the law before getting paid.

indepndnt ,

Finally, some meaningful reform!

Voyajer , to Privacy in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models
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At the rate of sites changing their policies, that might end up being true

anon232 , to Privacy in Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models

So this argument can be used in cases of piracy? "Your honor, I was simply using this copyrighted movie to train my llm, not to watch illegally."

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