HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm (searchengineland.com)
Google AI making up recalls that didn’t happen (lemmy.world)
ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)
France considers approval of European chat control plan (stackdiary.com)
The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.
1-bit LLMs Could Solve AI’s Energy Demands (spectrum.ieee.org)
Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination (gizmodo.com)
Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.
Voice analysis shows striking similarity between Scarlett Johansson and ChatGPT (www.npr.org)
Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025 (sh.itjust.works)
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Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h (robindev.substack.com)
Also, interesting comment I found on HackerNews (HN):...
Apple's AI plans involves 'black box' for cloud data (appleinsider.com)
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13328083...
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
You Think You Know How Misinformation Spreads? Welcome to the Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising (www.wired.com)
How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer (www.yahoo.com)
"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions (radarblog.substack.com)
Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
Quote: "To put it bluntly, a single credential resulted in the exfiltration of potentially hundreds of companies that stored their data using Snowflake, with the threat actor himself suggesting 400 companies are impacted. The goal of the threat actor, as in most cases, was to blackmail Snowflake into buying their own data back...
Google to push ahead with Chrome's ad-blocker extension overhaul in earnest (www.theregister.com)
Washing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can get (arstechnica.com)
Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.
Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic (arstechnica.com)
Guide: How to install Google apps on Huawei phones (www.notebookcheck.net)
World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers (phys.org)
‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)
The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)
Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....
IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax (apnews.com)
New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt out
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22252395...