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Should I use Microsoft Copilot?

I have been using Micorsoft Bing for a few weeks and using the Rewards program and I'm still debating on whether or not I should be using their new digital assistant Copilot assuming it won't replace everything else....

Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years (www.extremetech.com)

Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models (www.engadget.com)

"I lost trust": Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded (www.vox.com)

Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default (uk.pcmag.com)

Microsoft is trying to restore Bing as the default search engine on users' browsers by spinning it as a "repair" through a utility app called PC Manager....

RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address (variety.com)

Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices (www.theregister.com)

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/12739856...

Here Is What Axon’s Bodycam Report Writing AI Looks Like (www.404media.co)

Axon has been inviting police departments to webinars about the new AI-based product, which will automatically generate police reports based on bodycam audio, according to emails obtained by 404 Media.

Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)

Do companies store facial and voice recognition data from the thousands of hours of zoom/teams calls that their employees use?

I heard a person call into a show the other day, voice only, and talk about some poor working conditions at a factory. Made me think about how it would probably be so easy for nefarious bosses to be able to identify that person through voice recognition SW with all of the data that comes from us looking directly into cameras and...

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)

Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog (arstechnica.com)

Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route (qz.com)

Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!...

Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs (mastodon.sdf.org)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15741608...

Twitter is officially X.com now (www.theverge.com)

We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem (www.theverge.com)

TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads (www.gsmarena.com)

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)

Archie, the Internet's First Search Engine, Is Rescued and Running (tech.slashdot.org)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)

Here's How to Declutter Your Google Search Results (And Make It Your Default) (www.howtogeek.com)

Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)

On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI's Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.

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