Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”
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"I am going to have a complete and total mental breakdown. I am going to be institutionalized. They are going to put me in a padded room and I am going to write... code on the walls with my own feces," it said.
Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”
Google still trying to fix “annoying infinite looping bug,” product manager says.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data
Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data
In a world where data brokers enable violence by selling our information, safety requires a data-deletion right that people can reliably enforce.Default
Buy or Bury: Meta’s Reckoning for Market Dominance
Buy or Bury: Meta’s Reckoning for Market Dominance - Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.Denisha Emmanuel (Public Knowledge)
US-based contractor hired by UK to continue spy flights over Gaza
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is reportedly paying Straight Flight Nevada Commercial Leasing LLC, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, to operate the missions due to a shortage of Royal Air Force (RAF) Shadow R1 surveillance aircraft.
RAF planes, usually stationed at Akrotiri in Cyprus, are said to have been redeployed or are undergoing maintenance, prompting the lease of the US-operated planes.
The contract reportedly covers intelligence-gathering flights to search for hostages held by Hamas. The MoD has refused to officially confirm the arrangement, citing its “sensitive” nature, but two sources confirmed its existence to The Times. A senior British military figure told the paper:
“Instead of sending a message to Israel that we aren’t going to do surveillance for you, we are happy to hire an American company and pay for it.”
How bad with Linux MSI is nowadays?
Browsing for some hardware to assemble a new system, nn AMD MSI motherboard caught my attention.
Checking the motherboard compatibility list got me really miffed, as updating BIOS is apparently impossible if not on Window$ and all supported CPUs with integrated graphics require later updates.
MSI was the first brand where I ran Linux, on a Megabook. It installed smoothly, ran flawlessly and even improved battery life and hardware output above what the competition achieved.
Looks like those times are past.
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LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI
Meta has scraped data from the most-trafficked domains on the internet —including news organizations, education platforms, niche forums, personal blogs, and even revenge porn sites—to train its artificial intelligence models, according to a leaked list obtained by Drop Site News.
By scraping data from roughly 6 million unique websites, including 100,000 of the top-ranked domains, Meta has generated millions of pages of content to use for Meta’s AI-training pipeline.
The sites that Meta scrapes consist of copyrighted content, pirated content, and adult videos, some of whose content is potentially illegally obtained or recorded, as well as news and original content from prominent outlets and content publishers.
They include mainstream businesses like Getty Images, Shopify, Shutterstock, but also extreme pornographic content, including websites advertising explicit sexual content and humiliation porn that exploits teenagers.
LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI
The tech giant is sidestepping guardrails that websites use to prevent being scraped, data show, in a move whistleblowers say is unethical and potentially illegal.Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)
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My Mastodon instance is on the list. I try hard to block them.
The problem with the list is that it's a target list, but not a list showing how much content, if any, they manage to process from any of the sites.
More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org
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More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org
A researcher has found that more than 130,000 conversations with AI chatbots including Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and others are discoverable on the Internet Archive, highlighting how peoples’ interactions with LLMs may be publicly archived if users are not careful with the sharing settings they may enable.The news follows earlier findings that Google was indexing ChatGPT conversations that users had set to share, despite potentially not understanding that these chats were now viewable by anyone, and not just those they intended to share the chats with. OpenAI had also not taken steps to ensure these conversations could be indexed by Google.
“I obtained URLs for: Grok, Mistral, Qwen, Claude, and Copilot,” the researcher, who goes by the handle dead1nfluence, told 404 Media. They also found material related to ChatGPT, but said “OpenAI has had the ChatGPT[.]com/share links removed it seems.” Searching on the Internet Archive now for ChatGPT share links does not return any results, while Grok results, for example, are still available.
Dead1nfluence wrote a blog post about some of their findings on Sunday and shared the list of more than 130,000 archived LLM chat links with 404 Media. They also shared some of the contents of those chats that they had scraped. Dead1nfluence wrote that they found API keys and other exposed information that could be useful to a hacker.
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“While these providers do tell their users that the shared links are public to anyone, I think that most who have used this feature would not have expected that these links could be findable by anyone, and certainly not indexed and readily available for others to view,” dead1nfluence wrote in their blog post. “This could prove to be a very valuable data source for attackers and red teamers alike. With this, I can now search the dataset at any time for target companies to see if employees may have disclosed sensitive information by accident.”404 Media verified some of dead1influence’s findings by discovering specific material they flagged in the dataset, then going to the still-public LLM link and checking the content.
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Do you know anything else about this? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.Most of the companies whose AI tools are included in the dataset did not respond to a request for comment. Microsoft which owns Copilot acknowledged a request for comment but didn't provide a response in time for publication. A spokesperson for Anthrophic, which owns Claude, told 404 Media: “We give people control over sharing their Claude conversations publicly, and in keeping with our privacy principles, we do not share chat directories or sitemaps with search engines like Google. These shareable links are not guessable or discoverable unless people choose to publicize them themselves. When someone shares a conversation, they are making that content publicly accessible, and like other public web content, it may be archived by third-party services. In our review of the sample archived conversations shared with us, these were either manually requested to be indexed by a person with access to the link or submitted by independent archivist organizations who discovered the URLs after they were published elsewhere across the internet first.” 404 Media only shared a small sample of the Claude links with Anthrophic, not the entire list.
Fast Company first reported that Google was indexing some ChatGPT conversations on July 30. This was because of a sharing feature ChatGPT had that allowed users to send a link to a ChatGPT conversation to someone else. OpenAI disabled the sharing feature in response. OpenAI CISO Dane Stuckey said in a previous statement sent to 404 Media: “This was a short-lived experiment to help people discover useful conversations. This feature required users to opt-in, first by picking a chat to share, then by clicking a checkbox for it to be shared with search engines.”
A researcher who requested anonymity gave 404 Media access to a dataset of nearly 100,000 ChatGPT conversations indexed on Google. 404 Media found those included the alleged texts of non-disclosure agreements, discussions of confidential contracts, and people trying to use ChatGPT for relationship issues.
Others also found that the Internet Archive contained archived LLM chats.
The ChatGPT confession files
Digital Digging investigation: how your AI conversation could end your careerHenk van Ess (Digital Digging with Henk van Ess)
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Finland Tops Nextcloud’s First Digital Sovereignty Index
Nextcloud checks about 50 open-source apps—file storage, groupware, chat/video, notes, project management, and so on. Each tool is weighted the same, and then the category scores are averaged into a single national figure. That design favors a balanced ecosystem over dominance in just one niche.However, according to Nextcloud, the method favors SMEs and hobbyists—servers hidden behind firewalls, VPNs, or hosted by large enterprises don’t always show up—yet the index still offers a “pretty loud signal” about grassroots tech choices.
Finland Tops Nextcloud’s First Digital Sovereignty Index
Nextcloud’s Digital Sovereignty Index ranks countries by self-hosted tech use, with Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands leading the way in digital independence.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
'This Verdict Is a Wake-Up Call:' Jury Trial Finds Meta Breached State Privacy Law in Class Action Against Fertility App | Law.com
'This Verdict Is a Wake-Up Call:' Jury Trial Finds Meta Breached State Privacy Law in Class Action Against Fertility App
A San Francisco federal court jury on Friday found Meta Platforms Inc. violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act in a landmark data privacy class action, which accused the Big Tech giant of illegally mining sensitive sexual and reproductive hea…Kat Black (The Recorder)
Why is WebRTC enabled by default?
In about:config media.peerconnection.enabled is set to true by default which, by my understanding and that of tools like ipleak.net, means both VPN and home IP addresses will be exposed during useage on platforms like PeerTube.
Is this an oversight, is my understanding wrong, or is this intentional for some reason? Seems like the opposite of user expectation, particulary given the WebRTC settings option is hidden on librewolf.
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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The foreign governments warning citizens about the dangers of visiting crime-ridden Britain
The foreign governments warning citizens about the dangers of visiting crime-ridden Britain
Australia, France, Canada and even Mexico are advising their citizens to exercise caution when travelling to the UKNatasha Leake (The Telegraph)
From YouTube to boob tube How the Kremlin’s slow-motion YouTube block pushed Russians back into the arms of television
From YouTube to boob tube
How the Kremlin’s slow-motion YouTube block pushed Russians back into the arms of televisionMeduza
Wildfires force Turkey to shut Dardanelles Strait to shipping
Wildfires force Turkey to shut Dardanelles Strait to shipping
The Dardanelles Strait serves as a key route for commercial shipping between Europe and Asia.Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)
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Spain ombudsman probes town's ban on Muslim celebrations
Jumilla has banned religious events in public sporting spaces, which is seen as a veiled attempt to prevent Muslim gatherings. Local authorities said the move was to "promote and preserve the traditional values."
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US has 'no plans' to recognise Palestinian statehood, JD Vance says on visit to UK
The meeting comes amid debates between Washington and London about the best way to end the wars between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Israel and Hamas.
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US | Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this California man's plane. But why?
Someone has stolen Jason Hong's 1958 Cessna Skyhawk plane at least four times, taking the red single-engine plane for a joyride, and then returned it at airports in Southern California. Hong, and police, are baffled as to who, and why?
Florida farm identified as source of raw milk that sickened 21
The Florida Department of Health has identified Keely Farms Dairy as the source of raw milk linked to 21 cases of E
Sheinbaum rejects US ‘invasion’ after Trump orders military to target Mexico cartels
Mexico’s president says ‘there will be no invasion … it’s absolutely off the table’ after news reports of order
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You can now turn 2D images into 3D objects with Copilot's new feature
Microsoft Copilot has a new experimental feature that can turn flat 2D images into usable 3D objects.
First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Seeks to Force Trump Administration to Release Epstein Files
"The only thing transparent about the Trump-Vance administration is how clearly they continue to disregard our nation's laws," said the head of the group behind the suit.
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First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Seeks to Force Trump Administration to Release Epstein Files
"The only thing transparent about the Trump-Vance administration is how clearly they continue to disregard our nation's laws," said the head of the group behind the suit.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Courts Start Asking About The ICE Arrest Quota The Administration Is Now Pretending Isn’t A Quota
Arrest/ticketing quotas have almost always been found illegal by courts. They used to be commonplace, but courts (at all levels) have generally ruled that quotas pervert incentives so much they encourage open, deliberate abuse of constitutional rights.
Courts Start Asking About The ICE Arrest Quota The Administration Is Now Pretending Isn’t A Quota
Arrest/ticketing quotas have almost always been found illegal by courts. They used to be commonplace, but courts (at all levels) have generally ruled that quotas pervert incentives so much they enc…Techdirt
Media Capitulation Index: Who Owns the Media
Who Owns the Media
Who owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? Learn how these giants came to dominate the U.S. media landscape through mergers, acquisition and manipulation.Free Press Action Fund
Tried out a filter the other day...
The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy
The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy
A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom.The MIT Press Reader
ChatGPT will apologize for anything
ChatGPT will apologize for anything
ChatGPT will apologize for anything - even advice it definitely didn't give, and stuff it definitely didn't do. It very much regrets its recommendation that we hire a giraffe as CEO.Janelle Shane (AI Weirdness)
Surprise trail in TSMC leak leading to Japan highlights intensifying chip war
Surprise trail in TSMC leak leading to Japan highlights intensifying chip war
Taiwan is reeling from a high-profile leak of advanced semiconductor technology belonging to TSMC — and the focus is not on China, but Japan, emblematic of the intensifying chip war as the top dogs race to 2-nanometer technology.Korea JoongAng Daily
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Hey, he got his very own a car to sleep in, which he'll finish paying for in no time.
USA USA USA
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No no no no no.......
USA won't be the chant he'll receive.
Instead it will be......
ICE ICE ICE
Battlefield 6 requires secure boot to be enabled and active
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Every time this franchise comes up I just find myself remembering all the fun I had with BF2 and 2142. I wanna play those again...
BF4 was actually pretty great fun too.
Now I'm just so over it.
What is the Present? A Debate on AI.
-- In a world where stealing is considered legal, is there at least something real and unique?
-- How can a tool originally created for control and greed save the world without taking away people's freedom and souls in return? Do you think the magic wand will be free?
-- You may end up like those people who believe in fairies if you continue to believe that AI does not pose a serious threat.
-- This post may be deleted in a few seconds, maybe later, but a reason will always be found, and if not, they will make one up on the fly.
-- Well, here is my favorite proverb about the bear: the bear does not negotiate with the bees, when buying honey, he takes and steals the entire hive and eats everything without a trace, and he really does not like it when the bees become impudent and try to hide the remains of the honey from him.
US politicians lobby Trump to penalise Ireland if it passes Occupied Territories Bill
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Congresswoman claims Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions measures are anti-Israel, despite Irish Government saying the UN and ICJ have provided the legal basis for the law
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US Air Force Says Hydraulic Failure Caused B-2 Bomber Torching
No one was injured during the incident.
Genova: svelato il misterioso segnale captato dai radioamatori un anno fa
Dopo oltre un anno di analisi, indagini e confronti anche con esperti internazionali, l’Associazione Ricerca Italiana Aliena (A.R.I.A.), guidata dall’ufologo Angelo Maggioni, annuncia di aver risolto uno dei casi più misteriosi degli ultimi tempi: il segnale anomalo captato a Genova da un radioamatore nel febbraio 2024.
A supporto dell’inchiesta sono stati coinvolti vari consulenti, tra cui un esperto di effetti speciali e un ingegnere del suono che aveva individuato alcune anomalie nei dati. Fondamentale è stato anche il confronto con il SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), e in particolare con il dott. Graziano Chiaro dell’INAIF Milano (intervistato dalla stessa associazione qualche tempo fa) , referente per il SETI Italia. Fin da subito erano state avanzate due ipotesi: o si trattava di un segnale davvero anomalo… oppure di un’interferenza provocata da velivoli militari in alta quota.
Le più recenti informazioni confermano che in quei giorni erano attivi voli militari sopra il Nord Italia, probabilmente legati al conflitto in Ucraina e ai corridoi aerei utilizzati per missioni militari europee. Secondo quanto ricostruito, è molto probabile che il misterioso segnale si sia sovrapposto a una normale trasmissione tra radioamatori, creando un’anomalia solo apparente. «Non ci sono stati altri casi simili nelle stesse aree – da Loano a Genova, da La Spezia a Milano e Torino – nemmeno nei momenti in cui abbiamo registrato un picco di avvistamenti UFO tra giugno e luglio», spiega Angelo Maggioni. Tra questi, episodi degni di nota come l'avvistamento di un grande oggetto non identificato da parte di Nicolas P. a Genova, e un altro evento tra Ventimiglia e Nizza.
«Tutti questi elementi ci portano oggi a chiudere il caso: per noi, quel segnale ha un’origine spiegabile. Non c'è mistero, e non ha senso alimentare speculazioni inutili», precisa Maggioni. «A.R.I.A. lavora da sempre con serietà e rigore: evitiamo il sensazionalismo, perché non fa bene né alla ricerca né all’informazione».
L’associazione dichiara quindi ufficialmente declassato il caso da fenomeno anomalo a fenomeno identificato, prendendo le distanze da chi, ancora oggi, tenta di alimentare narrazioni esagerate e infondate.
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With 2030 rapidly approaching and the EU’s Digital Decade target of 20 million ICT professionals still out of reach, urgent action is needed. Bringing together youth education, civil society, digital industry and government, this initiative implements innovative approaches to digitally…
Corri e basta? Nessun problema
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- Carico
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- Gara
In poche parole ci si prepara al carico *di sforzo che il corpo dovra ricevere. In termini di chilometri e di qualità delle uscite e poi si da il tempo al corpo di *recuperare, nella fase di scarico e poi per chi gareggia c'è la gara dove il corpo è pronto a sfoggiare le migliorire ricevute nelle fasi precedenti. Per chi non corre invece si avra un bel avanzamento di qualità nella corsa.-
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in reply to qyron • • •I build with MSI stuff all the time. If you're concerned about BIOS utilities, all of their boards update directly from withing the BIOS utilities AFAIK. Haven't come across a board in years that doesn't.
Even if you do, it's quite easy to build a Live Windows USB disk to run utilities that doesn't require a license. That shouldn't be a barrier to entry for you for anything if you're looking to run Linux.
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in reply to BombOmOm • • •Currently, I'm running a Gigabyte AB350M-DASH and I was able to load several BIOS updates directly by USB. However, from a version onwards it requires loading from the OS.
I thought it was just an isolated case but it seem to be a more common situation.
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in reply to qyron • • •I don't think I've ever updated a BIOS from any operating system, always flashed via the BIOS itself. Most can flash the BIOS without even a CPU installed these days.
It's a good idea to validate the information before being outraged at it.
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in reply to qyron • • •I've seen this before with laptops, but never with desktop motherboards.
No technical reason they couldn't release flashable files, so see if someone has extracted and posted them online, or support a better vendor
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in reply to qyron • • •worst case you can install w10 once now and years from now you can just run a Windows live usb if needed
I don't like MSI as a manufacturer, but compatibility is not a real concern if not muleheaded about it.
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