HBD, Yann LeCun! LeCun received the 2018 #ACMTuringAward for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing. LeCun is often called a “godfather of #AI” because of his early work in the field. https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/lecun_6017366.cfm

If you use the ebook reader Calibre and don't like AI stuff on your device, be advised that the most recent update (at least on Arch Linux) is pulling in machine learning packages to power Calibre's AI features.

Found this out after trying to determine why my computer suddenly wanted to install ML stuff.

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1uptuq8/strange_dependencies_pulled_in_with_calibre/

In unrelated news, I'm in the market for a new Linux ebook reader.

#Calibre #AI #AIslop #Linux #ArchLinux

The year of the AI agents is upon us — and it's becoming a little pricey.

OpenAI and Anthropic might be struggling to persuade corporate America to pay the mounting costs for their AI tools. China may have a cheaper alternative called GLM-5.2, but there's always a catch.

This Atlantic piece by Matteo Wong explains more:
https://flip.it/C7qBMB

#AI #China

**AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress** | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/ai-surveillance-policy

#AI #China #Surveillance

😂😂😂 taken from https://github.com/Vandivier/ladderly-3/issues/639 #satire #ai

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This is a screenshot of a GitHub issue titled "Please delete your repository #639," showing a satirical message claiming to from a "OpenAI Model Training Acquisition Team" claiming the repository's code is significantly reducing AI model performance 😂

@benno Of course, as we are training #AI, Actual Intelligence.

Digital addiction: when devices take over #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/digital-addiction-when-devices-take-over/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

It seems that in the "AI Idiot" race, China feels left behind and now decides that its biggest marketing and sales advantage, Open Source, is a risk, and they need to regulate it. Maybe they should look at the US experience in AI, Encryption, or Nukes and see how that didn't work out.
#opensource #AI #politics
https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/

Organized cybercrime: the Ransomware cartels #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-the-ransomware-cartels/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Link and network analysis: the structure behind the data #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/link-and-network-analysis-the-structure-behind-the-data/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

TechCrunch: If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.. “Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as ‘images, files, and audio and video recordings,’ to improve its AI models. In other words, if you upload any media to Google’s Search services, it’s being […]

AI Spy

Trying to live outside, without buying or selling with money, is prohibited.

"Audio sensors" have been installed, with the help of Yandex, in one of Russia's protected areas. Eavesdropping with artificial intelligence will detect violations:

hunting
cutting down trees and bushes
lighting fires
organizing tourist camps

Not allowed!

#Yandex #Russia #privacy #AI #camping #news

https://mastodon.ml/@Murga/116851094690327179

I look at patterns in LLM output. The tell is more than simple orthographic tics.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/07/07/ai-language-patterns/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #language #llms #ai #artificialintelligence #patterns #comprehension #writing #training #history #english #learning #blog #video #critique #commentary #spelling #pronunciation #content

New Aniplex president Shu Nishimoto says the company is open to "carefully considering" AI if it can have a positive impact on creators' work.

Considering Aniplex oversees studios like A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks, this could have a major impact on the future of anime production.

Should AI be used to assist anime creators, or should studios avoid it altogether?

#Anime #AI #Aniplex #A1Pictures #CloverWorks #AnimeNews

NYT: Under Threat from MAGA, Foreign Governments and A.I., Wikipedia Is In Peril;

WIKIPEDIA IS BATTLING FOR THE SOUL OF THE INTERNET

The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-ai-elon-musk.html
#ArtificialIntelligence #MAGA #AI #Wikipedia #news #NYT #NewYorkTimes

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Under Threat from MAGA, Foreign Governments and A.I., Wikipedia Is In Peril

Can you fight AI with...AI?

Reddit seems to think so. The social media platform announced it's using AI tools to combat the rise of "manipulated and spammy content" (which we know is often created by AI.)

Engadget has the details:
https://flip.it/6.7egv

#Reddit #AI

Better still, don't use Google at all.

Other search engines are available that respect one's privacy and don't come with #AI.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/07/07/is-google-using-your-searches-to-train-its-ai-heres-how-to-opt-out

Organized cybercrime: the global fraud factories #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-the-global-fraud-factories/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

From shadows to leadership: women shaping cybersecurity #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/from-shadows-to-leadership-women-shaping-cybersecurity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

What kind of work is it still good for a human to do, even if a machine could or does do it “better?” Definitions of “good” and “better” are free for you to define. #ai #machinelearning #humanity #llm

The Internet’s hidden libraries and archives #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-internets-hidden-libraries-and-archives/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

"AI surveillance raises a range of public policy challenges: technical biases, unauditable systems, and inflexible automated law and social rule enforcement that can promote discrimination and undermine transparency, accountability and the rule of law. But we believe the most urgent and long-term impact will be its broader chilling effects.

In a new book, Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age, Jon Penney explains how surveillance, technology and power can be weaponized to influence behavior at scale. Surveillance, personalization, uncertainty and authority are all key mechanisms to increase the scale and impact of chilling effects. They cause people to self-censor their words and actions, to become more conformist and compliant and thus easier to manage and control. And the effects are additive: the more mechanisms employed, and the more powerful the form, the greater the chill.

Computerization has long allowed data collectors to track our locations, collect lists of whom we communicate with, and monitor our spending habits – unless we use cash. What’s new is an unprecedented fusion of each of these mechanisms, persistent and unrelenting. AI brings an analytical ability to spy on the contents of our communications, and to answer sophisticated questions about our whereabouts and activities: actions that previously required human analysts are now automated. The result will be a kind of supercharged societal level of chilling effects where fear, self-censorship and groupthink reign, and dissent, creativity and innovation become increasingly rare."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/ai-surveillance-policy

#AI #Surveillance #ChillingEffects #SelfCensorship #PoliceState

Behind OnlyFans: Leonid Radvinsky #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-onlyfans-leonid-radvinsky/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

The "Willy Wonka" story is becoming a reality show, and Gene Wilder's AI-created voice is going to appear in it (with the consent of the late actor's wife). @Variety explains what you need to know. Tell us in the comments what you think.

https://flip.it/-rxpK7

#Technology #AI #Television

The role of data in AI #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-role-of-data-in-ai/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

#AI #surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/ai-surveillance-policy "These systems will soon be able to track our public and private lives. But we can make the policy choices to reject it"

🆕 blog! “I'm just so bored of AI”

I'm just so bored of talking about AI. It's like listening to vapers tell me how delicious their flavoured poison is.

Did you ever meet someone at university who'd just tried drugs for the first time? Listening to a stoner ramble on about their mystic crystal revelations is amusing for the first five minutes, but quickly gets tiresome. Wow! You got your little…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/im-just-so-bored-of-ai/
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#AI #rant

I’m on a panel at WSIS in Geneva. Someone asked what the judiciary system around the world needs to know about AI

I said that the judiciary anywhere should be aware of algorithmic injustice and who it can harm, especially victims of surveillance and bias (like with facial recognition), and to demand more evidence of proof from police rather than more from defense. It is untenable that people can now be accused of crime in places they were not even physically in.

#AI #Geneva

Maria Ressa talks about how in an Eritrean language, AI changes ‘smallpox’ to ‘syphilis’, and sometimes confuses ‘medicine’ and ‘insecticide’, which obviously has public health implications.

This type of work ‘AI performance and safety issues in other languages and its impact on people’ is 50% of the work I do.

I’m glad Maria Ressa is involved in this work. She’s now talking about chatbots, teenagers, suicide.

“Civil society has been saying this for years. You now have more evidence now for what you’ve been saying.”

https://www.un.org/independent-international-scientific-panel-ai/en/preliminary-report

#UN #Geneva #AI

Happy Monday and welcome to the age where agentic ransomware exists.

Researchers discovered the first documented case of a ransomware operation called JadePuffer, that entirely relied on a large language model agent, according to cloud security company Sysdig.

Bleeping Computer has the details:
https://flip.it/lpoEoO

#Ransomware #Cybercrime #AI

Who is building quantum computers and why? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/who-is-building-quantum-computers-and-why/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Transhumanists: the dream of upgrading humans #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/transhumanists-the-dream-of-upgrading-humans/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Het is vandaag weer Digital Independence Day! Dit keer nemen we je mee in alternatieven voor taalmodellen.

Ga jij in plaats van met Chat GPT of Claude aan de slag met Vanish, Vibe, Lumo of MurMure?

Lees onze aanbevelingen en tips op: https://publicspaces.net/2026/07/05/digital-independence-day-aan-de-slag-met-taalmodellen/

#LLM #DIday #AI #OpenSource #tech

Illustratie door Lobke van Aar

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Een persoon met rode trui en gele pet staat voor een groot computerscherm en jongleert met groepjes pixels, hierbij ondersteund door een robot.

Online dating: the data you didn’t know you shared #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/online-dating-the-data-you-didnt-know-you-shared/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Crypto anarchists and the cypherpunk movement #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/crypto-anarchists-and-the-cypherpunk-movement/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

📕 AI training data, feeding off our personal images may compromise our privacy without our knowledge!

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy #AI

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Text says ai training data can show up exactly the same in search feeds.

Online communities: support or stress? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/online-communities-support-or-stress/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Behind Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-patreon-jack-conte-and-sam-yam/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Have you ever imagined how the United States’ Declaration of Independence would have turned out if it were written with the help of AI? You don’t have to, now that Google is using a TV ad that does just that with “Group project, but make it 1776.” Read about it from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/-ZFkM9

#AI #Google #Tech

How are AI systems built? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-are-ai-systems-built/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

🧠📱 Who actually owns the #digitaldiscourse?

💡 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/22/social-bots-desinformation/

📎 https://www.uni-muenster.de/Wissenschaftstheorie/ringvorlesung/aktuelleRV.html

#ChristianGrimme #CenterforPhilosophyofScience #ZfW #UniversityofMünster #Science #ScienceCommunication #SocialMedia #Disinformation #SocialBots #DigitalReality #MichelFoucault #Discourse #DarkParticipation #ComputationalSocialScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MediaLiteracy #Philosophy #PhilosophyofScience #DigitalPublicSphere #Enlightenment #philosophies_de

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Man with laptop and social media

🪿 Zuckerberg ‘Admits’ Meta’s Layoffs Were Ineffective

｢ In retrospect, he said, the “trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn’t really accelerated in the way that we expected,” and that the company’s bets on the new structure “haven’t come to fruition yet.” Zuckerberg was referring to AI agents, automated systems that can execute tasks on behalf of a user ｣

https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/03/zuckerberg-admits-metas-layoffs-were.html

#meta #ai #layoffs #vibecoding

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop

Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user has not even installed.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware

#ai #privacy #eprivacy #compliance #infosec #gdpr #law #cyber #security #anthropic #claude

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Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop

The United Nations runs Google's ad-tech on its own website, without consent, while telling the rest of us to account for AI's footprint

The UN demands AI accountability while running Google ad-tech, analytics and tracking on its own website - with no consent and a measurable, avoidable carbon cost.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/un-tracking-without-consent

#privacy #gdpr #eprivacy #environment #tracking #un #esg #HumanRights #hypocrisy #adtech #ai

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The United Nations runs Google's ad-tech on its own website, without consent, while telling the rest of us to account for AI's footprint

The defining moment of the bubble breaking would be the collapse or sale of one of the large US #AI houses. I’m watching both #OpenAI and #Anthropic for signs of trouble. OpenAI has way too many monetary commitments that depend on them increasing revenue manyfold, which is never going to happen with the market trending the way it does; and Anthropic is now forced to hike up token rates eight- or tenfold in short order, which will surely cause the majority of corporate subscribers to vastly reduce their AI deployments, and reverting once again to investing in people. Either of these companies stumbling will cause the market to take a critical look at all the data center and silicon contracts that are in place and ask whether any of it will ever be fully executed. And once *that* happens, the dominos will fall.

I think this happens soon. I’m getting my popcorn. This is gonna be good.

helo everyone. i've jst been informed that there is a new LLAMA variant, llama 4 scout, available on cloudflare workers AI. personally, i was planning on testing this on bsid-js in replacement of the llama 3.2 11b model we are currently using. anyone played with this #llama model under #cloudflare #workers #ai and recommend it? #coding #code .

A strategy for open-source crypto investigations #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/a-strategy-for-open-source-crypto-investigations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Getting lost in a sea of AI jargon? @Techcrunch offers this glossary of terms, from AGI to validation loss and beyond:

https://flip.it/d27aEG

#AI #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence

Google quietly removes the on-device AI privacy assurance from Chrome's Settings UI

Google has quietly removed the privacy assurance from Chrome's on-device AI Settings UI. The sentence promising that the model runs locally without sending data to Google's servers has been deleted, and the toggle moved out of the System block to reduce the chance the change is noticed. There are three plausible reasons for tha…

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/google-quietly-removes-on-device-ai-privacy-claim

#ai #chrome #consent #compliance #eprivacy #gdpr #google

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Google quietly removes the on-device AI privacy assurance from Chrome's Settings UI

"I can’t tell if Zuckerberg is dimwitted or just evil. The problem during the first era of the AI boom (circa 2023) was indeed that Meta was too slow to identify the metaverse flub. But that was no longer Meta’s problem entering the agentic coding era: The problem, rather, was that Meta had no coherent strategy. The last thing it should’ve done was “move fast enough to adopt” because “adopting” was not the answer to Meta’s problems. AI-assisted programming has developed in the last six months — contrary to Zuckerberg’s claim that it “hasn’t really accelerated” — but indeed not in the way Meta expected, because Meta’s vibes-based management this time was just plain wrong. AI never had the potential to replace so many workers at an instant. The vibe was — unlike in 2023 — not late, but wrong entirely. And I’m confident in saying only a fool could have lent credence to that laughably incorrect theory."

https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/03/zuckerberg-admits-metas-layoffs-were.html

#Meta #AI #Metaverse #AIBubble #BigTech #SiliconValley

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is…

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install

#ai #privacy #eprivacy #compliance #gdpr #google #chrome #gemini #esg #environment #sustainability #climate #law

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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

Wir brauchen da auch mal eine Strategie für Deutschland
#datacenters #rechenzentren #ki #ai #meme #memes

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caadanboqorada • @threads Anyone wanna go plant endangered native plants that are illegal to remove on the land they want to pit build data centers? ; • teaksta 44 (5 Environmental scientist here. Plant elderberry shrubs Sambucus spp. which are native to North America it's illegal to remove them because they provide habitat to Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetles, which are federally protected by the Endangered Species Act 41 Q326 03 06 D

Why even smart users click: the psychology behind phishing attacks #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/why-even-smart-users-click-the-psychology-behind-phishing-attacks/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

The most exclusive online communities #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-most-exclusive-online-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Fraud supply chains: roles and hierarchies #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/fraud-supply-chains-roles-and-hierarchies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Ethics and politics of quantum computing #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/ethics-and-politics-of-quantum-computing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Military and security robotics #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/military-and-security-robotics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

& now there's YA reason: last week, #GitHub urged the FOSS community to *oppose* important #California legislation that places transparency and consumer rights requirements on deployment of LLM-gen-AI!

GitHub's tactic? Disinformation claiming #FOSS licenses are incompatible with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §22757 and California #SB1000 (which seeks to amend §22757).

Read the analysis: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jul/03/github-gen-ai-california-22757-ok-for-foss-license/

#LLM #AI #copyleft #GPL #Microsoft #law

Schneier: AI and Liability

Bruce's take on these issues obviously very closely syncs with mine. -L

A key quote from his essay:

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More generally, liability concerns could mean that many current use
cases for agents won't be commercially viable. Companies may not be able to profitably operate AI lawyers, doctors and media influencers if they are held responsible for what they say and do.

We're OK with this outcome. There's nothing in the law that requires
us to accommodate AI systems if they are fundamentally untrustworthy, just as we don't need to accommodate untrustworthy human systems. Any company that won't stand by the statements its agents make-whether human or AI-doesn't deserve users' time or money.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-and-liability.html

#ai

AI in the wild: real world applications #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/ai-in-the-wild-real-world-applications/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

All these talks of "#AI achieved in a day what used to take a month" make me recall how a certain Polish person (known for the usual post-WW2 abstract hatred for Germans) noted how many great highways were built by the Nazi Germany. I think this needs no further comment.

#LLM #NoAI #NoLLM