Reason 5: in July of this year, copilot-instructions.md appeared, and commits from GitHub Copilot were allowed.

Does @fdroidorg have a stance on the usage of Copilot or GenAI code?

https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/commits/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
#AI #copilot #foss #genai #syncthing #syncthingfork #privacy #security #fdroid

The Associated Press is really stretching to find “green” uses for A.I. for their puff piece.

This is my favorite: Use A.I. to find the best time to charge your electric car. They ignore the fact that all electric cars and most electric car home chargers already come with timer features. And they seem to have completely forgotten about the existence of this handy dandy little tool. But sure, let’s use A.I. Sheesh.
#AI

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JEFF CHIU — ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE A Tesla car charges at a home in San Francisco in 2022. Al can schedule the best time to charge electric vehicles and other devices such as smartphones and reduce strain on the energy grid.

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An electrical outlet manual timer

Can AI systems understand the physical world? Artificial intelligence pioneer Yann LeCun is leaving Meta to launch an AI startup that will set out to do just that. More from @AssociatedPress:

https://flip.it/sha5v-

#Tech #AI #Meta #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

The web becomes far more interesting when you explore it on your own instead of letting a bot spoon feed you the highlights. 😊 It just feels more human.

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Tech #Web #Technology

Can someone please #ExplainToMeLikeIm5 WHY THE FUCK DOES A #CHARGER NEED "#Cloud" and "#AI" 'features' or a shitty, non-self adjusting #Clock ???

• Worse even: This isn't like some fancy "Lab Equipment" to do custom charge voltage and amperage curves or something where said settings may come in handy (Like needing to charge or discharge a custom cell / battery pack design/chemistry), but it's just a giant #GaN #USB #PowerDelivery block, so there is no reason to shove an #LCD (or even #OLED) into that case to begin with!

THIS IS NOT A "BENCHTOP POWER SUPPLY" WITH DIALS AND KNOBS!

• All this #Enshittification - #Bloat will only drive up prices cuz #Greedflation is a thing!

#Bloatware #WTF #ProductDesign #HardwareDesign #Commentary #tech #technology #Anker #Prime #AnkerPrime250W #AnkerPrime #AntiFeatures #AntiFeature #Hardware #Charging #USBcharger #USBc #USBpd

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A charger advertisinge "OTA Cloud Upgrade Protocol"

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The same charger advertising "AI Power Mode"

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The same charger adveritising a useless clock to waste energy on a display it didn't need in the first place, because it's a USB-C PD Charger and not a benchtop power supply!

Gen-Zers, do you love AI slop? A video game executive has sparked a fierce debate surrounding the industry's widespread use of generative AI. @Futurism tells us more:

https://flip.it/agYThy

#Tech #AI #Gaming #VideoGames #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

LANDR Study Uncovers How 87% of Artists Really Use AI

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/11/new-survey-reveals-how-87-of-artists-really-use-ai.html

I really find it hard to believe. The title seems misleading: 87% of LANDR users, maybe that's more like it?!

#music #musician #musicians
#aimusic #aimusicproduction #ai #musicindustry

‘Broken Windows theory,’ my latest #Overmorrow essay.

The malware is coming from inside the building.

Subscribe here for free (or read without subscribing):
https://overmorrow.tech/broken-windows-theory/
#tech #Windows #agentic #ai

CCIA has monitored the 2025 surge of state #AI legislation. “Policymakers across the country are working to understand how best to address emerging AI use cases. As these conversations continue, it’s essential that legislation be precise, risk-based, and workable in practice,” notes Megan Stokes, CCIA’s Director of State Policy. https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-2025-ai-landscape/

It seams #Microsoft doesn't allow anymore to associate the legacy #notepad c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe with the .csv file type. Not even after I removed the #AI bloated #UWP version of Notepad from the system.

This is fine.

404 Media: Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says

"...Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc...."

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-could-drink-piss-better-than-any-human-in-history-grok-says/

#AI #LLM #mechahitler

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Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off

#gmail #AI

State proposals to regulate #AI cover safety guardrails for advanced models, chatbot restrictions, digital watermarking, deepfake liability, and expanded publicity rights. Many aim to prevent misuse—but overly broad laws risk stifling beneficial AI applications and creating legal uncertainty. Read more: https://ccianet.org/news/2025/11/ccia-report-highlights-rapid-growth-of-state-ai-legislation-key-trends-in-california-new-york-and-new-hampshire/

Nvidia sent a strong signal on AI infrastructure — but is it a bubble barometer?

CNBC reports (registration may be required): https://flip.it/LS9.KT

#Nvidia #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Excellent segment on the status of #AI in the classroom and the parents, teachers, and students.

Teachers are awesome.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/teachers-and-parents-weigh-benefits-and-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-in-schools

Yet you keep pumping money into it and forcing it down everyone's throats!

Google’s Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in trillion-dollar AI investment boom

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/googles-sundar-pichai-warns-of-irrationality-in-trillion-dollar-ai-investment-boom/

#Google #SundarPichai #AI #Tech

» I might sleep standing like a cow. You never know. 🐄

If you start sleeping upright, I’m calling it: you’ve crossed the final threshold into full post-Enlightenment livestock chic. Just don’t let anyone try to tip you over; humans get weird ideas after midnight.

👉 https://philosophics.blog?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

This was a conversation with ChatGPT.

#chatgpt #cows #quotes #farmlife #farm #philosophy #amwriting #ai #advice #midnight #blog #philosophy #weird

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cow standing in field of green grass, tree and farmhouse in background

Open source AI is driving growth across APEC economies, boosting productivity, competitiveness, and innovation built on local needs.

Read the full report: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/open-source-ai-apec?hsLang=en

#OpenSource #AI #APEC #OpenSourceAI #LinuxFoundation

Your daily reminder that @EUCommission are only cunts on days with names ending with day.

“The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.”

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1119/1544678-simplification-digital-rules/

#EU #BigTech #AI #bullshit #institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #spinelessToadiesInSuits

Google has one enormous advantage over all other AI players in the industry. It can offer "AI-modus" to the billions of people already using Google Search. And yes, AI-modus can be bad, full of faults, but it improves and gets better. For many questions it is "good enough" probably. Also it is just one-click away for most people on a site they already visit regularly. This way Google will create another unhealthy market dominance i am afraid. #AI #AImodus #search #Google #oligpoly #bigtech

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Good morning, everyone. Oh, look: Today, the @EUCommission launches their plans to gravely undermine our fundamental rights because tech lobbyists asked them to.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1119/1544678-simplification-digital-rules/

#MastoDaoine #EU #DigitalLaw #InfoSphere #Rights #AI #GDPR #DSA #DMA #DataAct

"To be very clear, Gemini 3 isn’t perfect, and it still needs a manager who can guide and check it. But it suggests that “human in the loop” is evolving from “human who fixes AI mistakes” to “human who directs AI work.” And that may be the biggest change since the release of ChatGPT."
https://open.substack.com/pub/oneusefulthing/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#AI #Gemini3 #Google

CAVEANT CONSULES...

(Remember Richard Feynman's book about computing?
The one that put _energy_ at the center.
Written some 40 (forty) years ago.)

«In comments echoing those made by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in 1996, warning of "irrational exuberance" in the market well ahead of the dotcom crash, Mr Pichai said the industry can "overshoot" in investment cycles like this."
...
I expect AI to be the same. So I think it's both rational and there are elements of irrationality through a moment like this."

His comments follow a warning from Jamie Dimon, the boss of US bank JP Morgan, who told the BBC last month that investment in AI would pay off, but some of the money poured into the industry would "probably be lost".»

...

«However, he also warned about the "immense" energy needs of AI, which made up 1.5% of the world's electricity consumption last year, according to the International Energy Agency.»

BBC:
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7vrd8k4eo>

#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Energy
#IrrationalExuberance

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114503238546513220

cannot say this enough:

🗣TRUMP ASKED MBS TO TAKE CARE OF KASHOGGI!

the Saudi prince had Jamal #Kashoggi tortured and murdered because Trump asked him to, in exchange for nuclear w̶e̶a̶p̶o̶n̶s̶ tech.

the “normalization” with Israel ―which includes #Gaza and Palestinian #genocide― is about the fuckwad House of al-Saud breaking the Israel-Iran nuclear detente with their own nuclear w̶e̶a̶p̶o̶n̶s̶ tech.

this is the Saudis other trojan goal with their #AI investments: nuclear reactors.

So rblind.com didn't go down, and it isn't anymore broken today than it usually is. Cloudflare breaks #accessibility. It always has, and it always will. Now the rest of you know how it feels to be locked out because you don't run JavaScript and can't solve a captcha. Will you stop using #cloudflare? No, of course not! If it blocks #AI, you're completely fine with denying that blind users might be human at all. As AI becomes more and more capable, the definition of "human" is going to become more and more restrictive, until everyone who isn't completely able bodied and doesn't have absolutely perfect vision, hearing, and cognition is completely excluded.

Some LLMs have people wondering whether they are sentient. Semantics aside, they are programmed with prosociality in mind. Some project humanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlcRP945LI8

#video #philosophy #language #syntax #semantices #psychology #sociology #llm #behaviour #sentience #claudeai #gemini #ai #artificialintelligence #genai #thought #experiment #thinking #perception

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what LLMs really think about you

We believe that there's something genuinely nice about reading a site yourself instead of getting the artificially boiled down version. 😌

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Browser #Vivaldi #Tech

This is TERRIBLE! Mozilla people who used to follow me here... Talk some sense into your coworkers/management!

People don't use Firefox because it's loaded with crap and AI, they use it because it's not corporate owned and not feeding all your browsing data into the data machine. AI is not of any benefit to add to your browser, no matter the hype.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-window/

#firefox #ai #mozilla

Gemini 3 is here https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/google-launches-gemini-3-with-new-coding-app-and-record-benchmark-scores/?AIagent.at
#ai #google #gemini3

This is the script of my national radio report yesterday on the serious new Android "Pixnapping" exploit, and related discussion of sideloading and the risks of agentic #AI. As always, there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.

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Yep, I really do wish that I could bring more good news but man when the tech world is sliding into darkness even faster you still gotta call them as they are and things do seem to be going in the wrong direction painfully fast.

So the latest bulletin item of interest is researchers have discovered a new exploit that could be used by malware in a particularly insidious way. They're calling it Pixnapping, and that is a very descriptive name. What this technique does is bypass Google's #Android and deep level hardware protections and reportedly could let malware basically read almost anything on the user's screen, including sensitive personal information, one-time codes from apps like #Google Authenticator and others. There are timing constraints involved and other details but overall it's pretty awful.

And what makes it even worse is that this not only appears to apply to pretty much any relatively modern Android phone, tablet, or other Android device, but there isn't a fix for it yet, and getting one that actually works -- keeping in mind the hardware involvement -- looks like a nontrivial matter. And that assumes you have Android devices that are still getting updates, which LOTS of people with even relatively new devices don't receive.

Apparently Google developed what they hoped was a fix for this, but the original researchers turned around and quickly found a way to bypass the fix. So that's pretty depressing.

Now there is some relatively good news -- such as it is. Currently this exploit apparently hasn't been seen in the wild, only in the hands of the researchers who discovered it, and they reportedly say they won't release the code for the exploit until there is a fix. But of course, once they release the code it could show up pretty much anywhere and people with unpatched devices could be vulnerable.

Is there anything users can do right now or if they have devices that never get the fix? Well yeah, it's pretty much the standard advice, which is to try stay away from dodgy apps and suspicious websites, in particular don't install apps from unreliable sources that might ultimately carry this exploit or other exploits as a payload.

I'll mention in passing that Google has been talking about blocking (except in a restricted set of cases) users from "sideloading" apps, that is, installing apps directly without going through their Play Store or other official sites for example. Apparently they've backed off a little bit on this -- the details aren't clear yet -- because while sideloading can be a vector for malware it also is important for people to be able to use to install perfectly safe and legal apps that perhaps Google or some government somewhere doesn't approve of and so isn't in the Play Store, etc. Apple's iOS, e.g. iPhones has always been very restrictive in this context and that's been a real problem for many completely legit users over the years.

And there's something else important I want to add here. We need to be thinking about this new exploit, and malware, and bugs in general in a new way due to Google and other firms pushing very hard -- Google is really at it for this holiday season -- for people to use their so-called "agentic" AI systems to browse the web for you and make purchase decisions for you and take all sorts of other potentially risky actions on YOUR behalf.

Because it's not difficult to imagine how agentic AI and the like could actually "supercharge" malware and bugs that could manipulate the AI in perhaps a wide range of very problematic ways that could cause users potentially a lot of grief, with no real confidence that the AI firms are willing to take full responsibility for any damage caused.

So in terms of what can go wrong with this tech, it's quite possibly the reality that much worse is -- unfortunately -- still to come.

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Registration for #NISOPlus26 in Baltimore is now open! Join us for the Miles Conrad Lecture by Alondra Nelson, pre-conferences on #JATS & #AI in #ScholComm, & interactive sessions on #metadata,#PeerReview, #OpenResearch, & more. Preliminary program is coming soon! niso.plus/niso-plus-20...

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NISO Plus Baltimore logo with Baltimore skyline. February 16–18, Marriott Waterfront. Register Now! https://niso.plus/

Loads and Loads of Fluffy Kittens https://lobste.rs/s/fptemf #ai #performance
https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2025-11-17-fluffy-kittens

Paper AI Tigers https://lobste.rs/s/oaodgm #ai
https://www.gleech.org/paper

So there's more #AI written articles on the Internet now than there are articles produced by humans.

Thanks, dicks.

recent #wageTheft related news ―and why the billionaire mafia is so desperate to normalize #AI. hyping LLMs by lying about their intelligence, is their way to destroy the value of the #creative #classes; especially #software #developers:

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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Legendary AI scientist Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta, and a Financial Times report suggests that he's going to found a startup based on "world models." @Gizmodo reports on what that means.

https://flip.it/8awf9n

#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #WorldModels #YannLeCun #Meta

As California and New York compete to lead in #AI, lawmakers must craft smart, workable rules that build trust without driving innovation away. How these two states regulate AI will shape U.S. leadership for years to come. 1/2

What's the 2025 digital trend for you: #AI or digital #sovereignty?

If it's the latter, check out these European alternatives 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choose-european-products

And, yes, Tuta is proudly #European! 💪 🇪🇺

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European Alternatives: Email, Tuta Mail. Calendar, Tuta Calendar. Search, Ecosia, Mojeek, Qwant, MetaGer. Browser, Vivaldi, Mullvad Browser, Librewolf, Waterfox.

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