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Have you longed for some wise people talking about #AI, who know what they’re speaking about, but aren’t at the same time in the ownership or beneficiary classes from these technologies?
So have I.
The myths Silicon Valley tries to sell us are busted here, but not in a dismissive or doomy way. Harari & Raskin recognize the amazing potential of AI, while they see also the potential of not having a functioning society at the end to enjoy the benefits.
Latest comic on Big Tech's climate hypocrisy
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #tech #technology #ai #energy #cartoon
Coding is being positioned as place where generative AI is going to have a huge impact.
But a new study of 800 developers found GitHub Copilot did little to improve productivity, while introducing 41% more bugs into the code.
https://www.cio.com/article/3540579/devs-gaining-little-if-anything-from-ai-coding-assistants.html
Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants
Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.Grant Gross (CIO)
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content".
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254042/mark-zuckerberg-creators-value-ai-meta
#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook #threads #zuckerberg #AI
Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could strike partnerships for “valuable” content to train AI tools, but that it could walk away from paying others.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.
But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figuresGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
"The machine also dealt with its human interlocutors in polite and empathetic terms, in contrast to the scorn sometimes heaped on conspiracy theorists in real life."
Fascinating (but pay-walled) article on how chat #AI can influence people away from conspiracy beliefs. Humans are messy and subjective. Is an opaque summary machine more reliable and more engaging when it comes to discerning truths?
An AI-powered 3D world creator is on the horizon!
https://news.itsfoss.com/roblox-open-source-ai/
#opensource #ai
> #Microsoft confirms that #Windows 11 Recall #AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-confirms-that-windows-11-recall-ai-is-not-optional-a-glitch-made-it-appear-so-in-the-windows-11-24h2-kb5041865-update
But don't worry, the company that is unable to correctly implement a toggle switch assures us that they definitely implemented this new immensely complex piece of technology nobody asked for directly in the operating system in a way that is secure and under no circumstances puts anyone in danger in ways security researchers said it will.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
Windows senior product manager Brandon LeBlanc says, "This will be fixed in an upcoming update."Christopher Harper (Tom's Hardware)
Yes, our phones are ‘listening’ to what we say.
“In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone #tech #AI
In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention
One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
New Open-Source AI Image Generator aims to rival Stable Diffusion 3 and others.
https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-image-generator-auraflow/
#ai #opensource
This Open-Source AI Image Generator Plans to Take on Stable Diffusion 3
Finally, a truly open-source Stable Diffusion contender!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
HuggingChat is an AI service that wants you to register and login before you are granted access to their platform. They need to know at least some information about you before you can use their service.
So you want me to believe that ChatGPT, an AI service that does not care enough about you and allows you to use their service as a "guest" is supposedly worse than HuggingChat?
Are you sure about this?
#ChatGPT #huggingchat #ai
All that AI Hype... Has a Glaring Flaw
#RealityVsHype #AI #Computers #Bubble #Technofraud
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Simplify AI management with LibreChat AI! Keep all your models in one place.
https://itsfoss.com/librechat-linux/
What is LibreChat AI and How to install it on Linux?
An open source project that lets you interact with various AI models from one unified interface. Here's how I set it up on my Linux system.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
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Ammo vending machines installed in Oklahoma and Alabama grocery stores
"The machines, created by American Rounds, offer ammo to be purchased without engaging with a store clerk. They “are accessible 24/7, ensuring that you can buy ammunition on your own schedule, free from the constraints of store hours and long lines,” according to the company’s website. The company states that the machines are equipped with “the latest AI technology” with card-scanning and facial-recognition software to verify the identity and age of each buyer. "
Because This Can't Go Badly At All..
#News #Guns #Ammunition #VendingMachines #MoreRepublicanMadness #AL #OK #AI
Ammo vending machines installed in Oklahoma and Alabama grocery stores
Automated ammunition vending machines have recently been installed inside several grocery stores across Oklahoma and Alabama.Josh Wallace (KSBW)
Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/embracer-group-put-out-their-plans-for-ai-in-game-development/
Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development
After killing off and selling off various studios and cause lots of job losses, Embracer Group have put out their latest annual report and they have big plans for AI.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Ethics" is not the only problem with generative A.I. -- *epistemology* is broken too.
My latest for Public Books: in the face of #google telling us to eat rocks, we bought an encyclopedia.
https://www.publicbooks.org/the-encyclopedia-project-or-how-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/
Companion blog post here:
https://www.optoutproject.net/what-is-true-on-the-internet/
#AI #ethics #EthicsInAI #knowledgeinfrastructures #libraries
Why I bought an Encyclopedia
NOTE: This is a companion post to my piece in Public Books, 'The Encylopedia Project: Or, how to know in…Janet Vertesi
Looks more like the cat robot might be using the tracking API from OpenCV instead of AI.
https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/d9/df8/group__tracking.html
Big tech has created a lobbying group, attempting to defend itself against infringement claims from artists.
They argue that Section 230 should be expanded to include generative technologies.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/big-tech-lobby-ai-use-1235916540/
AI Lobbying Group Launches Campaign Defending Tech
Chamber of Progress, in a campaign called "Generate and Create," says it will showcase "how AI lowers barriers for producing art."Winston Cho (The Hollywood Reporter)
Stability AI's open-source model lets you generate audio!
https://news.itsfoss.com/stability-ai-open-audio/
#ai #opensource
Stability AI Launches Open-Source Model to Generate Audio
A new open-source AI model for audio and sound design. Intriguing!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Raspberry Pi has gone the AI way!
https://news.itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-ai-kit/
The Raspberry Pi AI Kit is Here And, It's Exciting!
I'm stoked about the Raspberry Pi AI Kit! Now, everyone can start their modest AI projects.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Want to use a web UI for Ollama? Here are your best options:
“When I say ‘I am hungry’, I am reporting on my sensed physiological states. When an LLM generates the sequence ‘I am hungry’, it is simply generating the most probable completion of the sequence of words in its current prompt.”
https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/6980134/ai-llm-not-sentient/
No, Today’s AI Isn’t Sentient. Here’s How We Know
It is important to understand the profound difference between how humans generate sequences of words and how a large language model does.Time
serie de reportajes “Israel: Inteligencia Artificial vs. la Humanidad”
por Témoris Grecko
#FreePalestina #GazaGenocide #AI
https://www.mundoabierto.info/p/iavsh-1
Máquinas que nos vigilan: el apartheid biométrico
Primera parte de la serie "Israel: Inteligencia Artificial vs. la Humanidad"Témoris Grecko (Mundo Abierto, por Témoris Grecko)
If you want AI-generated images 🖼 on Linux, Opera is here to help!
https://news.itsfoss.com/generate-images-linux-opera-google/
Get AI-Generated Images for Free on Linux, Thanks to Google and Opera
Wanted to get access to text-to-image AI feature on Linux? Opera lets you do that.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)