New Uncensored Chatbots Ignite a Free-Speech Fracas 02-07-2023
A new generation of chatbots doesn’t have many of the guardrails put in place by companies like Google and OpenAI, presenting new possibilities — and risks.Lees verder op New York Times
A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too 02-07-2023
For thousands of years, mathematicians have adapted to the latest advances in logic and reasoning. Are they ready for artificial intelligence?Lees verder op New York Times
Lithium Scarcity Pushes Carmakers Into the Mining Business 02-07-2023
Ford, General Motors and others are striking deals with mining companies to avoid raw material shortages that could thwart their electric vehicle ambitions.Lees verder op New York Times
Red Hat's new source code policy doesn't violate the GPL itself but makes it harder to verify the company's GPL compliance, angering the open-source community (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica) 02-07-2023
Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Red Hat’s new source code policy doesn’t violate the GPL itself but makes it harder to verify the company’s GPL compliance, angering the open-source community — A (reasonably) condensed version of two weeks’ worth of heated GPL argument. — When CentOS announced in 2020 that it was shutting … Lees verder op Tech Meme
What Are GitHub Secrets, and How Do You Use Them? 02-07-2023
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The moderators of r/IAmA say they will no longer coordinate celebrity AMAs and Reddit “has all the funds they need to hire people” for tasks done by volunteers (Jay Peters/The Verge) 02-07-2023
Jay Peters / The Verge: The moderators of r/IAmA say they will no longer coordinate celebrity AMAs and Reddit “has all the funds they need to hire people” for tasks done by volunteers — The moderators of Reddit’s IAmA community will no longer solicit and coordinate ask me anything (AMA) … Lees verder op Tech Meme
California regulators will decide on July 13 whether to allow 24/7 driverless cabs from Waymo and Cruise in SF, as city officials fume over a lack of control (Trisha Thadani/Washington Post) 02-07-2023
Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: California regulators will decide on July 13 whether to allow 24/7 driverless cabs from Waymo and Cruise in SF, as city officials fume over a lack of control — To their dismay, local officials have no control over whatever the state decides — SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon here … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Valve says it won't approve Steam games that use copyright-infringing AI artwork, contrary to reports claiming the company planned to completely ban AI art (Wes Davis/The Verge) 02-07-2023
Wes Davis / The Verge: Valve says it won’t approve Steam games that use copyright-infringing AI artwork, contrary to reports claiming the company planned to completely ban AI art — On Thursday, various outlets reported on a June Reddit post from user potterharry97 saying that Steam would no longer be publishing games with AI-generated content. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 01-07-2023
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping — Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage … Lees verder op Tech Meme
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself due to a bug in Twitter's web app, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits (Andy Baio/Waxy.org) 02-07-2023
Andy Baio / Waxy.org: A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself due to a bug in Twitter’s web app, which could be tied to Elon Musk’s emergency blocks and rate limits — For the last two days, Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter is under attack from “several hundred organizations” who were conducting … Lees verder op Tech Meme