David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoOpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for freeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for freeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoSorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop workingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop workingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoBrandShite: RPG about taking down other people's entire websitesplus-squarelvngbth.itch.ioexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBrandShite: RPG about taking down other people's entire websitesplus-squarelvngbth.itch.ioDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoSabine Hossenfelder: Google's quantum announcement is the usual pufferyplus-squarex.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSabine Hossenfelder: Google's quantum announcement is the usual pufferyplus-squarex.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoItch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShieldplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkItch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShieldplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoin which Edward Ongweso, Jr. beats Casey Newton repeatedly around the head with a clue batplus-squarethetechbubble.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkin which Edward Ongweso, Jr. beats Casey Newton repeatedly around the head with a clue batplus-squarethetechbubble.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoSurvey: UK financial services add more AI, mostly machine learningplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSurvey: UK financial services add more AI, mostly machine learningplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoA polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)serviceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)serviceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoOpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro — maybe there’s a market!plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro — maybe there’s a market!plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoPatrick Soon-Shiong adding AI ‘bias meter’ to the LA Times to convince readers it’s not biasedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPatrick Soon-Shiong adding AI ‘bias meter’ to the LA Times to convince readers it’s not biasedplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to Buttcoin@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoOn bitcoin topping $100,000plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareOn bitcoin topping $100,000plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to Buttcoin@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoUK local papers go weird as Reach pivots to AI from journalismplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUK local papers go weird as Reach pivots to AI from journalismplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoEnterprise has no idea what to do with generative AI. This means it’s early days, and not that AI is a bubbleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEnterprise has no idea what to do with generative AI. This means it’s early days, and not that AI is a bubbleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoAI-generated travel influencers — marketers love them! Real travelers, not so muchplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAI-generated travel influencers — marketers love them! Real travelers, not so muchplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoMeet the underpaid workers in Nairobi, Kenya, who power OpenAIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMeet the underpaid workers in Nairobi, Kenya, who power OpenAIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoData centers drain Ireland’s power grid, add their own fossil fuel-powered generatorsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkData centers drain Ireland’s power grid, add their own fossil fuel-powered generatorsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoSynthetic nostalgia: Punk band Dead Boys plans album with AI Stiv Bators, current vocalist quits in disgustplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSynthetic nostalgia: Punk band Dead Boys plans album with AI Stiv Bators, current vocalist quits in disgustplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoHugging Face scrapes Bluesky, surprised when Bluesky users objectplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHugging Face scrapes Bluesky, surprised when Bluesky users objectplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoData centers are driving up your power bills — and it’s only going to get worseplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkData centers are driving up your power bills — and it’s only going to get worseplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoSpines: a VC-funded vanity publisher with added AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSpines: a VC-funded vanity publisher with added AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemstoFediverse@lemmy.world•The dilema of charging the users and a solution by integrating blockchain to fediverselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoNostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice, linkfedilink
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemstoNonCredibleDefense@lemmy.world•planefuckers and noncredible analysts, the funny might have happend to PringleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agohe just fell out of a very high up window linkfedilink
Nostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice,