RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/117553142566857942

Quick, someone rename our Puppy Crushing Centers so people chill out about all the puppy crushing

Wow, Google, wow. You're determined to burn off what goodwill you have left in the world, aren't you?

https://futurism.com/future-society/google-search-engine-access-schools-ban-ai

Our boiler broke down on Sunday 😦

The German govt is rolling out a digital driver's license:

https://www.heise.de/news/Digitaler-Fuehrerschein-kommt-Ende-November-11509430.html

And, from day 1 - in 2026, yes - it only works on OS images allowlisted by two American companies, Google and Apple. Sanctioned by the US government, like e.g. the ICC judges? Can't use your _German_ digital driver's license.

In any sane society this would have been flagged as a massive issue and have simply stopped the app from launching in the first place.

Anthropic think they should be able to release a model that kills 50 humans and causes $1bn of financial damage to organisations before there is talk of regulation.

I was looking up the famous 1973 National Lampoon magazine cover with the dog being held at gunpoint.
And this is the shit that popped up.

Fuck me, the #AI bubble bursting can't come soon enough. It's becoming increasingly deranged, along with its billionaire tech bro pimps.

We are in the age of intellectual strip mining.

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I get it now. CEOs are fine with and are pushing vibe coding because they’ve always been comfortable taking credit for other people’s work. and their lack of empathy prevents them from understanding most people are not like that.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PCMag/117547400907674732

Why is your fridge networked :michaelwazowski:

@fediwrapped_en 👀