@ppb1701 No, you're not. The numbers are mind-boggling, and as you say, he just opened an account on X. And I'm not even rocking the boat with Tim Cook's fascism support.

It's good to have role models. It's bad to have idols.

@kdkorte I'd say that comes from the onslaught of big tech and ai companies telling us they just need more compute, more people to adopt ai, it'll be better if we give it more. more more more.

By and large what none of them have said is how such and such use case is actually significantly better than basically "but Ai"

It can be a great tool for some things but it sure isn't the great savior of mankind on every little task and random application someone thinks of to slap ai on marketing,

Norway seeks to ban pervert glasses.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/

Ad-blocker bypass: https://web.archive.org/web/20260902131635/https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/latest-apple-news-t95df8u5z/-/a-RS2Vrj7kSUqH8sqbJDMdDA%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

Am I the only one that leans towards "Who cares?"

I mean, sure he's now completely in the insane exclusive club of folks make the kind of money and compensation most people dream about and will never see. He's also dropped himself on to the cesspit of hate.

But that's not really a new amazing policy for Apple to go yet, no sweeping correction of some problem. It's just oh look another c-suite person getting paid a massive amount for their job like every other c-suite for a huge company.

Haven't had enough of DLSS 5 yet? Nvidia neglected to mention this part.

PC Gamer: DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/dlss-5-comes-with-a-massive-50-60-percent-performance-hit-so-i-hope-you-like-lower-frame-rates-with-your-dose-of-ai-image-enhancement/ #Nvidia #DLSS5

@ppb1701

@AAKL ahhh I was assuming there was going to be hit if you used it.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/117196609003768780

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of course, how can a company stay relevant and not use AI? </sarcasm>

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This was posted yesterday. The attackers enjoyed a three-week sojourn, so I guess stealing tokens is now in. There was also "a separate attack in May in which threat actors probed its public infrastructure."

Update on Security at METR https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-31-security-update/#our-approach-to-security

More:

Infosecurity-Magazine: Attackers Steal METR API Key and Burn $600,000 in AI Credits https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/attackers-steal-metr-api-key/ #infosec #cybercrime #databreach

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@AAKL @ppb1701 Huh... i heard that a CEO said something like that but then an engineer was like "Yeah it only gets the info on screen"...

@ppb1701 @Epic_Null Here's the story:

Futurism: Nvidia’s “Slop Tracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games Leaked, and the Results Are Even More Horrifying Than Anyone Thought Possible https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-slop-tracing-leak

@ppb1701 They were, but Nvidia did argue that the developers can mitigate its use so it doesn't go completely bananas.

@AAKL think i saw something. Might depend on what it's set too. but they are blatantly picking nba and settings for it that come off looking good. I'm guessing the real story on how it does is when it really hits the wild and teams turn it on whatever just to "have it" and people start going wild with the driver. The original showcase was a disaster.

@ppb1701 There was a story a few days ago about how the technology turns all NPCs into crap, kinda like plastic surgery for every human on the planet.

@ppb1701 Price aside, everybody who's seen what DLSS 5 does absolutely hates it, except for Nvidia.

@AAKL Well Nvidia is looking to make players wanna buy expensive new gpu's. Beyond that metric they likely don't actually care about it at all. Especially with the vast bulk of the money coming from datacenters and ai deals.

Good News, Everyone: DLSS 5 Only Needs One GPU Now. Bad News: That GPU Costs What a Laptop Used To. In other news they also learned not to spotlight cranking the tech up to insane levels for the news release...

https://blog.ppb1701.com/good-news-everyone-dlss-5-only-needs-one-gpu-now-bad-news-that-gpu-costs-what-a-laptop-used-to

#ai #blog #dlss #gaming #gpu #nvidia #user-hostile #insertcoin #bigtech #blog

RE: https://mastodon.social/@appleinsider/117190910571294397

is it really a special thing when I feel like we see a variation of this about every 2-3 weeks?

RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/117190767810743096

Kind of surprised Canada didn't announce renaming Lake Superior to Lake Canada....even as a half joke.