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  • Apple tried to blame the EU for its Siri AI mess, and the EU called them out publicly

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  • If Apple needs 18 months to introduce a proposed solution then what they can do is they can release the new Siri in 18 months with the proposed solution implemented.

    So you're agreeing with me?

  • Apple tried to blame the EU for its Siri AI mess, and the EU called them out publicly

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  • Sheesh. I don't agree with the EU locking down Android. But I don't see either how it makes sense to punch this huge security hole into Apple's Walled Garden. Their customers expect, and pay for, a lot of hand-holding.

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  • What risk?

    That this is even a question, shows the problem with leaving it all to users.

    We'll have to wait and see how Google responds to these demands. Android has been traditionally more open, but has recently been closed down more; not least because of EU demands for more security. It will be interesting.

  • Apple tried to blame the EU for its Siri AI mess, and the EU called them out publicly

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  • Unclear what Apple could even do here.

    The obvious answer would be, let people take the risk if they so chose. But the EU also demands security, so that isn't much of an option. It makes no sense.

  • New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

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  • Because parents vote?

  • New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

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  • Ok, yeah. Stupid question. I mean: In what way are they left, but labour isn't?

  • New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

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  • In what way?

  • New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

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  • What would be a left-wing party in the UK?

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • To you, it's normal, but to Americans it's absolutely dystopian. Look at how people talk about Trump. In Germany, insults against politicians are especially serious and are prosecuted.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • Not quite. And throwing feces would certainly constitute a more serious crime.

    Insults are prosecuted at the request of the victim (with very rare exceptions). Usually, people don't bother. However, police officers are known for their well-developed sense of personal honor, and they hang around police stations, anyway.

    Important difference between Germany and EG the US: German prosecutors must, by law, investigate all potential crimes. You're right that such an investigation into an insult does not usually merit significant resources. Much depends on how well staffed the prosecutor's office is. Bavaria is notorious for having time for all those little things (see the warnings about weed).

    You can expect them, say, to look up a license plate and send a letter to the owner requesting a statement. Insults while driving are also seen as having higher priority, on account of the danger posed by losing your cool while driving.

    Someone who has been accused more than once, will certainly merit more resources. Insults against police officers are also higher priority and usually end badly.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • You'll visit BMW (Rollys-Royce, Mini), I expect.

    If you notice a picturesque brick tower in the vicinity, that's a Hochbunker from WW2. There's more than 1 around there.

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Hochbunker_in_M%C3%BCnchen

    Munich was not bombed very much, on account of being so far inland. Nevertheless, the hill you can see when you're at the BMW museum, consists of the rubble of buildings that were destroyed in the war. It was turned into a park for the 1972 Olympics. The terrorist attack that took the lives of most of the Israeli Olympic team mostly took place nearby. If that's of interest to you, you could watch Spielberg's Munich.

    You may notice cars with an unusual look (see photos here). Those are prototypes. You can see a fair number of these (BMW & Rolls-Royce) in the area. In German, they are called Erlkönig (elf-king) after a poem by Goethe.

  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • I will be going on a school trip to Munich, Germany soon, anything I should know?

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  • Insulting people can result in criminal prosecution in Germany. Also giving the nazi salute, repeat nazi slogans (or any such display of anti-constitutional allegiance).

  • An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

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  • I don't actually know what you are talking about. This isn't about the waste heat of data centers, right?

  • An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

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  • Sheesh. You got some self-esteem issues. I didn't call you stupid. I just observed that some people here are psychologically distressed by AI.

  • An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

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  • I posted it because it is really neat, but I think I shouldn't have. I know many here are psychologically distressed by AI. While I still would post things that are important enough that they should be known, this is probably not it (unless you are a mathematician, but this is not a very STEM community).

  • An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

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  • everything else that surrounds this headline.

    Like what?

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    First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS

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  • Cool cool. How long will that stay true?

  • 51 Ways to Spell the Image Giraffe: The Hidden Politics of Token Languages in Generative AI

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  • It doesn't explain tokenizers well (or at all). There are better videos on the subject.

    Anyway. Suppose you wanted to spell giraffe with the English alphabet in any arbitrary, phonetic way. You could also spell, for example; "jeeruff", or "djirough". You could count how many phonetically correct ways there are to spell "giraffe".

    Tokenizers break a text into sequences of characters (even individual characters), called tokens. Different tokenizers use different tokens. The one they use here has "gira" as a token, but also "g", "i", "r", and "a". So you could tokenize the same text in different ways. They have a slide where they show the possibilities.

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    Back Then We Had More Regulations

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    Visualizing Rectified Flows

    alechelbling.com /blog/rectified-flow/
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    Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month

    www.reuters.com /world/asia-pacific/australia-social-media-ban-hits-47-million-teen-accounts-first-month-2026-01-15/
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    Wikimedia UK and the Online Safety Act: A deep dive into the story so far

    wikimedia.org.uk /2026/01/wikimedia-uk-and-the-online-safety-act/
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    Oh no! Linus doesn't know AI is useless!

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    Crude!

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    NetChoice Wins Permanent Block of Louisiana Age Verification Law, Protecting Free Speech and Parental Rights - NetChoice

    netchoice.org /netchoice-wins-permanent-block-of-louisiana-age-verification-law-protecting-free-speech-and-parental-rights/
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    TIL Tonka Beans are illegal in the USA

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    A coordinated EU approach to housing

    epthinktank.eu /2025/05/21/a-coordinated-eu-approach-to-housing-2/
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    Just Kidding... Unless?

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    EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally

    www.techdirt.com /2025/12/04/eus-top-court-just-made-it-literally-impossible-to-run-a-user-generated-content-platform-legally/
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    Authors Guild Asks Supreme Court to Hold Internet Providers Accountable for Copyright Theft

    authorsguild.org /news/ag-asks-supreme-court-to-hold-internet-providers-accountable-for-copyright-theft/
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    AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

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    UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

    news.ubc.ca /2025/10/universal-organ-transplant/
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    Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy * TorrentFreak

    torrentfreak.com /anti-piracy-firm-threatens-icann-with-lawsuit-over-to-domain-piracy/
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    Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy * TorrentFreak

    torrentfreak.com /anti-piracy-firm-threatens-icann-with-lawsuit-over-to-domain-piracy/
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    Dutch government intervenes at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

    www.reuters.com /world/china/dutch-government-intervenes-chinese-owned-computer-chip-firm-nexperia-2025-10-12/
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    AI Designs Viable Bacteriophage Genomes, Combats Antibiotic Resistance

    www.genengnews.com /topics/artificial-intelligence/ai-designs-viable-bacteriophage-genomes-combats-antibiotic-resistance/
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    You're Welcome, Grandma!

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    Nepal’s prime minister resigns after 19 killed in protests against social media ban and corruption

    apnews.com /article/nepal-protest-social-media-ban-89cf500969536cf2a35c3fb884cfa620