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    Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for first time in 133 years because of AI

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  • Looks like we're no longer doing the bit about the hallucination machine being useless.

  • GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices

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  • No. That's not what these words mean.

  • Why there’s no European Google?

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  • Look... Doesn't that feel kind of like self-pitying rot to anyone here? Why are we dependent on US technology? Because we are so ethical and pure...

    Here's the truth.

    In the late 90s, a German student created a search engine in Germany. It was a little thing. It only scraped a few hundred media outlets. You signed up, defined some keywords, and when an article matching those keywords was published, you received a notification.

    He immediately was sued and forced to shut down under copyright law. Google could operate in the US under Fair Use.

    Eventually, years later search engines were legalized in Germany (and the EU). But by then the Internet was dominated by US companies. It makes no sense to spend billions to build a European Google that does exactly what Google already does.

    The reason that there is no European Google is that we insist that information must be owned. No data processing without the explicit consent of the owner. Which means, we insist that some intellectual property owners should be allowed to extract rent from us all.

  • GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices

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  • You're so out-of-touch if you believe that the EU is against this.

    It's especially weird coming from an apparent German. You know all that rhetoric about how the internet is no "wild west". That means locking everything down. Only the properly licensed professionals are allowed to do stuff with properly regulated tools. That's how it goes in Germany.

    This stuff is what Google is supposed to do.

  • Elsevier vs Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers

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  • There's no irony there. It's what Elsevier does. They have no qualms about looting research budgets and sabotaging science in the process. They won't make an exception for open source AI.

  • Elsevier vs Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers

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  • Meta must win this. Everything else would be a disaster.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • I did ask for more info about how AI is "destroying society".

  • What is with the pro-AI posts lately?

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  • Interesting how Americans are the most concerned. I wonder what might explain that. In the US, white people are the most worried (IIRC).

  • What is with the pro-AI posts lately?

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  • Which raises 2 questions: Were they anti-slop because they saw the threat to their jobs? Or did they lose their jobs because they wouldn't match the output of AI users?

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • I agree. Now note how far away from AI this is.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • Those issues are something that societies and democratically elected representatives should work out; not some billionaires. The problem seems to be that some people with a good thing going don't want something that benefits them personally. They prefer no change over something that benefits everyone (but them relatively less).

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • That's 1 company, not AI as a whole, and its services are obviously much in demand by our democratically elected leaders.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • I simply don't know what you mean at all.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • it is actively trying to destroy society,

    How so?

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • taking more power from the masses.

    That's promoted by AI haters. The copyright people want to privatize human knowledge and charge rent for it. The latest lawsuit against Meta even includes Elsevier, ffs.

    Then there's all the busy-bodies who want everything surveilled "for the children". Cause people might be chatting about self-harm, or generate nudes, or some other "harmful" content.

    a random person on thier computer could put something together to change the world.

    Yes. For example the random people who founded these AI start-ups.

    Right now, the world of technology is uniquely malleable in a way it has not been since the dotcom crash. That's what motivates most of the hate. It's people who feel that they will lose out; eg the news media that already suffers from the rise of the internet.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • I don't actually know what you mean.

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  • For many people, especially politicians, it was always about this. It's a rejection of the unregulated "wild west" internet, built on US ideals of free speech.

    Germany used to have a fairly successful Facebook clone. Once it was a bit successful, it was forced to split up. Minors had to get their own separate service, where they could not be contacted by adults. It wasn't a hit. The "American technological hegemony" is the result of deliberate policy choices such as that.

    Demanding age verification of websites and services is Europe sticking to its guns; European values.

  • Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • Why do you think that?

    gestures at OP

    Were you thinking of this instead?

    No. Why would I?

  • Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production

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  • Yeah. But mind that the bulk price of mediocre cameras is insignificant next to the sales price of AirPods.

    I think the idea is that people can walk around and chat with their AI companion, and it sees what they see. No need for any fussing about with hardware. That's exactly Apple's thing. Effortless technology for people who don't want to deal with the mechanics of technology.

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    LongCat-Flash-Chat

    huggingface.co /meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Chat
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences

    www.washingtonpost.com /technology/2025/08/31/age-verification-uk-porn-sites/
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    Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

    techcrunch.com /2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL who is responsible for Clippy

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevan_Atteberry
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    They didn't stop to think if they should

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    Know-How and Expertise: European Companies Hoping to Take the Global Lead in Industrial AI

    www.spiegel.de /international/business/know-how-and-expertise-european-companies-hoping-to-take-the-global-lead-in-industrial-ai-a-90806d20-4391-4436-bfb8-45c7a6563228
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    President Trump’s War on “Woke AI” Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2025/08/president-trumps-war-woke-ai-civil-liberties-nightmare
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    Double Bacon and Lettuce Sandwich?

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    Is It Time Yet?

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    Reddit will block the Internet Archive

    www.theverge.com /news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit
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    Belgium Targets Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Sweeping Site Blocking Order

    torrentfreak.com /belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/
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    Oh My God, TAKE IT DOWN Kills Parody

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/28/oh-my-god-take-it-down-kills-parody/
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    TIL Tom Lehrer worked for the NSA

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    Voxtral - Audio Understanding Based on Mistral

    mistral.ai /news/voxtral
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    Audio Flamingo 3 - Fully Open Large Audio Language Models

    research.nvidia.com /labs/adlr/AF3/
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    Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK

    www.theverge.com /news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
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    Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really)

    www.techdirt.com /2025/07/10/missouri-ag-any-ai-that-doesnt-praise-donald-trump-might-be-consumer-fraud-no-really/
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    Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and ‘A Better Tomorrow’: AI-Powered Kung Fu Film Plan Debuts in Shanghai

    variety.com /2025/film/news/bruce-lee-jackie-chan-better-tomorrow-ai-kung-fu-shanghai-1236435967/
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    Meta publishes V-Jepa 2 – an AI world model

    www.heise.de /en/news/Meta-publishes-V-Jepa-2-an-AI-world-model-10441310.html
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    One for the wee Ones