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STEVE VAI Recorded A Ripping Solo Over A New Version Of VAN HALEN's 'Jump'

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/steve-vai-recorded-a-ripping-solo-over-a-new-version-of-van-halens-jump

#STEVEVAI #VANHALEN #Recorded #RippingSoloOver #MetalInjection #metal #music

I'm pissed off and disappointed.

I just received a #telemarketing phone call on behalf of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, #soliciting #donations.

It sounded pretty human-ish -- I believe it was using actual recorded sentences of a human being - but they were edited/glued-together in a slightly unnatural way. I believe it was an #IVR system.

So in the middle of one of its speeches, I interrupted with "You're actually a #recorded announcement, aren't you?"

And it replied with some meaningless interjection followed by "No, I'm a real live #agent". And it wasn't. It definitely wasn't. I tested it further and it immediately failed, giving nonsensical replies and then suddenly switching to a "thank you for completing..." (which I hadn't) announcement and disconnecting.

Legitimate #charities shouldn't be employing telemarketing #robots which lie and claim to be #humans. Full stop.

#Shame on the CNIB.

#CNIB #CanadianNationalInstituteForTheBlind

#Google Settles $68 Million Lawsuit Claiming It #Recorded Private #Conversations

the lawsuit claimed #GoogleAssistant would sometimes turn on by mistake -- the phone thinking someone had said its activation phrase when they had not -- and recorded conversations intended to be private. They alleged the recordings were then sent to #advertisers for the purpose of creating targeted #advertising.
#privacy #security

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/2222213/google-settles-68-million-lawsuit-claiming-it-recorded-private-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed