Luxon Govt gives the middle finger to the future.

An announcement that this will be reversed asap needs to come from the opposition parties ASAP.

#NZPol #DitchThePricksIn26 #whoAskedForThis

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588668/government-considering-scrapping-entire-clean-car-standard

Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard

An EV advocate says if the proposal goes ahead, Kiwis will be sold "the high-emitting leftovers" that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia.

RNZ
this is likely the absolute WORST product idea/fusion/crossover and launch, EVER. #thc #Malört #malort #illinois #why #whoaskedforthis #vile #disgusting
But the real question is #whoaskedforthis

It's "Widgets!" and "The Pivot to Video" all over again.

I sometimes wonder if I made a mistake not pursuing a career in Big Tech. Then I see this and am thankful that I'm not in some sort of leadership position trying to push this on our users because its the New Shiny Thing Everyone Has To Chase.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/27/23891128/meta-ai-assistant-characters-whatsapp-instagram-connect

#meta #facebook #llms #chatbots #whoaskedforthis

Meta is putting AI chatbots everywhere

The social media giant announced that its ChatGPT competitor, Meta AI, is coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram alongside with dozens of AI characters based on celebrities like MrBeast.

The Verge