Gavin Starks

@agentGav
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Mostly curious about everything.
Bioghttps://dgen.net/biog
Musichttps://binarydust.org
Work (climate)https://ib1.org
Socialshttps://dgen.net/0/connect
Some curious ideas here (yet familiar patterns/NDL) on a known challenge. Thoughts?
Skips past data infrastructure? Underestimates market architectures? Duplicates other work?
https://institute.global/insights/climate-and-energy/ai-for-climate-redesigning-the-uks-net-zero-planning
AI for Climate: Redesigning the UK’s Net-Zero Planning

AI can help Britain deliver net zero by aligning planning across sectors, places and institutions through shared intelligence.

@alecmuffett Does shifting responsibility from platforms to users not just make enforcement harder and more intrusive?

If Reddit isn’t operating in the UK what would count? Having a building here?

Isn't it _structurally_ similar to GDPR, just harder to enforce?

@alecmuffett
what options are achievable?

1. 'Regulate the Britons' means... fine people for accessing the content?

2. Block access to "foreign websites"?

3. Allow open, free access to anyone for anything?

4. Other...?

Can you help me with the "one sentence for a minister"?

Also, are you suggesting that Reddit isn't _operating_ in the UK?

(also, hi! I didn't notice you had an astro background too... )

Artists, authors and filmmakers are demanding clear 'AI-free' labels as AI-generated books, films and music…

Artists, authors and filmmakers are demanding clear 'AI-free' labels as AI-generated books, films and music flood the market, blurring authorship and threatening livelihoods.

LinkedIn News

"Meta will be able to see the contents of messages between all users – which so far it only could for those who did not enable encryption."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may

Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May

Meta’s announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over feature

The Guardian
"You cannot manage what you refuse to see"
@Floppy I find quicktime just works? I do audio to help manage pace (and sometimes even get it right so use it, depends on 'professionalism setting' ;) )
National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info

State attorneys general won't get climate chapter removed from a legal manual.

Ars Technica
Well, after an evening of seeing if I could get https://secondpress.club to support Tidal or Apple Music, the answer is (a) Tidal's API isn't set really up to do this yet and would need a whole other level of faff for me and users, and (b) Apple is _possible_ but very convoluted (and needs a paid dev account). So, world's tiniest hat tip to Spotify for at least letting people get their own data and world's most irritating crumbs in the keyboards of the other guys.
SecondPress — Turn your Spotify playlist into a record collection

Paste any Spotify playlist and we'll check every album for CD and vinyl availability, with links to buy from many retailers.

SecondPress

Today in, no, we're not ready

"people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google AI Overviews. The AI-generated summaries are shown to 2 billion people a month, and appear above traditional search results on the world’s most visited website."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/16/google-scraps-ai-search-feature-that-crowdsourced-amateur-medical-advice

Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice

Exclusive: Revelation comes as company faces mounting scrutiny over use of AI to provide health tips

The Guardian