@bashtoni

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@rradczewski the particularly crazy thing is how well known the software defects were. Computer Weekly were writing about it in 2008, and Private Eye shortly after.
It was common knowledge enough to be a topic of small talk in the IT industry in the UK, but there were still hundreds of convictions after these reports.

When I was in the early part of my career I used to look at the managers who forgot how to code and swear that would never be me.

I haven't forgotten just yet, but I fear it'll be an AI team I'm managing when I do.

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/

Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir

If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged…

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@jschauma It's not just mindless drivel, it's next generation AI generated slop!
Useless. Annoying. Mass produced.
@lkanies Future generations of school children will be writing essays on the topic "Was Trump the cause or a symptom of the downfall of America?".
@jpmens FYI: this is being massively over hyped by Anthropic as a way to lobby for regulation banning open source LLMs.
@jpmens the new one I really hate: "I asked ChatGPT and it told me this".
@nicoduck @benjojo I haven't seen a SuperMicro motherboard box since 1999 and I'm pretty sure the box art is the same.
@briankrebs If nations are going to start banning network devices on the basis of poor security, Fortinet needs to be at the top of that list surely?

Apple to Europe: „Your laws are bad for us, therefore we are withholding unrelated features from your citizens and do everything possible to lobby against your laws.“

Apple in the USA: „We only follow the laws and orders of our authoritarian government, there is nothing we can do against it.“