so 3 courts + US Copyright Office say you cannot copyright nor patent anything made primarily with LLMs because automata aren't human.

#SCOTUS won't review these rules because copyright is meant to protect human creations, not software or automata.

this may mean #AWSlop #Microslop are “de-copyrighting” & “de-patenting” their own proprietary software as they let automata “code” 🧐

❝ AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
https://www.theverge.com/policy/887678/supreme-court-ai-art-copyright

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Made a new thing. ZeroClock - time tracker with invoicing. Runs off a single SQLite file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, nothing phoning home. Nobody else sees your data.

Completely free, not "free tier" free. Portable, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible from the ground up. No VC money, no subscription, no catch.

Whether you freelance or just want to know where your hours go, give it a look.

https://apps.lashman.live/zeroclock/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #GetFediHired #A11y

If you're in the US: get all of Pratchett's Discworld for $25.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-encore-2026-books

US only, but the US needs Sir Pterry right now--either as a reminder, or as remedial education on being human.

(ETA: yes, it's on Kobo and uses Adobe DRM. That DRM can be removed.)

Today in InfoSec Job Security News:

I was looking into an obvious ../.. vulnerability introduced into a major web framework today, and it was committed by username Claude on GitHub. Vibe coded, basically.

So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.

https://github.com/search?q=author%3Aclaude&type=commits&s=author-date&o=desc

As I looked through the code I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.

Are you interested in testing your USB cables? Then I have a blog post for you:

https://blog.literarily-starved.com/2026/02/technology-the-nearly-perfect-usb-cable-tester-does-exist/

Be aware: You might discover that your cable is fooling your PC

Please, as an American I am begging you: If you have plans to visit the US, cancel them. Cancel them, cancel them, cancel them. If the ticket is not refundable, consider it a small loss compared to the potential loss of your freedom.

This is not hyperbole. Stay safe, stay alive, avoid America like the bubonic plague.

I would leave the US forever if it were possible.

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