@zzoo

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physics and geodesy background.
The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers. The fediverse feels like it’s becoming a battleground for information warfare. Be safe out there
Now that Israel... I mean #Austria is part of the Security Council, how long until the conflicts in the middle east are resolved?

RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116687018888357657

yeah pretty sure anything that starts with "microsoft claims" can be thrown out the window at this point

Scott Pelley hits back at CBS News for firing him, accusing management of “incompetence and unprofessionalism” and alleging he was instructed “to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scott-pelley-cbs-news-firing-statement-bari-weiss-1236612393/
Fired Scott Pelley Slams CBS News: “Incompetence and Unprofessionalism In the New Management Have Wreaked Havoc”

The veteran '60 Minutes' correspondent was fired on Tuesday by CBS News after a stormy meeting on Monday with incoming executive producer Nick Bilton.

The Hollywood Reporter
@lina my nuanced position on this is that if you aren't capable of addressing CVEs in your software that other people rely on without Claude you should quit. quitting is the correct choice in this case, and it is far less damaging than what's currently going on. let someone else do a better job than what you're capable of.

this LLM issue is so exhausting and depressing

on one side, i feel like a cog in a machine, which is just doing fantastic things for my mental health

on the other side, it is the most binary issue i have seen in a long time, i have long-time friends mutually "fuck off and die"-ing at each other, which is also just doing fantastic things for my mental health

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue

https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

404 Media

Ceasefire matches, manufactured in Israel. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#Israel #Lebanon #ceasefire

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