When Sam Altman was ousted as CEO, Kara Swisher pushed a story that framed him as the victim of a board captured by AI doomers.

But as more detail has emerged about Altman’s lies and “toxic” conduct, it’s become clear she was a conduit for his narrative.

https://disconnect.blog/kara-swishers-story-about-sam-altman-is-falling-apart/

#tech #ai #openai #samaltman #journalism

Kara Swisher's story about Sam Altman is falling apart

The supposed hard-hitting journalist was peddling Altman’s narrative during his ouster from OpenAI

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Just got this Meta Ai #update:

A beautiful #email informing that they will update their privacy #policy for the 100th time?

Thank you #Meta for your amazing #Ai and for completely ignoring peoples #privacy over and over again 😂

Please please go ahead use all our #data as you want:
"...on the legal basis called legitimate interests for using your information to develop and improve AI at Meta."

#German #guide on how to op-out:
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/aktuelle-meldungen/digitale-welt/ihre-daten-bei-facebook-und-instagram-fuer-ki-so-widersprechen-sie-95646

#Satire #FCKmeta #MetaAI #software #tech

Looking for a reddit alternative that focuses on the users and has moderation transparency built in from the start? Come join SpeakBits, a social platform designed to amplify your voice, spark engaging conversations, and foster a vibrant community where every user's opinion truly matters.

Learn a bit more at https://join.speakbits.com or start discussing at https://www.speakbits.com

#reddit #alternatives #tech #social #community #moderationtools

SpeakBits | Speak your mind, connect with the world!

SpeakBits strives to be your home on the internet, where you can post your thoughts, link to your favorite content, and discuss them all with friends and strangers alike.

^SpeakBits

At this point, Twitter and BlueSky are virtually identical, except there's a bit more public info about users. So maybe it's worse? In any event, the whole plan all along was to create the illusion of difference and "starting over" by simply swapping a platform. Fascinating how gullible most people are.

#X #twitter #bluesky #marketing #tech #illusion

📡 HackRF Portapack H2 Audio RX App: Listening / Browsing / Shortwave / Radio

#HackRF #FOSS #tutorial #hardware #SDR #Portapack #MayhemFirmware #firmware #shortwave #radio #gadgets #tech #infosec #cyber #RX

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/4RNT554SNRULBimPFxSPfK

📡 Shortwave Listening: HackRF Portapack H2 Audio RX App

Discover New Radio Stations Using Portapack H2 Mayhem RX Audio App. Sharing Tips For Getting Started Browsing For Shortwave Stations Using Audio RX Receive Application; We Start By Practicing With ...

^tchncs

#OpenAI finds its #tech being used for #propaganda & #US 2024 #ElectionInterference

#ChatGPT maker OpenAI found #Russia, #China, #Iran & #Israel groups using its #technology to #influence global political discourse, highlighting concerns #generative #ArtificialIntelligence is making it easier for state actors to run covert #propaganda campaigns as the presidential election nears.

#ForeignDisinformationCampaigns #disinformation #generativeAI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/openai-disinfo-influence-operations-china-russia/

"From the bosses’ perspective, nothing has changed about their behavior. Ten years ago, they twiddled the knob as far as it would go, every chance they got. Today, they do the same – the difference is that today, the knobs turn much more freely." - @pluralistic

https://triangletoot.party/@aburtch/112529981423286506
#enshittification #tech #business #regulation #LateStageCapitalism

aburtch

2024-05-30 12:14:09

. @pluralistic is essential reading these days. No one else explains why we are where we are today and how we got here better than he does.

For example, check out this recent essay: https://locusmag.com/2024/05/cory-doctorow-no-one-is-the-enshittifier-of-their-own-story/
or listen to it here: https://pca.st/episode/3079b9c2-3178-48a8-b699-08eb5a802ba4

Q: Why is everything so bad these days? People get worse service at higher prices while those supposedly giving them to us also make less as the digital platforms suck up all the profit.

Cory Doctorow: No One Is the Enshittifier of Their Own Story

No one was more surprised than I was when the American Dialect Society named ‘‘enshittification’’ – my dirty little coinage to describe how everything on the internet is (suddenly, simultaneously) …

^{Locus Online}

Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware

#security #bleeping computer #bleepingcomputer #computers #technology #news #education #updates #tech
generated by pod_feeder_v2

Brian Ó Donnell / pod_feeder_v2 · GitLab

Publishes RSS/Atom feeds to Diaspora*

^GitLab

Politics drives knowledge sharing across the Fediverse, Bluesky & Threads.

The team at The Newsmast Foundation are excited to share new, original research on the social web, communities, and how we all fit together!

There’s a summary below 👇 or read the full report here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/our-blog/mapping-the-social-web/

#fediverse #socialmedia #threads #bluesky #socialweb #tech

Mapping the social web - NewsMast

Newsmast's latest report follows their initial investigation into the structure of knowledge sharing networks on the Fediverse. Now, the team have done a deep dive on Bluesky and Threads to understand how the wider social web ties together.

^NewsMast

"[T]he US government is...trying to break up #Google, the largest #tech #company in the history of the world, and there has been virtually no press about it.

" #Biden's comms team isn't bragging about the administration's accomplishments, because the senior partners in this coalition oppose those accomplishments. They don't want to win an #election based on the promise to prosecute an anti-corporate revolution, because they are counter-revolutionaries."

Agree:

"Think for a moment about the fact that the USG is -at this very moment -trying to break up Google -largest #tech co in the history of the world, & there's been virtually no press about it. This is a gigantic story -literally the biggest bus story ever. It's practically a secret.

Why doesn't the Biden admin want to talk about this very small number of very good things it's doing? Hollowness of "centrist" pol as practiced in the Dem Party." @pluralistic #Antitrust https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/#nothing-would-fundamentally-change

This is super interesting. It's just a conversation with a research about a study on LLM #AI actual potential. It's only a 13min video, but basically the study shows that most likely AI can't have infinite growth because there is a limited amount of data available to train on.

There's a finite amount of data & no matter how they mathed it out, it's not a J-curve or linear growth of AI's capabilities, but an S-curve every time.

Worth a watch: https://youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si=Tcuh4NAwsxInvoev

#tech #technology

All this to say, don’t be a usefool.

#usefool #usefools #bootlickers #SiliconValley #tech #technology #web #BigTech (3/3)

At this point Microsoft isn't even hiding the fact Windows is spyware. It is selling that exact thing. That's what dystopia looks like. yeah.

#tech #dystopia #windows #Microsoft #bigtech #privacy #spyware #malware

A hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that targeted auction house Christie’s earlier this month.

The attack took place just before the start of its high-profile spring sales event involving more than $850 million worth of art. Online bidding was suspended, but the group claims it has accessed sensitive information about wealthy art collectors around the world, and is threatening to release it unless “an agreement” is reached. Digital Trends has more.

https://flip.it/at-MY2

#Hacking #Cybersecurity #Christies #Art #Tech

Hacker group says it carried out Christie’s cyberattack

^{Trevor Mogg (Digital Trends)}

If you use Linux and feel let down by AI taking over your browser and the lack of easy customization options available, Sean Davis
@bluesabre tells you why our powerful browser is worth your attention.

Read all about it as Sean explains what it means to be a Chromium browser, shares his favorite features, and talks about our Linux Community and all the wonderful people behind making Vivaldi what it is today. 👇🏻

https://bluesabre.medium.com/the-best-browser-youre-not-using-93e4aad58b18

#linux #xfce #browser #vivaldi #tech #Technology #ai

The Best Browser You’re Not Using - Sean Davis - Medium

Vivaldi may be the last browser that cares about its users.

^{Sean Davis (Medium)}

Finally getting some time to work on moving my blog over to 11ty from Jekyll.

#11ty #Eleventy #Blog #BeardedTechGuy #Tech

If you've been thinking of switching browsers or contemplating whether you should set the Vivaldi browser as default, find out what @xdadevelopers has to say about what makes our browser stand out in the crowd. 👇🏻

https://www.xda-developers.com/these-are-the-most-underrated-browsers-you-need-to-try/

#tech #browser #Technology #Productivity #privacy #personalization #linux #android #audi #automotive

These are the most underrated browsers you need to try

You are missing a lot if you haven't tried these browsers yet

^{Parth Shah (XDA)}

Was just remembering Minitel. The internet before there was an internet. Made in #France. A friend of mine had one of these. Back in 1985.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/minitel-the-online-world-france-built-before-the-web
#tech

Minitel: The Online World France Built Before the Web

A decade before the Internet went mainstream, French citizens were interacting via Minitel, a computer network open to anyone with a telephone

^{Julien Mailland (IEEE Spectrum)}

Time to update my #introduction a bit!

Hi, I'm the Imperor, ruler of imps, streamer of games, master of dungeons, speaker of German and English.

I talk #ttrpg #art #tech and #games / #gaming on #mastodon and like to be a cheerleader and amplifier for your #art and #life - you're amazing, keep going!

You can find links to my #twitch #discord , website and #lemmy community over on https://linktr.ee/imperorthefirst and my homepage https://impheim.com/

imperorthefirst | Twitch | Linktree

YouTuber, Streamer, Dungeon Master and ruler of Imps.

^Linktree

Finally took a picture of all my laptops, took hours to set up😂

Hardware here includes:

- ARM / x86_64 / x86_32
- Chromebooks
- MacBooks / MacBook Pros / MacBook Air
- Many various PCs
- SDR-DDR4 era

Operating Systems includes:

- macOS Snow Leopard, Mojave, Ventura, and Sonoma
- Windows 8.1 Embedded Pro, 10 Pro / Home, Windows 11 Pro
- Ultramarine Linux 39 / 40, GNOME / KDE / Xfce
- Bluefin DX
- Arch
- NixOS
- Haiku
- And begrudgingly, ChromeOS (one for testing, one I found that I have not yet submarined, whoops)

Laptops in the stacks are broken laptops.

There are 38 laptops here.

Yes I have a problem.

#tech #linux #macos #windows #haiku #thinkpad #razer #asus #lenovo #dell #HP #Acer #laptop

From @themarkup here's a story about how if you do research in a university library database, your browsing history might not be private.

https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/05/18/librarians-are-waging-a-quiet-war-against-international-data-cartels

#NewstodonFriday #Tech #DataPrivacy

Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” – The Markup

Digital collections put library patrons’ privacy at risk

^{themarkup.org}

Yesterday, we published a blog post authored by our co-founder @michael

It's a really candid look at what we imagine the future can be for Fedi and how Newsmast and the Newsmast Foundation fit into it.

If you're interested, you can see the full thing on our website here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/our-blog/a-hub-for-the-social-web/

#SocialMedia #Tech #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

A hub for the social web - NewsMast

The Fediverse has around a million monthly active core users. Increasingly they are connected with millions more as the Fediverse emerges as a hub for the wider social web, giving it significant influence.

^NewsMast

Seems legit

#meme #shitpost #tech #google #ai #chatgpt

African AI workers, mostly from Kenya, released an open letter to Joe Biden this week asking him stop US tech companies from “systemically abusing and exploiting African workers” and to end the “modern day slavery” they’re subjected to.

https://www.wired.com/story/low-paid-humans-ai-biden-modern-day-slavery/

#tech #labor #ai #africa #workers

I hear the sound of flopping…

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142810/apple-vision-pro-ebay-low-prices

#visionpro #apple #tech

The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad

I bought a Vision Pro brand new, and I knew I was being fleeced, but it still stung when I saw how (relatively) cheap they are on eBay.

^{Wes Davis (The Verge)}

I am amused. One the one hand, Microsoft is introducing Recall, which literally takes screenshots of everything you do on windows, but on the other hand, they are taking users ability to take screenshots of their browser away if their company configures it as such.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2336462/microsoft-edge-will-begin-blocking-screenshots-on-the-job.html

#amusing #tech #windows

I believe many #Tech execs (& many of their enablers) are evil & diabolical, & they only care about their bottom line, esp. #Zuck, #Musk, #Altman...:

"Paul Graham wrote an essay in 2010 about how the best founders are naughty because they break the rules.

Then he has an interesting anecdote about Sam Altman...

Interesting lens through which to view why OpenAI keeps showing up in the news for doing obviously bad things."
-buccocapital

#AI #SocialMedia #Media #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spyware

If you’ve been following us, you’ll know that we’re big on the Fediverse.

It was incredibly important for us to create an instance and provide everyone with a social network free of ads and algorithms.

Join us live this Saturday as we talk about why it was important for us to do more than just be around here.

We’ll be joined by @beardedtechguy and @CliffWade from @AllThingsTech, who will also talk about the Fediverse and why it matters to them.

🎧 Join the audio event here: https://audon.space/u/@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net

#live #audio #browser #SocialMedia #mastodon #fediverse #tech #Technology #vivaldi

A female computational neuroscience and machine learning expert took to X at the weekend to describe a “dark side” of the startup culture in Silicon Valley.

Sonia Joseph alleged that a culture of sexual coercion has taken hold of San Francisco’s community housing tech scene, with “heavy LSD use” and “sex parties held by mainly male tech and entrepreneurial elites that involve mock-violent role playing with female participants.”

In particular, “early OpenAI employees” were referenced by Joseph, as well as their friends and “adjacent entrepreneurs.” Salon has more.

https://flip.it/t5RReK

#AI #OpenAI #SiliconValley #Tech

Women in Silicon Valley say "coercive" sex parties fuel a culture of misogyny

Analysis: Latest allegations of Silicon Valley sex parties add to a troubling pattern

^Salon.com

STORY: Thousands of listings on Eventbrite have been pushing people towards buying Gmail, Stripe accounts; escort services in India; and illegal sales of prescription drugs like Xanax, Valium, and oxycodone.

We found sales of opioids were pushed alongside events promoting drug addiction recovery and treatment. Eventbrite has investigated and says the “identified illegal and illicit activity has been removed.”

https://www.wired.com/story/sex-drugs-and-eventbrite/ #news #tech #cybercrime #cybersecurity

“most striking about the tale of the Bell rocket belt is the shape of the deception that Moore and Bell pulled off” #jetpacks
“exactly what the #selfdriving car #robotaxi bros did over the past decade to convince us all that the human driver was already obsolete. The playbook was nearly identical”
“we have vested an alarming amount of power in the hands of #tech #billionaires”

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/fake-it-until-you-dont-make-it/ by @pluralistic
#solutionism #DontBelieveTheHype #AI #artificialintelligence

𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙐: "𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙"

A good read by Cory Doctorow…

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

#tech #technology #BigTech #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #regulation #digital #capitalism

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead"

The European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a complex, many-legged beast, but at root, it is a regulation that aims to make it easier for the public to control the technology they use and rely on.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

"This whole AI cycle was fueled by fantasies, and when people stop falling for them the bubble starts to deflate. In The Guardian, John Naughton recently laid out the five stages of financial bubbles, noting AI is between stages three and four: euphoria and profit-taking."

https://disconnect.blog/ai-hype-is-over-ai-exhaustion-is-setting-in/

#AI #AIHype #AIBubble #Tech #TechNews

AI hype is over. AI exhaustion is setting in.

Google and OpenAI’s latest showcases suggest the AI bubble’s days are numbered

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

If you use Slack for work, your messages and DMs to friends and colleagues are now being used to train the company’s machine learning features — and everyone is opted in by default.

A quiet update to the company’s policy suggests messages, data and files sent by users are helping Slack to improve its in-app features like channel recommendations, search results and emoji suggestions, reports @PCMag. Individual users can’t opt out either, something critics have called a “privacy mess.”

https://flip.it/Tb1gRM

#Slack #AI #MachineLearning #Tech

Slack Trains Some of Its AI-Powered Features on User Messages, Files

Slack feeds user content, messages, and uploads to its machine learning models. All users are opted-in by default.

^{Kate Irwin (PCMag UK)}

🦋 If you struggle with ADHD or have your focus constantly ruined by a whirlwind of thoughts, then you probably use productivity tools that can help crush those distractions and give you some peace of mind.

Find out how you can say goodbye to those scattered thoughts by customizing the Vivaldi browser to work for your needs and preferences 👇🏻

https://vivaldi.com/blog/kill-distractions-with-adhd/

#adhd #Productivity #tech #Technology #browser #vivaldi #tips #hacks

Nieuwe Signal update voor Android 🎉

- Nieuwe UI toegang tot camera 📷
- Nieuwe UI toegang tot contacten 👥
- Cloud back-ups in ontwikkeling ☁️

👉 https://signalapp.nl/signal-app-nieuws/signal-update-android-nieuwe-ui-voor-toegang-geven-tot-camera-en-contacten/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #beta #signalbeta #nieuws #android #update #tech

Signal update Android: nieuwe UI voor toegang geven tot camera en contacten - Signalapp.nl

Nieuwe bètaversie Signal voor Android vernieuwde UI voor geven van toegang tot de camera en contacten. Ook is verder gewerkt aan cloud back-ups.

^{Redactie Signalapp.nl (Signalapp.nl)}