Misleading Google AI instructions cause
Kodiak woman to be cited for illegal snipe hunt
Writing in an affidavit attached to the citation, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex
Wick said Weaver called troopers to self-report the violation.
“Christina stated that she Googled ‘Snipe season’ on her phone and that,
according to Google, snipe season began on September 1st,” he wrote.
Via Calishat
@researchbuzz:
Much respect to this lady. As soon as she realized Google AI's misinformation
caused her to engage in an illegal hunt, she self-reported her error.
Misleading Google AI instructions cause
Kodiak woman to be cited for illegal snipe hunt
Writing in an affidavit attached to the citation, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex
Wick said Weaver called troopers to self-report the violation.
“Christina stated that she Googled ‘Snipe season’ on her phone and that,
according to Google, snipe season began on September 1st,” he wrote.
Via Calishat
@researchbuzz:
Much respect to this lady. As soon as she realized Google AI's misinformation
caused her to engage in an illegal hunt, she self-reported her error.
The Register: Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just
what Mozilla needs?*
* We are intentionally invoking Betteridge’s Law
in the title of this story.
"People are complaining that we aren't respecting their choices. What we need to do to
regain trust is move all their buttons around and waste lots of screen space with
rounding" is a take that deserves punishment.
Via a bunch of places, but Chad McCullough.
In that thread, Kevin Dominik
Korte @kdkorte@fosstodon.org notes:
@chadmccullough See it positively: Every minute they spend on branding is a
minute when they don't add AI or cloud sync features to the browser.
And Thomas Brand
@Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu
puts it into perspective:
@chadmccullough Mozilla's business model is to maintain a viable and
noteworthy alternative browser too small to threaten Chrome's monopoly. Otherwise they
would lose their default search engine dollars from Google. A bold new look is just enough
of a conversation starter to meet the mission statement.
If you want Firefox to be the alternative browser it was 20 years ago think
again. That dream was paid away decades ago. Euthanasia by design.
A lot of you are scoffing at Meta's claim that $4B in Zuckerberg compensation and a bunch of data center build outs qualify for a "research tax credit", but seeing how far you can push the bullshit before people resort to violence is, legitimately, research...
https://itep.org/metas-outland...-tax-breaks-for-ai-data-centers/
Discussion in the office about an Anthropic rep pushing the idea of referring to the LLM as a teammate rather than a tool.
Which... uh... I think I've identified the "tool".
Clayton County transgender student blocked from homecoming
queen race
Williams said homecoming court is different from the conversation
surrounding athletics.
“For this there is no difference between me and any other girl that would be
put on blast. There’s no competitive advantage; as a matter of fact, people
are less likely to vote for me,” Williams said.
The school is claiming worry about eligibility for federal funds.
Well played, Ms. Riley Williams.
Via Erin in the Morning: Georgia School Blocks Trans Homecoming Queen, Citing Title
IX.
Well shit: Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API
access because of AI bots:
“We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re
grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,” the company noted in its
announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API.
Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13.
Via.