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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images

Russian court denies copyright protection for AI-prompted images

Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry.

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Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real

‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — startup blasts iPhone maker over lawsuit alleging it stole confidential information through ex-Apple employees

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers

Microsoft warns hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks: What to know

After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’: Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises.

You Bought The Car. Why Are You Still Paying For Subscriptions?

Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.

Sixty minutes. That’s how long it took for a private Snapchat message to travel from Kristen Volpe’s phone to the FBI to the deputies standing in her elementary school hallway. On January 29, 2025, the 22-year-old student teacher at John L. Hensey Elementary in Washington, Illinois, vented to her boyfriend and two roommates — three people total — after a student closed her laptop mid-class and wiped her lesson plan. She referenced shooting the student or the school. She meant it as a frustrated joke. Snapchat’s algorithm didn’t get the humor.

No student reported her. No parent. No coworker. The flag was entirely automated. Snapchat’s policy permits voluntary emergency disclosures to law enforcement — no warrant required — when the platform determines imminent harm exists. The algorithm makes that initial call. Think of it like your Ring doorbell deciding to call 911 on its own, except the doorbell is reading your text messages.

Wiki Workers United/Claims and responses

Claim: [Wikipedia’s operators] has not hired a union-busting law firm.

BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would

End of an era: T-Mobile finally closes the door on 2G for good

Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving

How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI. Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not

Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers

Social media algorithms shape the beliefs people form /// Even small changes to content curation algorithms can shape what people come to believe—for better or worse.

cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/social-media-algorithms-shape-the-…

Research Paper.

• Algorithms shape the beliefs people form: Simple changes to content curation algorithms can affect beliefs, consensus, and belief accuracy.
• Personalized engagement-based ranking can be problematic: Although users perceive these feeds positively, they tend to lead to less consensus and less accurate beliefs.
• Consensus is possible: Bridging-based ranking can help promote consensus by surfacing content that receives approval across different groups.
• Belief accuracy can be improved: Intelligence-based ranking can promote more accurate collective and individual judgments.
• Small algorithmic changes can have large effects: Simple changes to how posts are sampled and ranked can substantially influence the beliefs people form.

YouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI Use