Technology

U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative and, with Arcee, Unveils Genesis-Science-1 — Its First Open-Weight Model for Scientific Research

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1321502/u-s-department-of-energy-launches-the-genesis-open-models-initiative-and-with-arcee-unve

DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1322510/deepmind-s-weathernext-model-achieves-breakthrough-forecasting-cyclones

As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1323150/as-ai-therapists-dish-out-advice-california-lawmakers-try-to-set-some-limits

• The use of chatbots has exploded over the last two years, and people are increasingly turning to them for mental health advice.

• SB 903 would ban advertising chatbots as therapy and add rules for AI use in formal health spaces.

SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels

U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative

‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: Internal documents show how tech executives captured children’s attention

Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country

cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1275280

Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules

Furious residents packing city-council meetings have become a familiar scene as proposals for data centers spark backlash in towns across America. But in Gilroy, Calif., known as the world’s garlic capital, there’s a twist: The $2 billion facility that residents are railing against is already being built.

“Many if not most residents first learned about this project after construction had already begun,” Coleen Crew, an elementary-school teacher, told the council at a recent meeting.

There were no public meetings or votes before a lone city staffer gave Amazon the green light last July to build a 438,500-square-foot data center on 56 acres of farmland 30 miles south of San Jose.

Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic

€2.99 or €3.49? Proton VPN's Pricing Test Exposed

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/50434194

Proton VPN’s pricing page exposed an ab-test identifier linked to two VPN Plus prices: €2.99/month (70% off) and €3.49/month (65% off). Repeated testing produced B → A → B → A → B, with the variant matching the rendered price each time. €12 difference over 24 months.

Microsoft admits it force-installed AI-powered OneDrive on Windows 11, says it's not training on your faces (really)

How VPNs really work: Protocols, safety and myth - Sentient Rant

Meta fined for $567 Mn for failing to protect minors on its platforms

Roblox Tanked $9 Billion In A Single Day After The Company Admitted It Was Directing Fewer Kids Toward Viral Games That ‘Emphasize Short-Term Monetization’

'This Is Unbelievably Scummy' - GTA 6 Fans Are Annoyed By Netflix's Paywalled Extended Look at the Game

SEC bought access to over a billion airline records to track travelers, no warrant required

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

Tech volatility hits highest since dot-com bust next to S&P 500 | Fortune

New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.

A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night