Michigan girl in Germany talking about: Politics, Religion, Art, Beauty, Equality, Star Trek, STO, Pansexuality, and Things I Should Probably Not Be Saying Out Loud.
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Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696
www.abc.net.auFacebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait contentAn ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.posted in Technology
Spotify Execs Bet People Will Pay for AI-Generated Music
gizmodo.com/spotify-execs-bet-people-will-pay-for-ai-music-stock-price-plunges-2000794327
GizmodoSpotify Execs Bet People Will Pay for AI-Generated MusicThe company is going all in on AI features, including AI-generated songs, to turn free users to paid.posted in Technology
Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters
www.businessinsider.com/google-earth-nano-banana-gemini-ai-satellite-image-generation-function-2026-7
Business InsiderGoogle Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disastersGoogle pulled its AI image-editing feature from Google Earth within 24 hours of its launch, after users created deepfakes depicting disasters.Replying to @starchylemming@lemmy.world
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PricewaterhouseCoopers just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic research
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TechSpotPwC just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic researchThe AI hallucinations were confirmed by multiple leading publications, including the Financial Times. The so-called "Thought Leadership" reports were intended to articulate PwC's insights into some of...posted in Technology
Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents
Residents of Dowagiac, Michigan, just filed a lawsuit against a data center that allegedly generates a high-pitched whining sound — and has done so 24/7 for the past two years.
The data center, which is owned by Alliance Cloud Services LLC, a subsidiary of Hyperscale Data, used to be an industrial building that sat behind a row of pine trees across the street from the most affected residents, according to ABC-affiliateWXYZ. The site started development in 2018 and was eventually turned into a cryptocurrency mining center in 2021. But in 2024, something changed drastically when the building started emitting noise pollution around the clock. Residents say it sounds like a vacuum cleaner in their living room, and the company has offered to buy up homes from unhappy residents.
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/it-sounds-like-someone-set-up-a-vacuum-like-in-your-living-room-michigan-residents-sue-ai-data-center-emitting-noise-24-7-company-fined-for-industrial-noise-ordinance-violations-offers-to-buy-homes-from-residents
Tom's Hardware'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room': Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residentsSome residents have been there for almost 100 yearsGenerative AI Is an Engineering Disaster. A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai-engineering-disaster/687901/
The AtlanticGenerative AI Is an Engineering DisasterA shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar projectJudge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn
www.404media.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/
404 MediaJudge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its PornThe judge found that Meta’s attempt to blame the pirating of thousands of Vixen.com and Tushy.com porn videos on rogue employees “strains credulity.”