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by Dotnaught 2y ago
We can understand animal emotions (mammals at least) reasonably well if we choose to try, and even in the absence of understanding, we can assume, for example, that caged animals would rather be elsewhere. But self-interest (or economic int
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
Google addressed the claims in this paper last year, and one of the authors challenged the company's responses. See: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/24/googles_recaptchav2_l...
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
The Bureau is excellent. One of the few shows where the hacking is relatively realistic (as opposed to magic to advance the plot). The Wire is an apt comparison.
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
Related: String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult' https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-z...
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
So how much did it cost to do this? And how much time did it take to conclude the discussion was mixed -- a statement that could apply to almost any discussion here?
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
Concerns about Honey were raised four years ago by Wladimir Palant: https://palant.info/2020/10/28/what-would-you-risk-for-free-...
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C forked to create memory-safe TrapC(theregister.com)
4 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|1 comments
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AI agent promotes itself to sysadmin, trashes boot sequence(theregister.com)
6 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|0 comments
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
I'd be interested to see whether the Federal Trade Commission sees a problem with privacy policies and disclosures varying on the same website. I think there's a case to be made that the differences in data gathering fall short of
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Defense AI models 'a risk to life' alleges spurned tech firm(theregister.com)
3 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|0 comments
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
FWIW, the post appears to have been restored. The cited original text is visible presently.
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Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats(theregister.com)
79 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|29 comments
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by Dotnaught 2y ago
Apple is often behind. The company's modus operandi is finding ways to improve existing technologies (graphic interface, music player, mobile phone). And it can afford to be slow due to lock-in/customer loyalty.
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Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive schools, study finds(theregister.com)
4 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|2 comments
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Bruce Perens tries to achieve a third impossible thing(theregister.com)
8 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|0 comments
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OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories(theregister.com)
2 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|0 comments
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Boffins deem Google DeepMind's material discoveries rather shallow(theregister.com)
1 points by Dotnaught 2y ago|0 comments
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by Dotnaught 3y ago
See: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/20/dell_rto_mandate/
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How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites(theregister.com)
3 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|0 comments
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Mozilla slams Microsoft for dark patterns that push Windows users toward Edge(theregister.com)
4 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|1 comments
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Simon Willison interview: AI software still needs the human touch(theregister.com)
5 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|0 comments
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by Dotnaught 3y ago
Partially open source (the crypto) and easy to use. Free though not self-hosted: https://wormhole.app/
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Hot fuzz: Cascade finds dozens of RISC-V chip bugs using random data storm(theregister.com)
3 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|0 comments
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by Dotnaught 3y ago
I'd be interested to learn how much each response costs. Setting an LLM lose on the public like this seems like a recipe for cloud bill shock.
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by Dotnaught 3y ago
No.
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JavaScript registry NPM vulnerable to 'manifest confusion' abuse(theregister.com)
15 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|11 comments
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GitHub accused of varying Copilot output to avoid copyright allegations(theregister.com)
5 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|0 comments
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Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers(theregister.com)
2 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|0 comments
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GitHub, Microsoft, OpenAI fail to wriggle out of Copilot copyright lawsuit(theregister.com)
38 points by Dotnaught 3y ago|11 comments
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by Dotnaught 3y ago
Tipping? For doing their jobs? No.

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