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Re: Texting while walking makes college students more likely to fall

Andre Oosthuizen11-Aug-23 1:22

Andre Oosthuizen

11-Aug-23 1:22

Depends whether you are using maps whilst texting and walking, it will never let you down. Laugh | :laugh:

Re: Texting while walking makes college students more likely to fall

Joe Woodbury11-Aug-23 8:56

Joe Woodbury

11-Aug-23 8:56

(I pull my old man card)

Back in my day, reading while walking had mixed results

Re: Texting while walking makes college students more likely to fall

Kent Sharkey11-Aug-23 9:03

Kent Sharkey

11-Aug-23 9:03

I still think I was more aware reading while walking that some of these texters are. Or even just the people reading on a cell phone.

TTFN - Kent

Re: Texting while walking makes college students more likely to fall

Nelek11-Aug-23 10:16

Nelek

11-Aug-23 10:16

Kent Sharkey wrote:
I still think I was more aware reading while walking that some of these texters are. Or even just the people reading on a cell phone.

I agree, not sure why, but looking at a screen makes to pay less atention to the surroundings than looking at a book / paper

M.D.V.

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Let’s co-create! Your voice matters

Kent Sharkey10-Aug-23 7:31

Kent Sharkey

10-Aug-23 7:31

Visual Studio[^]:
We want to celebrate the suggestions you’ve made and the time you have invested in giving feedback to help build Visual Studio.

But did they listen to me when I suggested a custom icon generator function?

Google AI red team lead says this is how criminals will likely use ML for evil

Kent Sharkey10-Aug-23 7:31

Kent Sharkey

10-Aug-23 7:31

The Register[^]:
Prompt injection, data poisoning just to name a couple

In related news, criminals say "thank you" to Google AI red team

Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as 'not a superconductor at all'

Kent Sharkey10-Aug-23 7:31

Kent Sharkey

10-Aug-23 7:31

The Register[^]:
Enthusiasm over the purported room temperature superconductor LK-99 is waning further as more research teams are unable to reproduce the original findings. In fact, one at a US university has concluded it is not a superconductor at all.

Is it at least an above average conductor?

Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Nelek9-Aug-23 10:45

Nelek

9-Aug-23 10:45

Ars Technica[^]
Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon and Goodreads resisted removing the faux titles until the author's complaints went viral on social media.

It was getting too long... Sigh | :sigh:

And of course the big companies moving a finger only for PR... D'Oh! | :doh:

M.D.V.

Re: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Mike Hankey9-Aug-23 11:19

Mike Hankey

9-Aug-23 11:19

No wonder SAG is so worried, fraid they might get upstaged.

When you have little talent you worry that someone, or in this case something will take what little you have.

I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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Re: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

raddevus10-Aug-23 5:33

raddevus

10-Aug-23 5:33

Do you know Clifford Stoll of CUCKOO'S EGG - Kindle edition by Stoll, Clifford. Tracking A Spy Through a Maze of Computer Espionage[^] fame?

Well, he makes klein bottles and sells them on amazon[^] and went through a thing where Amazon ignored him for a long period of time.
It's a fascinating story that most people don't know about.

Amazon won't help Klein bottle seller after another company hijacks his product listing with a blackhead remover[^]

Klein bottle[^] wikipedia.

Of course, for amazon they just take a percentage of all sales and it is work to track these things down so for the most part they just don't care who is selling as long as someone is generating sales and generating money for them.

Re: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Nelek10-Aug-23 15:11

Nelek

10-Aug-23 15:11

raddevus wrote:
for the most part they just don't care who is selling as long as someone is generating sales and generating money for them.

that's why I said only moving a finger once PR is involved... bad PR is bad for sales

M.D.V.

Re: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Amarnath S11-Aug-23 5:10

Amarnath S

11-Aug-23 5:10

AI telling the publisher - "To sell more, you better publish what I write, in the name of the author I choose".

modified 11-Aug-23 10:37am.

“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 10:46

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 10:46

Ars Technica[^]:
Downfall affects all processors based on the Skylake, Kaby Lake, Whiskey Lake, Ice Lake, Comet Lake, Coffee Lake, Rocket Lake, and Tiger Lake architectures, along with a handful of others.

I so appreciate these "researchers" finding these flaws

I suppose it's better than the black hat folk figuring them out

No one tell Hitler, he'll get so upset. (I'd be surprised if there isn't a version of "that video" by the end of the week)

Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 10:01

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 10:01

The Guardian[^]:
The tech company’s latest proposal about generative AI turns copyright law on its head, and could especially hurt smaller content creators, say experts

That 'no' really fell off the corporate slogan, didn't it?

Re: Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

Nelek9-Aug-23 10:59

Nelek

9-Aug-23 10:59

Kent Sharkey wrote:
That 'no' really fell off the corporate slogan, didn't it?

The slogan is "Don't be evil", they just didn't write the rest... The full version is: "Don't be evil, be greedy instead"

M.D.V.

Re: Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 11:03

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 11:03

Not "No be evil?" Dang, I really need another cup of scotch today. Sigh | :sigh:

TTFN - Kent

Re: Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

David O'Neil9-Aug-23 16:45

David O'Neil

9-Aug-23 16:45

Are you sure it isn't "Don't be (just) evil, be greedy as well"

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Re: Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

TNCaver10-Aug-23 9:22

TNCaver

10-Aug-23 9:22

I thought it was "Do no evil."

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
- Thomas Sowell

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)

Re: Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out

Nelek10-Aug-23 15:09

Nelek

10-Aug-23 15:09

Me too but google says the other one, even in the pics of one of their complex is written in the wall

M.D.V.

Google, OpenAI team up with the White House for cybersecurity challenge

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 9:46

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 9:46

The Verge[^]:
The “AI Cyber Challenge,” announced at the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, is meant to pair experts with AI models produced by Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI to develop systems to identify and fix software vulnerabilities.

"The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do."

Re: Google, OpenAI team up with the White House for cybersecurity challenge

Nelek9-Aug-23 10:56

Nelek

9-Aug-23 10:56

I hope that if the find and solve some, they don't distribute the fixes via MS Updates... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

Java FFM API “Project Panama” likely to exit preview in JDK 22

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 9:31

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 9:31

Dev Class[^]:
A goal of the new FFM API is to “replace the brittle machinery of native methods and JNI with a concise, readable, pure-Java API.”

"FM, no static at all"

Microsoft Visual Studio Code flaw lets extensions steal passwords

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 8:46

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 8:46

Bleeping Computer[^]:
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credential managers.

Good thing no one uses extensions with that editor

Re: Microsoft Visual Studio Code flaw lets extensions steal passwords

Nelek9-Aug-23 10:53

Nelek

9-Aug-23 10:53

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Good thing no one uses extensions with that editor

As long as you don't use the malicious ones... Big Grin | :-D

M.D.V.

What's going on with Moq? SponsorLink and burnt soil!

Kent Sharkey9-Aug-23 8:46

Kent Sharkey

9-Aug-23 8:46

Steven Giesel[^]:
The famous Moq library faced some criticism due to the usage of SponsorLink.

Are they mocking us?

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