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We know therapy is important to a lot of people, and not everyone can afford it or find the right mental-health professional. But bear in mind, LLMs like OpenAI's GPT-4 don't respond well to the sharing of traumatic experiences, according to this study By @bvig.bsky.social

Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma

Devastating news for the US scientific community, as NSF staffers explained to me:

National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future

It's pretty brazen for someone who decided it was a good idea to fly their #drone above an active #wildfire, resulting in an mid-air collision with a firefighting aircraft, to blame #DJI for not properly geofencing him to prevent the flight. Take some responsibility, dude.

Jelena Perfiljeva @jelenaatlarge.bsky.social · 2y ago

Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft

Not to be a shill but @theregister.com still offers top notch writing on the tech subjects amidst all the madness. Bonus: amusingly unhinged comments from the UK readers that would cause some pearl-clutching on this side of the ocean. 😀 www.theregister.com

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Jessica Lyons@jessicalyons.bsky.social · 2y ago

This one’s sure a doozy

You get to be CxO and you get to be CxO and you and you and you. The Register's @bvig.bsky.social covers more big moves by the Trump administration.

CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern

Cyber agency too 'far off mission,' says incoming boss Kristi Noem America's lead cybersecurity agency on Friday made one final scream into the impending truth void about election security and the role CISA plays in maintaining it.…

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Tim Vickery@timmytimmytimmytim.bsky.social · 2y ago

🤦‍♂️

We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨

What's this hot garbage in my Google Docs? I don't want Gemini to help me write, and I don't see an option to disable it. Yuck.

Ok, I get it. I have to buy a new calendar. Now please stop shooting guns and lighting off fireworks. You’re scaring my cats.

Amazon told me the move was to protect their drivers - oh, so NOW they care

Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries

ditchpony @ditchpony.bsky.social · 2y ago

Holding out hope for my friends in #SouthKorea, where I was lucky enough to live for a year when I was in the US Army. Frightening development given Yoon seems to be unpopular, being investigated for corruption, and trying desperately to hold on to power.

South Korea's President Declares Martial Law: Live Updates

President Yoon Suk Yeol made the extraordinary declaration after months of being deadlocked with his political opposition.

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claustrophobia is so stupid. let Santa get married.

Jessica Lyons@jessicalyons.bsky.social · 2y ago

Oh, those buckets. So leaky!

EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with security researcher and discoverer of open databases Jeremiah Fowler about finding 600k+ sensitive files containing thousands of people's criminal histories, background checks, vehicle and property records exposed to the internet in a non-password protected S3 bucket.

Houston Chronicle@houstonchronicle.com · 2y ago

Ah, yes - book bans. A sure-fire method of preventing curious teenagers from engaging with subversive material. Worked with DARE and abstinence-only education ... right? #readbannedbooks

Katy ISD has banned 14 new books since the start of the school year in August. Several of the titles have been in circulation for more than 60 years. trib.al/P7Mm7gk

Ah, the holiday shopping season: When everyone I've ever bought something from sends me an email to remind me to get off their mailing list. #merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!

It’s the Catholic Church putting it on, but it still feels sacrilegious.

AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church

New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case

Probably not intentional, but '150 person-hours' of work were still lost The New York Times has filed a letter in its copyright infringement case against OpenAI and Microsoft, alerting the court that the ChatGPT maker accidentally deleted a bunch of…

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AI being pushed from the top down just isn’t working - here’s yet another study that finds workers aren’t ready to embrace garbage tech that can’t deliver on productivity promises. Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.

Job seekers call BS on the workplace AI revolution

Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize

This was pretty inevitable after its lawyers admitted in court that the giveaway wasn't random Elon Musk and his America PAC have been sued for allegedly lying about their $1 million election lottery after letting slip in a court hearing earlier this…

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When they tell you who they are, believe them

Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform

Sure, it’s disturbing to hear from an #llm, but it makes for entertaining reading. And writing.

Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' after helping with his homework

The new Secretary of Earth Defense:

A Borg Cube from Star Trek: The Next Generation in orbit of Earth, menacing the planet

You’ll never guess what’s getting recalled again. Ok, yeah, it’s the Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again

Pinch me, I must be dreaming: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The satirical newspaper plans to shutter Jones’ InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.

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John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y ago

Geez, guess I oughta close up shop over there too?

This is a thing of beauty