#aiassisted — Public Fediverse posts

FARK: Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart. “Initially I couldn’t believe Google could be so dumb to kill the thing it makes literally all its money from, but lately I’ve arrived at another conclusion: Google knows it’s killing the open web and is doing it on purpose. There’s no way no one at Google realizes what’s happening. There’s no way this hasn’t been brought up internally in […]

FARK: Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart. “Initially I couldn’t believe Google could be so dumb to kill the thing it makes literally all its money from, but lately I’ve arrived at another conclusion: Google knows it’s killing the open web and is doing it on purpose. There’s no way no one at Google realizes what’s happening. There’s no way this hasn’t been brought up internally in […]

TechCrunch: Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows. “AI search is rapidly becoming the default, whether users like it or not. In just a year’s time, Google’s AI-generated answers in search, known as AI Overviews, have gone from appearing in 15% of searches to 43%, according to a new report, driving a shift in how web users consume information online.”

TechCrunch: Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows. “AI search is rapidly becoming the default, whether users like it or not. In just a year’s time, Google’s AI-generated answers in search, known as AI Overviews, have gone from appearing in 15% of searches to 43%, according to a new report, driving a shift in how web users consume information online.”

Source NM: As Gallup officials respond to recent flooding, they say an AI news outlet is getting in the way. “Local officials said in addition to grappling with natural disasters, they were also responding to a new AI news outlet named Prism McKinley County that they say has regularly published false and misleading information in a time of crisis. For instance, within the last week, Prism […]

Source NM: As Gallup officials respond to recent flooding, they say an AI news outlet is getting in the way. “Local officials said in addition to grappling with natural disasters, they were also responding to a new AI news outlet named Prism McKinley County that they say has regularly published false and misleading information in a time of crisis. For instance, within the last week, Prism […]

Dartmouth College: Working to Combat Propaganda in Overlooked Languages. “Anew study led by Fabrice Niyigaba ’27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda’s 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans.”

Dartmouth College: Working to Combat Propaganda in Overlooked Languages. “Anew study led by Fabrice Niyigaba ’27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda’s 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans.”

Chicago Sun-Times: Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.. “Cicero officials believe there could be plans in the works for a data center to replace the Hawthorne Race Course, which recently closed after 135 years of horse racing. In a symbol of how unpopular data center developments have become, the trustees of the near western suburb are expected to […]

Chicago Sun-Times: Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.. “Cicero officials believe there could be plans in the works for a data center to replace the Hawthorne Race Course, which recently closed after 135 years of horse racing. In a symbol of how unpopular data center developments have become, the trustees of the near western suburb are expected to […]

The Current Georgia: Gov. Kemp backs Georgia data centers despite worries about AI’s risks. “Gov. Brian Kemp weighed in on the rush to develop artificial intelligence, calling the technology ‘scary’ while also welcoming data centers to Georgia and criticizing others who would pause their development.”

The Current Georgia: Gov. Kemp backs Georgia data centers despite worries about AI’s risks. “Gov. Brian Kemp weighed in on the rush to develop artificial intelligence, calling the technology ‘scary’ while also welcoming data centers to Georgia and criticizing others who would pause their development.”

Texas Tribune: Texas’ multibillion-dollar sales tax exemption for data centers is growing, while audits lag. “Texas’ multibillion-dollar estimate for what it will lose on sales tax breaks for data centers is growing, but the Comptroller’s Office warned lawmakers on Monday they have little information about whether data centers are meeting their promises to be eligible for the exemption.”

Texas Tribune: Texas’ multibillion-dollar sales tax exemption for data centers is growing, while audits lag. “Texas’ multibillion-dollar estimate for what it will lose on sales tax breaks for data centers is growing, but the Comptroller’s Office warned lawmakers on Monday they have little information about whether data centers are meeting their promises to be eligible for the exemption.”

Search Engine Journal: Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex. “Anthropic told TechCrunch that share links will appear in search results only if people post them in accessible locations for crawlers, and that links sent through private messages won’t be indexed…. Google spokesperson Ned Adriance stated that search engines do not determine which pages are made public, and that […]

Search Engine Journal: Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex. “Anthropic told TechCrunch that share links will appear in search results only if people post them in accessible locations for crawlers, and that links sent through private messages won’t be indexed…. Google spokesperson Ned Adriance stated that search engines do not determine which pages are made public, and that […]

76ers Welcome LeBron James With Two-Year Deal https://www.rawchili.com/nba/797226/ #AiAssisted #Basketball #Cavaliers #championship #Cleveland #ClevelandCavaliers #ClevelandCavaliers #contract #JaylenBrown #JoelEmbiid #LeBronJames #NBA #Philadelphia76ers #TyreseMaxey

Tokyo Reporter: AI fortunetelling scammers fleecing victims of up to ¥500,000 for fake exorcisms. “A post-pandemic surge in loneliness and social anxiety has swollen Japan’s fortunetelling market to a staggering 1-trillion-yen industry. But behind this ‘Reiwa-era fortune-telling boom,’ malicious operators are increasingly weaponizing Artificial Intelligence to empty the wallets of vulnerable […]

Tokyo Reporter: AI fortunetelling scammers fleecing victims of up to ¥500,000 for fake exorcisms. “A post-pandemic surge in loneliness and social anxiety has swollen Japan’s fortunetelling market to a staggering 1-trillion-yen industry. But behind this ‘Reiwa-era fortune-telling boom,’ malicious operators are increasingly weaponizing Artificial Intelligence to empty the wallets of vulnerable […]

Toronto Star: This politician made an embarrassing blunder. The reaction from the masses gives me hope. “I was pleasantly surprised to see all these negative reactions to Oliver outsourcing his role to a robot. They expose, I think, a growing divide in our society: between the elites, who are only too happy to delegate their duties to the Borg; and the masses, who find this objectionable. The […]

Toronto Star: This politician made an embarrassing blunder. The reaction from the masses gives me hope. “I was pleasantly surprised to see all these negative reactions to Oliver outsourcing his role to a robot. They expose, I think, a growing divide in our society: between the elites, who are only too happy to delegate their duties to the Borg; and the masses, who find this objectionable. The […]

Phantasmag: Guillermo del Toro Says “Absolutely No Goddamn AI” Was Used in Pan’s Labyrinth 4K Re-Release: “We Are Protecting a Lineage of Art”. “Guillermo del Toro has emphatically declared that ‘absolutely no goddamn AI’ was used in the upcoming 4K and 3D re-release of Pan’s Labyrinth. ‘It’s more expensive — I don’t care,’ he said to applause at San Diego Comic-Con. “What […]

Phantasmag: Guillermo del Toro Says “Absolutely No Goddamn AI” Was Used in Pan’s Labyrinth 4K Re-Release: “We Are Protecting a Lineage of Art”. “Guillermo del Toro has emphatically declared that ‘absolutely no goddamn AI’ was used in the upcoming 4K and 3D re-release of Pan’s Labyrinth. ‘It’s more expensive — I don’t care,’ he said to applause at San Diego Comic-Con. “What […]

Hollywood Reporter: QVC Hosts Vote to Unionize Amid Concerns Over Generative AI. “During the election, 37 hosts voted to join the national performers’ union while nine voted against, resulting in about 80 percent support. All full-time and part-time QVC and HSN hosts employed at the company’s West Chester, Pennsylvania headquarters, working across linear television as well as livestream and […]

Hollywood Reporter: QVC Hosts Vote to Unionize Amid Concerns Over Generative AI. “During the election, 37 hosts voted to join the national performers’ union while nine voted against, resulting in about 80 percent support. All full-time and part-time QVC and HSN hosts employed at the company’s West Chester, Pennsylvania headquarters, working across linear television as well as livestream and […]

Financial Times: Universities drop AI detection tools over fears about accuracy . “Universities, determined to maintain integrity following the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022, have turned to applications with AI-detection features such as GPTZero, Copyleaks and Turnitin. The tools analyse features such as text structure and rhythm to identify non-human patterns, but their reliability — […]

Financial Times: Universities drop AI detection tools over fears about accuracy . “Universities, determined to maintain integrity following the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022, have turned to applications with AI-detection features such as GPTZero, Copyleaks and Turnitin. The tools analyse features such as text structure and rhythm to identify non-human patterns, but their reliability — […]

University of North Carolina: AI makes it easier to explore fish files. “[Chris] Bizon and his team are trying to develop an agent using a multimodal large language model — AI that can process multiple types of data like text, images, audio and video at once — to transcribe these handwritten notes and infer the latitude and longitude for where each specimen was discovered.”

University of North Carolina: AI makes it easier to explore fish files. “[Chris] Bizon and his team are trying to develop an agent using a multimodal large language model — AI that can process multiple types of data like text, images, audio and video at once — to transcribe these handwritten notes and infer the latitude and longitude for where each specimen was discovered.”

Poynter: A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI. “Like many large technology platforms, Facebook now relies heavily on automated AI systems to detect accounts and pages it believes violate its policies. On July 11, it shut down The Bloomingtonian page, telling the publisher/editor/reporter Jeremy Hogan ‘the Page, or activity on it, may misuse our platform to pretend to be a […]

Poynter: A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI. “Like many large technology platforms, Facebook now relies heavily on automated AI systems to detect accounts and pages it believes violate its policies. On July 11, it shut down The Bloomingtonian page, telling the publisher/editor/reporter Jeremy Hogan ‘the Page, or activity on it, may misuse our platform to pretend to be a […]

New York Times: What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram. This link goes to a gift article. “What happened to the Hansons was a case of artificial intelligence gone wrong. The technology is increasingly responsible for deciding which accounts broke Meta’s content rules while also managing the appeals for those decisions. Adding to people’s distress, it is […]

New York Times: What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram. This link goes to a gift article. “What happened to the Hansons was a case of artificial intelligence gone wrong. The technology is increasingly responsible for deciding which accounts broke Meta’s content rules while also managing the appeals for those decisions. Adding to people’s distress, it is […]

Reuters: Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week. “The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according ​to people familiar with the investigation.”

Reuters: Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week. “The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according ​to people familiar with the investigation.”

CNBC: U.S., other nations back open-source AI with ‘strong security’ at China summit. “Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates.”

CNBC: U.S., other nations back open-source AI with ‘strong security’ at China summit. “Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates.”

Tony Romo Arrested For DUI After Golf Tournament https://www.rawchili.com/5055013/ #AiAssisted #CBS #DallasCowboys #dui #golf #TonyRomo #Wisconsin #WisconsinStateAmateurGolfChampionship

WNBA Execs Question Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s Future https://www.rawchili.com/5054946/ #AiAssisted #CathyEngelbert #CBANegotiations #leadership #NapheesaCollier #WNBA

https://www.fogolf.com/1333470/tony-romo-arrested-for-dui-after-golf-tournament/ Tony Romo Arrested For DUI After Golf Tournament #AiAssisted #CBS #DallasCowboys #DUI #Golf #GolfNews #TonyRomo #Wisconsin #WisconsinStateAmateurGolfChampionship

NFL Sets Date For Super Bowl LXII In Atlanta https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/954317/ #AiAssisted #ArthurBlank #Atlanta #AtlantaFalcons #AtlantaFalcons #Falcons #Football #MercedesBenzStadium #NFL #RogerGoodell #SuperBowlLXII

Defending Champs Open Training Camps https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/954303/ #2026Season #AiAssisted #Football #LumenField #NewEnglandPatriots #NFL #Seahawks #Seattle #SeattleSeahawks #SeattleSeahawks #SuperBowl #TrainingCamps

Duke-Michigan Hoops Clash Called Off https://www.rawchili.com/nba/794717/ #AiAssisted #AmazonPrimeVideo #Basketball #BroadcastRights #CollegeSports #Duke #Michigan #NBA

The Register: GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team. “Starting July 27, the Microsoft-owned code forge is overhauling its bug bounty program with a two-tier system that cuts rewards for public submissions while dangling much fatter payouts to a new invite-only group of researchers with proven track records.”

The Register: GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team. “Starting July 27, the Microsoft-owned code forge is overhauling its bug bounty program with a two-tier system that cuts rewards for public submissions while dangling much fatter payouts to a new invite-only group of researchers with proven track records.”

Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

Spotted in my Snaps: scrapemychats. This link goes to a GitHub page. “ChatGPT’s business and Team accounts often have no ‘Export data’ button — the one-click archive that personal accounts get is simply missing, and there’s no official way to take your conversation history with you when the workspace is closed or your subscription is cancelled. scrapemychats fills that gap: it exports every […]

Spotted in my Snaps: scrapemychats. This link goes to a GitHub page. “ChatGPT’s business and Team accounts often have no ‘Export data’ button — the one-click archive that personal accounts get is simply missing, and there’s no official way to take your conversation history with you when the workspace is closed or your subscription is cancelled. scrapemychats fills that gap: it exports every […]

US National Science Foundation: New NSF initiative aims to unlock dataset value for AI-enabled scientific discovery. “The U.S. National Science Foundation announced the NSF Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery program, a new investment to advance scientific community datasets and enable discovery and innovation using artificial intelligence and other methods in national […]

US National Science Foundation: New NSF initiative aims to unlock dataset value for AI-enabled scientific discovery. “The U.S. National Science Foundation announced the NSF Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery program, a new investment to advance scientific community datasets and enable discovery and innovation using artificial intelligence and other methods in national […]

Ars Technica: Unlimited AI tokens aren’t unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply. “A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged that nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, members of the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) received an email informing them that they were burning through tokens, and needed to […]

Ars Technica: Unlimited AI tokens aren’t unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply. “A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged that nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, members of the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) received an email informing them that they were burning through tokens, and needed to […]

Gizmodo: ChatGPT Health Rolls Out to Everyone While OpenAI Stares Down Major Lawsuits. “By giving the chatbot access to your medical records and Apple Health data, ChatGPT users across the country aged 18 and up will be able to consult it for advice on anything from diet and workout routines to understanding medical test results.” Oh HELL no.

Spectrum News: Ohio business says inaccurate Google AI summary of store is hurting sales. “About a week ago, [Chanel Bush] said a customer told her that the Google AI summary of the store wrongfully claimed the bookshop was permanently closed and located at an incorrect address a few doors down. The customer, who trusted the AI summary, said it prevented her from visiting the store a few weeks […]

Texas A&M: AI-powered tool aims to aid communication for people with autism and dementia. “Researchers are developing an AI-driven platform that learns each person’s unique behaviors and communication styles to enable more personalized interventions for children with autism and people living with dementia.”

Bleeping Computer: Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity hit by sandbox escapes. “Security researchers broke out of the sandboxes in four widely used AI coding agents, including Cursor, OpenAI’s Codex, Google’s Gemini CLI and Antigravity, without attacking the sandbox head-on.”

Georgia Tech: Researchers Use GeoGuessr Champion to Test Geolocation Accuracy in VLMs. “GeoGuessr is a geography browser game launched in 2013 that invites players to guess the location of random Google Street View images. [Radu] Casapu was already known as one of the top players in the world before he won the third annual GeoGussr World Championship in September. At the beginning of the spring […]

Wall Street Journal: Google Study Says AI Is Helping Workers, Not Replacing Them. “The researchers point out that the use of AI doesn’t necessarily mean workers accomplished what they set out to do, or saved time or money. The researchers characterized the use of AI as “shallow”—in most occupations, workers are only using AI for a relatively small slice of the tasks they do.”