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After the rain has paused, someone picks up a blue umbrella by the cafe door and steps into the street.

What begins as a small act of mischief turns into a strange kind of freedom beneath a stolen sky.

"The Blue Umbrella Thief" by HanginIs

#TheBlueUmbrellaThief #Music #AIassisted #HanginIs #행인is

https://open.spotify.com/track/5QDAgZ6WNmUbo9pvvq2cNY?si=34ab2d8a114f49a1

After the rain has paused, someone picks up a blue umbrella by the cafe door and steps into the street.

What begins as a small act of mischief turns into a strange kind of freedom beneath a stolen sky.

"The Blue Umbrella Thief" by HanginIs

#TheBlueUmbrellaThief #Music #AIassisted #HanginIs #행인is

https://open.spotify.com/track/5QDAgZ6WNmUbo9pvvq2cNY?si=34ab2d8a114f49a1

Hot off the press: In a pair of exclusive interviews this month, the founder / CTO and chief technology strategist from #Dynatrace went into deep-dive details about the company's new venture, Bluebox.ai, rolled out this month, which scraps the existing #DevOps lifecycle in favor of a wholly #autonomousAI design.

The two shared how #Bluebox differs from the existing #aiassisted #SDLC, how it builds in quality controls cost-efficiently, and what happens to humans when an #AI system like this takes them out of the loop -- for good.

Check out my Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/exzBknDG

Hot off the press: In a pair of exclusive interviews this month, the founder / CTO and chief technology strategist from #Dynatrace went into deep-dive details about the company's new venture, Bluebox.ai, rolled out this month, which scraps the existing #DevOps lifecycle in favor of a wholly #autonomousAI design.

The two shared how #Bluebox differs from the existing #aiassisted #SDLC, how it builds in quality controls cost-efficiently, and what happens to humans when an #AI system like this takes them out of the loop -- for good.

Check out my Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/exzBknDG

Associated Press: New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash. “A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker’s ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex […]

Associated Press: New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash. “A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker’s ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex […]

Georgia Recorder: In partisan times, are data centers the one thing to unite people. “We live in intensely partisan times. Depending on the poll and the year, there are either slightly more or less either self-avowed Democrats or Republicans in the nation. The partisanship manifests itself in everything from support or opposition for the war in Iran to the opinions in the way local elections […]

Georgia Recorder: In partisan times, are data centers the one thing to unite people. “We live in intensely partisan times. Depending on the poll and the year, there are either slightly more or less either self-avowed Democrats or Republicans in the nation. The partisanship manifests itself in everything from support or opposition for the war in Iran to the opinions in the way local elections […]

Reuters: US court revives lawsuit claiming AI software fueled price-gouging by New Jersey casinos . “A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a proposed antitrust class action that alleges ​major casino operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, ‌used an AI-powered revenue management platform to coordinate on room prices and overcharge guests.”

Reuters: US court revives lawsuit claiming AI software fueled price-gouging by New Jersey casinos . “A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a proposed antitrust class action that alleges ​major casino operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, ‌used an AI-powered revenue management platform to coordinate on room prices and overcharge guests.”

Reuters: Alabama updates ethics guidance for lawyers amid worries about AI misuse. “The Alabama State Bar said lawyers using artificial intelligence cannot charge clients for hours saved by the technology but can bill for time they spend reviewing and ​exercising their judgment over AI-generated work, according to new guidance issued this week.”

Reuters: Alabama updates ethics guidance for lawyers amid worries about AI misuse. “The Alabama State Bar said lawyers using artificial intelligence cannot charge clients for hours saved by the technology but can bill for time they spend reviewing and ​exercising their judgment over AI-generated work, according to new guidance issued this week.”

Engadget: Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini . “The award-winning team behind Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold program is no more, according to Financial Times. Google has reassigned most of the team’s key members and the original authors of its papers, while a few others have already left the company. AlphaFold is an AI program that can accurately […]

Engadget: Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini . “The award-winning team behind Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold program is no more, according to Financial Times. Google has reassigned most of the team’s key members and the original authors of its papers, while a few others have already left the company. AlphaFold is an AI program that can accurately […]

Euronews: AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda sourced from EU-sanctioned outlet. “AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs). Mainstream large language models (LLMs) such as Google Gemini have reportedly cited pro-Russian propaganda from an EU-sanctioned […]

Euronews: AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda sourced from EU-sanctioned outlet. “AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs). Mainstream large language models (LLMs) such as Google Gemini have reportedly cited pro-Russian propaganda from an EU-sanctioned […]

TechSpot: Professor’s invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI. “Modern problems require modern solutions – according to the meme. In this case, the issue is students using AI to cheat on assignments. The solution, used to great effect by one professor, was to hide a white-colored font in the assignment prompt telling the AI to talk nonsense about an […]

TechSpot: Professor’s invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI. “Modern problems require modern solutions – according to the meme. In this case, the issue is students using AI to cheat on assignments. The solution, used to great effect by one professor, was to hide a white-colored font in the assignment prompt telling the AI to talk nonsense about an […]

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

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.”