#aiassisted — Public Fediverse posts

Mashable: Google’s AI Overview still can’t spell, and the internet is very aware of it. “Google’s AI tools remain abysmal at answering questions about spelling, having gone viral two years ago for responding to the question ‘how many r’s are in the word strawberry?’ incorrectly. But it’s still bad. On Tuesday, X user Naomi Rohatyn tested the large language model’s (LLM) current ability to […]

Doc Searls: From Losing the Web to Saving Us All. “Everybody in the surveillance-fed advertising fecosystem already regards personal privacy as a bug, not a feature. With Big AI, the plan is to modernize that fecosystem by moving human cattle onto corporate ranches, where they can be observed more closely than ever, and advertised at with far more accuracy. This, the thinking goes, should […]

Gizmodo: Google Is in Full-On Damage Control Over Its New Health App. “If there’s one thing you don’t want to screw around with as a tech company, it’s apps. Just ask Sonos, which literally had to fire its CEO and start anew over fallout from a botched app update. Google apparently didn’t get that memo because its recent shift from the Fitbit app to the newly christened Google Health […]

Michigan Advance: Federal class-action lawsuit filed over Dowagiac data center noise. “As a Las Vegas-based company plans to expand its data center operations in Michigan, residents living near its current facility are taking them to court, citing constant, noisy operations.”

Forward Kentucky: Questions grow about who will pay the cost for big data centers in Kentucky . “The state is well positioned to evaluate and proactively address how increased needs for electricity and water could affect costs for ratepayers, the impacts of incentive programs on state and local budgets, and whether and to what extent these projects benefit the communities in which they are […]

University of Edinburgh: ‘Big AI’ influence on laws and oversight mapped. “Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin, TU Delft and Carnegie Mellon University analysed news articles for evidence of methods used to control the narrative and influence policy measures related to AI. They identified 27 established patterns of ‘corporate capture’ – a process by […]

The Verge: Google’s AI is sometimes confused if 2027 is next year.. “As noted on Bluesky, if you search ‘is it 2027 next year,’ Google’s AI Overviews occasionally state that 2027 is two years from now.”

Reuters: Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats. “Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don’t withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn’t close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale.”

Florida International University: When a chatbot feels easier than talking to a person. “Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately. For people who are lonely, overwhelmed or afraid of being misunderstood, that can feel comforting. But […]

Florida International University: When a chatbot feels easier than talking to a person. “Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately. For people who are lonely, overwhelmed or afraid of being misunderstood, that can feel comforting. But […]

Florida International University: When a chatbot feels easier than talking to a person. “Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately. For people who are lonely, overwhelmed or afraid of being misunderstood, that can feel comforting. But […]

Florida International University: When a chatbot feels easier than talking to a person. “Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately. For people who are lonely, overwhelmed or afraid of being misunderstood, that can feel comforting. But […]

Florida International University: When a chatbot feels easier than talking to a person. “Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately. For people who are lonely, overwhelmed or afraid of being misunderstood, that can feel comforting. But […]

ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

PC Mag: DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Installs After Google Goes All-In on AI Search at I/O. “At I/O last week, Google announced its biggest Search upgrade in 25 years, but few seem impressed by its new AI features. Since the event, users have been flocking to DuckDuckGo, a rival search engine that lets them disable AI features altogether.” I hope some of them are checking out the alternatives I […]

PC Mag: DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Installs After Google Goes All-In on AI Search at I/O. “At I/O last week, Google announced its biggest Search upgrade in 25 years, but few seem impressed by its new AI features. Since the event, users have been flocking to DuckDuckGo, a rival search engine that lets them disable AI features altogether.” I hope some of them are checking out the alternatives I […]

The Register: Rogue states are putting AI agents to work on sanctions evasion. “The future of sanctions evasion appears to involve fewer shady middlemen and considerably more rented GPUs, according to a new RUSI report on how rogue states are using AI to fake identities, automate shell companies, and launder crypto at scale.”

Texas A&M: AI’s growing footprint raises fire safety challenges for data centers. “Led by Dr. Qingsheng Wang and chemical engineering Ph.D. students Tylee Kareck and Chi-Yang Li, researchers from Texas A&M University are investigating an unexpected threat to data centers — increased fire risk. In a recent collaborative publication with George Washington University and the University of […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

MakeUseOf: Wikipedia may have built the best AI writing detection guide. “Wikipedia’s Signs of AI Writing page isn’t an app or a checklist. It’s just a simple page, meant primarily for Wikipedia’s own articles written in wikitext. But even outside the encyclopedia, it might help you eyeball the next piece of AI writing you come across.”

Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

Associated Press: America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices. “After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, many schools are facing a digital reckoning. Classrooms have become saturated with screens, and a growing number of parents, teachers and school districts are saying it is time to scale back.”

Business Insider: Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify the money spent on AI tokenmaxxing. “A top Uber exec said AI is not giving the company bang for its buck. In a Rapid Response interview released on Saturday, Uber’s operations chief, Andrew Macdonald, said it was becoming harder to justify AI costs within the company.”

Asahi Shimbun: Science school opens base for 24/7 testing by AI, robots. “Amid intensifying global competition to accelerate scientific research using artificial intelligence, the Institute of Science Tokyo has opened a base where AI tools and robots will conduct fully automated research and experiments.”

KXAN: Sharon Osbourne to release AI avatar of late husband Ozzy Osbourne. “Ten months after legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne died, his family is working to keep his memory alive. Sharon Osbourne, his wife, and Jack Osbourne, his son, are working to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar of the Prince of Darkness.”

KXAN: Sharon Osbourne to release AI avatar of late husband Ozzy Osbourne. “Ten months after legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne died, his family is working to keep his memory alive. Sharon Osbourne, his wife, and Jack Osbourne, his son, are working to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar of the Prince of Darkness.”

KXAN: Sharon Osbourne to release AI avatar of late husband Ozzy Osbourne. “Ten months after legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne died, his family is working to keep his memory alive. Sharon Osbourne, his wife, and Jack Osbourne, his son, are working to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar of the Prince of Darkness.”

KXAN: Sharon Osbourne to release AI avatar of late husband Ozzy Osbourne. “Ten months after legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne died, his family is working to keep his memory alive. Sharon Osbourne, his wife, and Jack Osbourne, his son, are working to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar of the Prince of Darkness.”

KXAN: Sharon Osbourne to release AI avatar of late husband Ozzy Osbourne. “Ten months after legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne died, his family is working to keep his memory alive. Sharon Osbourne, his wife, and Jack Osbourne, his son, are working to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar of the Prince of Darkness.”

Mississippi Today: Gov. Reeves releases Mississippi artificial intelligence guide. “Gov. Tate Reeves has released the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, a document that outlines the state’s priorities with artificial intelligence and provides guidance to help Mississippians of all ages learn about and prepare for the AI economy.”

Mississippi Today: Gov. Reeves releases Mississippi artificial intelligence guide. “Gov. Tate Reeves has released the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, a document that outlines the state’s priorities with artificial intelligence and provides guidance to help Mississippians of all ages learn about and prepare for the AI economy.”

Mississippi Today: Gov. Reeves releases Mississippi artificial intelligence guide. “Gov. Tate Reeves has released the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, a document that outlines the state’s priorities with artificial intelligence and provides guidance to help Mississippians of all ages learn about and prepare for the AI economy.”

Mississippi Today: Gov. Reeves releases Mississippi artificial intelligence guide. “Gov. Tate Reeves has released the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, a document that outlines the state’s priorities with artificial intelligence and provides guidance to help Mississippians of all ages learn about and prepare for the AI economy.”

Mississippi Today: Gov. Reeves releases Mississippi artificial intelligence guide. “Gov. Tate Reeves has released the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework, a document that outlines the state’s priorities with artificial intelligence and provides guidance to help Mississippians of all ages learn about and prepare for the AI economy.”

Search Engine Journal: Reddit CEO: LLMs ‘Would Not Exist’ Without Reddit Data. “Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said large language models ‘would not exist as we know them’ without Reddit’s content. He called the platform’s user-generated data ‘modern oil’ for AI. Huffman made the comments during an interview at Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit.”

The Register: Google is cannibalizing the web to feed AI. “Search assumes source visibility and invites searchers to consider whether they trust sites enough to visit them. It demands mental engagement and decision-making to move from a list of results to query resolution. That’s a role people should play. AI presents an answer, one that’s so easy to accept it comes with a reminder to […]

Idaho Capital Sun: ‘Going green now for who?’ Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center. “Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet growing regional energy demand, and the project developers tout its potential to one day power up to half a million homes without sending harmful greenhouse gases into the […]

Idaho Capital Sun: ‘Going green now for who?’ Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center. “Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet growing regional energy demand, and the project developers tout its potential to one day power up to half a million homes without sending harmful greenhouse gases into the […]