Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year
5h 14m ago in technology from arstechnica.comIt's not news that they are losing money, but it is news that they are losing tremendously more money than they were previously losing.
Dozens of Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO's speech
7h 14m ago in technology from www.bbc.com2 hectopeople or 1.6 decadozen
200 is over sixteen dozens
Google is testing a new CAPTCHA that asks you to make hand gestures on camera
9h 52m ago in technology from cybernews.comYou just know that video is going to be turned into training data of some kind or another. I think visual and audio versions will be around forever, and I hear that you can enter inaccurate words in the audio prompt and still get through. Might as well train it funny if you must train it at all.
SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion
13h 16m ago in technology from www.businessinsider.comDon't worry, the losses will go straight to the retirement funds.
$60 billion.
Minecraft was acquired for 2.5 billion in 2014.
ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time
15h 16m ago in technology from techcrunch.comIf OpenAI's numbers are true, more usage means more cash burn. And more competition means companies have to fight to offer the best deals to customers, meaning more cash burn.
Now if the market was reasonable...
FOSS Discord alternative Fluxer releases v2
21h 55m ago in privacy@programming.dev from fluxer.appIs this a review for v2?
Looks like they offer a self-hostable version, which is probably the point.
Apparently The Real Reason Anthropic’s Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge
1d 58m ago in technology from www.techdirt.comThere was no refusal beyond refusal to take responsibility. Dario said said he never complained about things like bombing schoolchildren. And he's horny for mass surveillance, just not of Americans (selective surveillance is okay though).
that's more than Google or OpenAI, both of whom were audibly salivating to supplant them.
I quoted Warfighter Dario salivating to help too. It's in bold. Don't be fooled by his slimy lies.
Might as well say Google truly does care about your privacy because they say they'll never sell your data.
Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak, says researcher
1d 3h ago in technology from www.theregister.comYou're mostly right but I have a small correction (after getting the "red lines" burned into my retinas):
- Anthropic only drew the line at fully autonomous weapons - aka the ones where the launch order would be their responsibility. Semi-autonomous ones (e.g. with a soldier hitting the "go" button at the end) were still a-ok
- And they only refused mass domestic surveillance, i.e. targeted surveillance of locals (and of course mass surveillance of people abroad) was still on the table
Leaving Mozilla
2d 3h ago in firefox@fedia.io from blog.unitedheroes.netUruky search: European, private, AI-free Kagi alternative
12d 2h ago in deGoogle@lemmy.ca from uruky.comMotorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes
19d 7h ago in technology@lemmy.zip from 9to5google.comTop positions in Mozilla occupied by former Facebook ad/marketing execs
20d 24m ago in firefox@fedia.io from goblin.bandChicago Police Officers Responded Faster to 911 Calls After ShotSpotter Surveillance Was Removed
20d 1h ago in privacy@programming.dev from news.wttw.comThe FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget
21d 17h ago in firefox from media.piefed.socialThe FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget
21d 17h ago in firefox@fedia.io from media.piefed.socialApple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'
26d 4h ago in technology@piefed.social from www.businessinsider.comAI Shake to Summarize now coming to Firefox Android
1mon 13d ago in firefox from media.piefed.socialWoman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court
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