Zuckerberg’s Meta is planning to populate Facebook and Instagram with AI-created “members”. Oh joy. From Rolling Stone. (4 clicks to get through the ads.)
Category: politics
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Teen Use of Social Media in the US
Bryan Alexander has been watching teens and universities and how they use technology. Here is his latest update on social media.
I’m guessing hte federated media (Mastadon and Bluesky mostly) are too small to figure here. Hopefully that will change.
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Liar, liar, pants on AI
“The paper adds to a small but growing body of evidence that today’s most advanced AI models are becoming capable of strategic deception.”
From Time Magazine, 3 days before publication of the article. Is this interpretation inflammatory or just exaggerated?
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Watch your Ps and Questionable Garbage
“Under Fukushima’s new rules, if the rubbish remains unsorted for a week, city workers can go through it and try to identify the offenders via items such as mail. The violators will be issued a verbal warning, followed by a written advisory, before the last resort: having their names published on the government website.”
From BBC.
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Seaweed for Cows
Got too much red algae? Feed it to the cows. It reduces methane by 40%.
