BobTheBoozer

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Fears UK not ready for deepfake general election - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

The threat posed to democracy by AI-generated misinformation does not belong to some dystopian vision of the future, he argues.

"The future is here. It's happening.

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Brianna Ghey: The young killers who tried to get away with murder - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

"The planning, the violence and the age of the killers is beyond belief,"

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Yeah, leave the button (9gag.com)
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What a #$%¢π (lemmy.world)
 
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Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as extremist (www.theguardian.com)
 

The British were once admired for their statesmanship and tolerance... all gone under Conservative leadership.

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Gimp banned from wearing a gimp suit in public and 'crawling, wriggling or writhing on the ground' for five years (news.sky.com)
 

Guess we have something to look forward to in 2028.

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Euro data watchdog bans Meta's use of personal data for ads (www.theregister.com)
 

Could be an interesting 2 weeks.

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Tory MP sacked from Government job for urging PM to back Gaza ceasefire (www.independent.co.uk)
 

If you need another reason to not vote Tory!

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Romanian X-Files. Exactly 5 years ago, an incredible incident occurred in Romania. Scientists are still wondering what it was. (9gag.com)
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Instead of showing you posts from people you follow, the platform now defaults to a “For You” mode filled with grifters, recycled memes, idiots, AI hustlers, cat videos, car accidents and far-right influencers."

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Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit (www.theguardian.com)
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Two years later, Facebook's rebrand as Meta looks smart—with a caveat (www.fastcompany.com)
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Private Eye magazine (photos.app.goo.gl)
UK Covid deaths are on the rise again, but keep calm and keen on shopping. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One day traveling London = 3 days in bed (at time of writing) with COVID.

Genetic tester 23andMe’s hacked data on Jewish users offered for sale online in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This company should be sued/fined out of existence as an example to others.

Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see two inevitable problems;

  1. we outsourced this to you because it was cheaper, if you're using ChatGPT what do we need you for?

  2. companies want people to buy stuff, but if you significantly reduce the workforce you also reduce the availability of funds to buy stuff

Liberal groups seek to use the Constitution's insurrection clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some people will vote for Trump just to see the world burn

Scrapping housebuilder water pollution rules in England to cost taxpayer £140m in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Please support this petition to stop this... the Tories have ruined our seas, now they plan to ruin our rivers, all for their wealthy friends. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-builders-polluting-our-rivers?

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