Fascinating read here based on extraordinary OSINT journalism via @ericszeto.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Me and the homies are gonna slouch towards Bethlehem later if you wanna come through. Yeah we're going to see how wide the gyre is it's supposed to be nuts

good piece that took the time to actually look into this -- i'm still seeing stories saying the crowds are totally fake, when they were in fact real, just still photos (likely) boneheadedly run through AI to turn into a video. what a world!

every new story like this convinces me more that the cat is entirely, irrecoverably out of the bag with these systems. no amount of guardrails or consulting with experts will ever fix this. they built a product designed to make people reliant on it emotionally/mentally, and that's the original sin

this story raises an important point that is too often completely ignored in discussions around "AI psychosis" etc.: conversational LLMs are products designed to maximize engagement from users, like any app

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For months, Kick has been the home of bizarre, degrading livestreams of wannabe influencers abusing a man for money. This week, he died on one of the streams. www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

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This is the inside story of how Tea's male founder convinced millions of women to share their most intimate secrets on his app, then exposed those secrets in devastating security breaches www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

GPS hacking, power grid attacks, deepfake scams. You’re not ready for what’s coming next, but in this WIRED special edition, we take a look at the attacks of the future so at least you'll know what to expect: 🧵 wrd.cm/3FpD4YW

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today i saw someone wearing a faded Reddit t shirt and orange shorts and orange Reddit slides and i haven’t even fully processed it yet

you: god, a sequel to The Thing? is anything sacred anymore in this marvel hellscape! me: doing a blood sacrifice for one more carpenter/Russell matchup before one of them goes

Striking film and TV writers say it's now or never to fight back against AI being used to devalue workers: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9gkq/striking-writers-are-on-the-front-line-of-a-battle-between-ai-and-workers

real "sorry. im sorry. im trying to remove it" situation here trying to post a link that doesnt look horrendous

a nice thing about bluesky is actually using my domain name for something lol

everyone is hating on the UK's french fries-chinese food takeaway combo, but i am bravely saying i would proper tuck into a spicebag m8 https://www.tiktok.com/@nasti_2k/video/7227561269325253914?lang=en

this landlord protest could not possibly be funnier (or more dire). tag urself, i'm "tenant (evil)" https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3v3k/my-property-my-rights-landlords-bravely-protest-to-evict-people-faster

ok he cooked with this one

mama we made it