651: Inci Dont’s

651: Inci Dont’s

Humane AI chargers go up in flames; Google scales back AI Overviews; we've all been pwnd; Windows Recall a Category 5 s-storm; Microsoft downsizes mixed reality division; leaked Google privacy incidents; ChatGPT AI hype & reckless race for dominance; AI fake stories in NewsBreak; parental control over kids social media; Shutterstock cashing in; Instagram testing in-feed ads you can't scroll past; SpaceX new milestones; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Jim Henson: Idea Man; the Acolyte; music react videos; Spotify raising prices even though "content costs near zero"; expensive Boba Fett dolls; Joshua T. Calvert's Hard Science Fiction; Erik Larson; content, content, content.


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FOLLOW UP

After its reputation went up in flames, Humane warns users its charging case may too

If you aren't seeing AI Overviews in your search results, it's probably thanks to Google


IN THE NEWS

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI

The Ultimate Infostealer … Microsoft Recall?

Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

Analysts join the call for Microsoft to recall Recall

Microsoft announces layoffs and restructuring in its mixed reality division

EU accuses Micrsoft of secretly collecting children's data

Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents

The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in A.I. Hype

OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance

OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT

This Week in AI: Ex-OpenAI staff call for safety and transparency

Intro thread by Daniel Kokotajlo

A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - The Decade Ahead by Leopold Aschenbrenner (PDF)

Popular US news app accused of using AI to make up fake stories

US agencies to probe AI dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI

New York is about to give parents more control over their kids' social media feeds

Shutterstock Made $104 Million Licensing Assets to AI Devs Last Year

Meta is testing a new ad in the Instagram feed that you can't scroll past

Vengeful Club Penguin Hackers Reportedly Steal 2.5 GB of Disney’s Data

SpaceX soars through new milestones in test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built

Boeing's new Starliner capsule carrying 2 astronauts safely docks with space station


MEDIA CANDY

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Godzilla Minus One

Jim Henson: Idea Man

The Acolyte

‘3 Body Problem’ to End With Season 3 on Netflix

Alien: Romulus

Nathan Brown Music

Canada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers


APPS & DOODADS

Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again

Max Announces New Price Increases for Ad-Free Plans

YouTube is putting new age restrictions on gun videos

This Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Is Officially the World's Most Valuable Vintage Toy


AT THE LIBRARY

The Object: Hard Science Fiction by Joshua T. Calvert

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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