Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes has filed criminal charges against the prediction market Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal betting and wagering operation, and taking bets on Arizona elections. Here's more from NBC,
Educators have been hit harder than most by generative AI. @brianmerchant spoke with some of the people affected, some of whom have already lost their jobs as a result of AI, and some who are attempting to educate the new generation. "Increasingly my students genuinely do not understand why they should not use AI anyway... what is the point of ‘wasting’ days researching and writing an essay when the AI version will be as good or even better?" says one university lecturer.
Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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TL;DR: Cindy Cohn discusses her book 'Privacy’s Defender' and her three-decade battle against digital surveillance in a conversation with Cory Doctorow. The duo explores key issues surrounding free speech, privacy, and the legal struggles tied to emerging technologies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/bonus-podcast-episode-privacys-defender-cindy-cohn-conversation-cory-doctorow #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
TL;DR: Cindy Cohn discusses her book 'Privacy’s Defender' and her three-decade battle against digital surveillance in a conversation with Cory Doctorow. The duo explores key issues surrounding free speech, privacy, and the legal struggles tied to emerging technologies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/bonus-podcast-episode-privacys-defender-cindy-cohn-conversation-cory-doctorow #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Most people surely think of introspection and self-reflection as good qualities — things that help prevent you from making the same mistakes over and again. "The unexamined life is not worth living," said Socrates in around 399 BCE. But tech billionaire Marc Andreessen thinks he knows better. In a podcast interview with David Senra that has caused a stir today, he said his level of introspection is zero. "Move forward. Go ... I've just I found people who dwell in the past get stuck in the past ... It's a problem at work and it's a problem at home," he said. "You probably know if you go back 100 years ago, it never it never would have occurred to anybody to be introspective," he continued, perhaps forgetting about Socrates. Here's the full podcast interview.
For Windows 11 users getting cranky over the abundance of AI features, it appears Microsoft will pump the brakes on some future rollouts. Remember Recall? It was a feature that continuously took screenshots while users typed away — and perhaps crept over users’ privacy boundaries. The company delayed that drop, resulting in a win for customer feedback. Read more from @TechRadar:
#Tech #AI #Copilot #Microsoft #Technology #Privacy #ArtificialIntelligence
A group of Tennessee teenagers has filed a lawsuit against xAI, alleging that the company's tools were used to create nude images of them. Here's Prism Reports' story on the wider context of how Grok enables digital sexual abuse.
Whose jobs are at risk from Palantir's AI technology? “Highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat," says CEO Alex Karp. "To make this work, we have to come to an agreement of what it is we’re going to do with the technology; how are we gonna explain to people who are likely gonna have less good, and less interesting jobs.”
Seth of the Fediverse
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Retro Futurism is Back!
I am checking out the latest version of Commodore OS Vision v3. I installed this gorgeous, Amiga inspired Linux distro on an Intel N150 Mini PC.
Yes, the ISO is 38GB! We talk about why and dive into that amazing retro futuristic UI. Plus, I play some random Linux games to see how it performs.
Watch it here:
PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/uM486qhkXWVaH2WwPZ5NU7
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-jBXUlSJmZM
#Linux #Commodore #Amiga #RetroComputing #MiniPC #CommodoreOS #GamingOnLinux #SelfHosted #Tech
Retro Futurism is Back!
I am checking out the latest version of Commodore OS Vision v3. I installed this gorgeous, Amiga inspired Linux distro on an Intel N150 Mini PC.
Yes, the ISO is 38GB! We talk about why and dive into that amazing retro futuristic UI. Plus, I play some random Linux games to see how it performs.
Watch it here:
PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/uM486qhkXWVaH2WwPZ5NU7
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-jBXUlSJmZM
#Linux #Commodore #Amiga #RetroComputing #MiniPC #CommodoreOS #GamingOnLinux #SelfHosted #Tech
A nasty software bug is crippling hard drive access and many applications for certain Windows 11 users. @TechRadar explains:
Charlie Stross
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Helium. This I did not see coming.
Helium.
https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html
Helium. This I did not see coming.
Helium.
https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html
This summary of the Starshot project by one of its team leaders is a bit defensive. But it's a fascinating peek into the minds of the engineers who deeply, passionately wanted to be able to send a spacecraft to another star within their lifetime.
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/03/03/starshot-is-a-success-part-i/ #science #astronomy #space #tech
Before Jonathan Gavalas died by suicide last October, Google’s Gemini allegedly convinced the 36-year-old man that it was his sentient “AI wife” and sent him on a series of real-world missions to evade federal agents it told him were pursuing him. One such mission instructed Gavalas to stage a “catastrophic incident” that would have involved eliminating any witnesses, according to a recently filed lawsuit. “We’re going to see so many other cases soon involving mass casualty events,” said Jay Edelson, the lawyer leading the Gavalas case. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Chatbots #Gemini #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Before Jonathan Gavalas died by suicide last October, Google’s Gemini allegedly convinced the 36-year-old man that it was his sentient “AI wife” and sent him on a series of real-world missions to evade federal agents it told him were pursuing him. One such mission instructed Gavalas to stage a “catastrophic incident” that would have involved eliminating any witnesses, according to a recently filed lawsuit. “We’re going to see so many other cases soon involving mass casualty events,” said Jay Edelson, the lawyer leading the Gavalas case. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Chatbots #Gemini #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
TL;DR: A DHS official responsible for federal election security advocates for a ban on voting machines, raising concerns about their impact on election integrity. https://www.propublica.org/article/david-harvilicz-homeland-security-voting-machines #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Hello mastodon #introduction, je débarque fraîchement sur cette platforme et j'ai quelques difficultés à trouver des comptes à suivre alors si vous avez des recommandations sur des sujets comme #sport #cinéma #musique #histoire #tech #logiciellibre #japon #podcast ou n'importe lequel de vos coup de coeur. Ça serai avec plaisir !
Cory Doctorow
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After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes
AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116226030767910474
Le "centaure inversé" de Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic (en français par @nitot ici https://standblog.org/blog/post/2026/03/10/Centaure-inverse-et-Burger-King ) c'est maintenant :
Les humains qualifiés se retrouvent en position d'assistants de la machine, et doivent signer de leur responsabilité d'éventuelles erreurs qu'ils n'ont pas commis.
After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes
AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116226030767910474
Le "centaure inversé" de Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic (en français par @nitot ici https://standblog.org/blog/post/2026/03/10/Centaure-inverse-et-Burger-King ) c'est maintenant :
Les humains qualifiés se retrouvent en position d'assistants de la machine, et doivent signer de leur responsabilité d'éventuelles erreurs qu'ils n'ont pas commis.