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- on Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing US Medical Costs Higher in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1h ago
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on OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known AI breach of government body in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14h ago
The government can choose to sue (civil) or prosecute individuals/executives (criminal liability).
Assuming there is some legitimate explanation (I’ll be interested in hearing this one!) they likely won’t, but will now establish higher level reporting channels with OpenAI and Anthropic, and perhaps check their important email boxes more often regardless. ;-)
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on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes in c/games@lemmy.world · 4d ago
If Microsoft lets the patent sit idle and refuses to license it to others, it would be a very good thing for a few years. Let’s see what happens, though.
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on Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent on tools developed by the US and China. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Current demand for AI seems anything but slow… do you think this hardware is being hoarded by large buyers, instead of being put to commercial use ASAP?
Whether it takes 3 months or 5 years to pay for itself is a valid Q though, and there is an element of risk that these companies take on with large hardware purchases in a rapidly evolving industry. Ultimately profits will need to cover any debts they take on, and there’s only so much private investment money to go around… I expect to see more consolidation as this plays out.
Owning datacenters with secure energy sources seems like a safe bet though, and is probably the bigger initial investment.
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on Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent on tools developed by the US and China. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5d ago
infrastructure, which will be radically cheaper when the bubble pops
I wouldn’t count on that unless the popping sound is nuclear. Demand for AI is not going anywhere, even when companies fail and investors lose out.
What will improve prices for everyone is better algorithms and more efficient chips for them, helping supply to catch up with demand.
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on OpenAI launches legal-focused AI platform, escalating race for law firm users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5d ago
Too many lawyers already do half-assed work, and they have already been doing it faster with LLMs. Laymen usually won’t know the difference.
If specialist skills and tools can lead to less shoddy results in spite of endemic human incompetence or similar, it will be better for the average consumer of legal services.
And in the hands of competent and engaged lawyers, better tools are a huge boon.
A game changer (already) is that laymen can often now avoid lawyers altogether as complex laws, contractual terms and procedures can now often be explained in plain english/dutch/swahili by chatbots, helping them to make better and timely decisions.
Note: This is a world-wide phenomenon, with judges, paralegals, prosecutors, police, and end users also reaching for or being impacted by AI these days.
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on Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago
The claude shrine is next to the shrine to the flying spaghetti monster in the games room. The two sides compete regularly in billiards and Foosball (Fußball / table soccer).
News at 11!
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on Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
Once again, civil (damages, and likely already settled out of court), and not not criminal (a much higher bar, with prosecutors having to prove criminal intent or negligence, which would have been a flop IMHO).
On the sale itself - HF’s owners believed they could make a killing by selling at the right time for the right price. This was it. They had no trouble saying no to lesser offers in the past, and they said yes to the best one. Personally, I’m happy they didn’t go with Microsoft.
The hat suits you… it would look better with a feather though.
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on Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
I present you with your official tin foil hat. May you wear it proudly!
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on Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
“My agent hacked hugging face” is almost certainly not a civil legal defence in the US, and I wonder why so many people seem to suggest that it is/was (willful ignorance, is my suspicion).
My bet is that OpenAI offered to compensate HF in one way or another (or already does) and an agreement was made.
OTOH a criminal case would likely be an uphill battle, unless criminal negligence could be established.
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on OpenAI announces new slop generator GPT-6 Astra: Unfortunately not any better than the last one in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026
There are a lot of people with limited agency over their own work or personal lives, and are at the receiving end of other people’s decisions.
Resentment can build when they perceive outside forces impacting their lives and personal well-being negatively. Sometimes this comes to define them as a person, in a self-reinforcing spiral of doom.
For most well adjusted people in decent work and social circles, we can take a more nuanced view, being both critical and optimistic as needed, and finding satisfaction in making the world work for us.
Consider yourself privileged.
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on Colorado: to test the 911 service, you must first place a normal call to the 911 center. WTF, they don’t think you might be unable to make normal calls (the very reason you need to test 911)? in c/technology@beehaw.org · 28 Aug 2026
It’s really not that complicated.
They will answer the 911 call, you say this is just a test to ensure the functionality, thank them and then hang up.
Worst case you get some person who complains about the test call, and you calmly explain that you called their non-emergency number beforehand to ensure that it would be OK, thank them, and then hang up.
As for your VOIP location Q: If it has a registered address in another location, you should call that location’s local number. Normally you want the correct address registered though, but you could inform them of this directly, as they probably have a database with notes that pop-up based on the calling number.
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on There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore in c/technology@beehaw.org · 20 Aug 2026
Someone mentioned Fairphone here… which seems to have just that.
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on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026
demonstrated any actual competency in this domain
It may be that he/they have significant competency in this domain, just not publically or under this name/pseudonym.
I’ve personally made contributions under pseudonyms just to avoid employer paperwork/approvals, for projects that I’d rather not have my real name attached to, and for sharing in potentially hostile communities.
I’ve also developed software internal to companies that has never been released publicly.
In short … he doesn’t need to prove his prior credentials to you, me, or anyone. He may have some, he may not.
We can legitimately critique what he/they have done in this project all we like though.
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on Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
Linus seems to be taking a perfectly pragmatic approach, given that AI is not going away short of WW3.
I can imagine some individual sub-system maintainers introducing various AI-roadblocks though.
I also expect this to be increasingly addressed (in general) with model & tooling improvements, giving more weight to higher quality reports and MRs, and more respect for project rules and processes. A mix of soft and hard gates, CLAs, improved early automated bug report & patch reviews and other CI gates.
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on AI: Considerations for people who make decisions (Bert Hubert) in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026
We should use it to replace all those 0-token near-free existing automations, because it’s the future. We just need to connect personal agents to MCPs using admin credentials (or even an admin token vending machine MCP, since LLMs know all the cloud and enterprise APIs already)
AI dividends paying out in 3…2…TABLE NOT FOUND
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on Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026
AI hype and uncertainty is definitely influencing decision making, that’s for sure. If your company doesn’t have strong integrated product and architectural leadership, then managers across the company are probably grasping at straws, hoping to find some meaningful goals and ideas that stick. And lazy leaders, who traditionally rely on Gartner and similar feeds for trends and investment direction, probably think anything AI related is a safer bet than … well, anything else their underlings are proposing.
Hence the need to wrap sound decisions in a layer of AI. It’s BS, and many know it’s BS, but it seems necessary just now.
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on Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026
gwbasic on an XT here. Automate yourself out of that particular job. If not you, someone else probably will, or some expensive outside consultant will identify it for the chopping block. Find something of more value to do within the company, and slap an AI label on it for good measure. You are in the trenches now and you see the dysfunction… It’s likely the same company-wide, so rife with opportunity.
Read: Lawmakers continue to fail to properly regulate the healthcare industry, leading to uncertainty and litigation potential, therefore nytimes points the finger at AI. Another day, another dollar, in first world USA.