Comment Funny! "Pivot Away From Newspaper Journalism" (Score -1, Troll) 26
Not much pivoting left to do, the AP went full on Activist Group long ago!
Comment Re:'Entertainment Purposes Only' (Score 1) 62
"we can throw co-pilot on the same pile as" No! No! No! it is now an integral part of everything Microsoft and can not be removed.
Comment Funny! Maybe Microsoft needs to tell Microsoft! (Score 1) 62
"Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Purposes Only,' According To Microsoft's ToS" and "The machine learning-based intelligent rollout has expanded to all devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11"
believe what Microsoft says "consumer grade for consumer tasks".
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believe what Microsoft says "consumer grade for consumer tasks".
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Claude Code Leak Reveals a 'Stealth' Mode for GenAI Code Contributions - and a 'Frustration Words' Regex (pcworld.com) 38
That leak of Claude Code's source code "revealed all kinds of juicy details," writes PC World.
The more than 500,000 lines of code included:
- An 'undercover mode' for Claude that allows it to make 'stealth' contributions to public code bases
- An 'always-on' agent for Claude Code
- A Tamagotchi-style 'Buddy' for Claude
"But one of the stranger bits discovered in the leak is that Claude Code is actively watching our chat messages for words and phrases — including f-bombs and other curses — that serve as signs of user frustration." Specifically, Claude Code includes a file called "userPromptKeywords.ts" with a simple pattern-matching tool called regex, which sweeps each and every message submitted to Claude for certain text matches. In this particular case, the regex pattern is watching for "wtf," "wth," "omfg," "dumbass," "horrible," "awful," "piece of — -" (insert your favorite four-letter word for that one), "f — you," "screw this," "this sucks," and several other colorful metaphors... While the Claude Code leak revealed the existence of the "frustration words" regex, it doesn't give any indication of why Claude Code is scouring messages for these words or what it's doing with them.
The more than 500,000 lines of code included:
- An 'undercover mode' for Claude that allows it to make 'stealth' contributions to public code bases
- An 'always-on' agent for Claude Code
- A Tamagotchi-style 'Buddy' for Claude
"But one of the stranger bits discovered in the leak is that Claude Code is actively watching our chat messages for words and phrases — including f-bombs and other curses — that serve as signs of user frustration." Specifically, Claude Code includes a file called "userPromptKeywords.ts" with a simple pattern-matching tool called regex, which sweeps each and every message submitted to Claude for certain text matches. In this particular case, the regex pattern is watching for "wtf," "wth," "omfg," "dumbass," "horrible," "awful," "piece of — -" (insert your favorite four-letter word for that one), "f — you," "screw this," "this sucks," and several other colorful metaphors... While the Claude Code leak revealed the existence of the "frustration words" regex, it doesn't give any indication of why Claude Code is scouring messages for these words or what it's doing with them.
Comment Good bye anonymity! (Score 1) 43
"If you don't verify your age, then you'll be treated as a child or teenager" so every adult will now be properly marked for surveillance and monitoring. Which will allow for better ad targeting and higher data value when sold.
Comment cleaning things up! Great! (Score 3) 33
Re secured things Good! But the real problem is not this remote repo! The real problem is "using" remote repos that are out of your control!
Fun Fun "downloaded roughly 100 million times per week and is present in about 80% of cloud and code environments"
Fun Fun "downloaded roughly 100 million times per week and is present in about 80% of cloud and code environments"
Comment Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues (Score 3, Interesting) 69
Just Microsoft being Microsoft, Hey! never mind the pot holes in "The machine learning-based intelligent rollout" they are there by design.
Comment Don't Sweat it! (Score 1) 136
Microsoft products are broken by design! Microsoft builds consumer grade products. Broken! It is a feature!
Comment Well Duh! (Score 1) 31
when your depended on others and they fail, it is always you who gets stranded.
Comment Re:Suuure (Score 1) 103
Putin is 73. Khamenei is 56, although apparently injured by the attack that killed his father.
Comment Re:Time for a tax. (Score 1) 97
Then you get USians complaining about the rest of the world freeloading and non-USians complaining that they're not getting paid.
Comment Re:If payment's required to access open-source sw (Score 1) 97
Depends on the model. Wix (the Windows installer builder, not the website builder) has switched to a model whereby the source is always available for free but they charge for compiled binaries.
Comment Age verfication could mean one thing. (Score 1, Insightful) 53
Attach a credit card and provide all user(s) data demanded then jump through the required hoops repeatedly as required to maintain access.
The trial lawyers and the corporations will work this all out, it just involves the proper financial transactions. After all, this is all for the children!
The trial lawyers and the corporations will work this all out, it just involves the proper financial transactions. After all, this is all for the children!
Comment Funny! (Score 2) 49
"Three emergency fixes in eight days does not shout reliability era." Just Microsoft being Microsoft, consumer quality for consumer tasks.
Comment It is advertising! Of course it is a lie! (Score 1) 59
Advertising is always a lie, marinated in just enough misdirection to suggest hope that there is value for the customer.
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