I'm still waiting for my bnb...

I too was very skeptical given the few customer service chatbots I've used. But then I needed help from Verizon with the new iPhone I bought.
I was resigned to spending time on hold or in a loop, but the AI they use was pretty well implemented. It tried to help, then when it got stuck it called in it's boss (another AI that makes more money) and this AI sussed out that I needed an agent and presto, an agent was there.
I think as long as these systems are robust and useful, I'm good with them.
The bad ones say they're AI but they're basically a keyword list with lots of canned phrases telling to you reinstall stuff.

I used to use Windows for a few things I couldn't do in Ubuntu, which I greatly prefer.
One day I just asked Claude to help me create a solution to those few Windows programs I used.
It took Claude a couple of hours and now I never need to boot into Windows again. In fact, its a pain since Windows requires 3 reboots every time there's an update and if you use it once a month, you spend a lot of time waiting for the grub and redirecting it.
Freedom from Windows (or Mac for that matter), with all the crap they install, some for marketing, some for clueless users who think adding an emoji is real computer work, is really great!
I'm giving this another couple of months and if I haven't booted into Windows once, I will repurpose the 2T drive it sits on.
I realize this may not work for you if your employer wants everyone on Windows.

Hopefully we will start getting lots of audio clips complete with a transcript of elected officials engaging in dubious behavior.

Why not just use the phone to record. It's just an app away.

I woke up to AI assisted coding over 2 years ago and never looked back.
Claude is the best lab partner I've ever had.
I've forgotten volumes of cryptic syntax and replaced it with lots of dreaming, learning and investigations that previously would have been impractical.
With Claude's help I can very effectively program in Rust despite not knowing it at all.
Anyone not using a coding agent is getting left behind.
The human brain is not built for coding. Our strength is being intuitive, thinking out of the box, using everything we've learned in the past to create new things.

The title bores little relation to the study but it does get people to look at it. I say mission accomplished...f@#kers

Well said. Data collection is the underlying reason why everything seems to be opt-out or the switch well hidden under layers of obscure menus.

There should be strict limits on accessing this data. There will be more cameras and other surveillance tech in the future, not less.
I'm ok with it as long as you need a court order to access the information the same as you would for a physical search.

I think it's even more simple than that. Just wave a couple trillion dollar in the air and see how many people will sell their own mother for it.

Yeah but Apple doesn't care. If you record someone in a public place, the onus is on you. You can't sue a tape recorder manufacturer for illegal recordings.
That said, Apple is treading close to the line. Once they start doing this without the user's consent, then they should be liable.

"arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do little if the same systems remained available or were developed elsewhere."

This is the reason that AI development will not be stopped or even slowed. Yes, we will get some lip service from Sam and Dario but make no mistake, they are pedal to the metal. If we're lucky, there will be an AI caused catastrophe (as in people getting killed) that forces a slowdown. If we're not lucky, welcome to skynet.

How would you feel if one of these cameras was pointed at your house and the cops could access the video anytime they like?

There was a time where I played my games on Windows and did my work on Ubuntu.
I considered Ubuntu more finicky, more trouble than Windows.
I was wrong. Linux is stable and easy to work with, Steam runs just fine.
Windows, has become a bloated monster that takes 3 full reboots to update.
Long live Linux!

A lot of comments are talking about the legal pitfalls, copyright, licensing, etc.
While these are important issues, GCC can't be serious about not allowing people to use AI generated code.
No one doing anything complex with software is writing their own code anymore. (See Andre Karpathy)