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Submission + - BMW Blames Young People for Loss of Real Buttons in New Cars (caranddriver.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

In an interview with CarExpert, Vikram Pawah, the CEO of BMW Group Australia, said that young buyers prefer the newer controls. “We can see that voice and touch are becoming more and more common,” Pawah told the outlet. “Maybe it’s a generational thing as well. You would see that a lot of the younger generation, maybe 45 or below, they’re tapped into these technologies at a faster pace, using voice, using touch.”

This would be somewhat believable if this design only affected cars targeted at young buyers. It does not. Many of BMW are targeted at affluent boomers and Gen X due to high price.

Comment Re:AI will rot our brains (Score 2) 49

by sinij (#66303044) Attached to: Debian is Voting on Whether to Allow AI-Assisted Contributions
I don't think ignoring AI and remaining relevant is an option that is available to Debian, at least insofar as Information Security. AI code analysis in search of vulnerabilities is a significant force multiplier, to the point that we are flooded with CVEs for almost every major commercial product. AI's ability to identify vulnerabilities in existing code is already working very well, ability to preemptively fix these issues during AI-generated code is still being worked on. As such, very soon AI generated code will be a lot more secure than average human-generated code.

Submission + - Simulated shopping sites (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

The cart is full. The items have been picked. The checkout button is waiting. You click "place order" — and then nothing happens. There’s no delivery driver on the way. No charge to your credit card. No package waiting at your door. And that’s the point.

Comment Anecdata (Score 2) 245

by sinij (#66299890) Attached to: Are You Sure You Want a Car With a Giant Touch Screen?
Elderly parents of work acquaintance drive a high-end Buick SUV with wrap-around screen. A few months out of warranty screen died. Replacement part was quoted at about $12,000 and there is no possibility of a used part as these are coded to the car VIN. These are "engine failure" magnitude of issues. Insane, considering most people would be fine with analogue gauge screen and want more physical controls for HVAC.

Submission + - Evidence of the Covid origin cover-up emerging in court (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by Bruce66423
Bruce66423 writes: 'A British zoologist involved in risky bat coronavirus experiments in Wuhan is accused of plotting with a senior US health official to shut down the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab.

'Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans” and promising further gifts, such as dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, US court documents state.

'Morens, 78, a former employee at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and adviser to Dr Anthony Fauci, this week pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.

'He is facing five years in jail. No charges have been brought against Dr Daszak.'

Submission + - American Airlines Changed Passengers' Flights w/o Asking and No Human Oversight (inc.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: In recent years, American Airlines has embraced artificial intelligence. Now the new technology appears to be changing flight tickets.

Earlier this week, columnist Marc Thiessen took to social media to voice his frustration with American‘s rebooking system. He claimed the airline rebooked his connecting flight in Chicago without his knowledge when his inbound flight was delayed. “Since when do you change my itinerary without asking?” Thiessen wrote on X.

The rebooking automation appears to be part of an American Airlines system called AURA (for AUtomated ReAccommodation). The system, which initially rolled out in 2023, is meant to help passengers with their connecting flights. “Our Automated Reaccommodation tool proactively rebooks customers impacted by flight cancellations and delays, and exchanges tickets,” the company said on its site. However, the automated system appears to have negatively impacted more than one traveler.

Below Thiessen’s post, media consultant Beverly Hallberg replied that American had done the same thing to her the day before. “I had to call and switch my connecting flight back to the original itinerary, and I had enough time to do that since we were stuck on the tarmac for so long. But, like you, they didn’t ask,” she wrote on X.

https://x.com/danikkk_wqs/stat...

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