Comment Re:Not loving it (Score 1) 46
Jet Engines are as efficient as the steam turbine generators used at power plants.
Comment Is 250MM punitive at all for Apple? (Score 1) 37
That's something like 47 minutes of profit for the company. Is it really going to dissuade bad behavior in the future? I think not.
Submission + - The Audio Industry Is Grappling with the Rise of 'Podslop' (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Welcome to the modern era of podcasting in which thousands of new shows are released into the world every day with a sizable portion likely being AI-generated. Figuring out exactly which ones fall into that growing category is becoming more difficult just as the industry is starting to take this issue seriously. In only the past month or so, Amazon launched a feature that explains a product by generating a quasi-podcast, complete with co-hosts talking to each other and taking questions from users. Shout out to Business Insider reporter Katie Notopoulos for spotting this (and, naturally, demoing it with an adult diaper rash-cream). Not long ago, Nicholas Thompson, chief executive officer of the Atlantic, noted “podslop” dominated his Spotify search results when he typed in the word “Sora.” This was around the time that OpenAI shut down its user-generated, AI-content-only app.
[...] All of which raises some big, difficult questions. For one, what should the listening platforms do about this incursion? As of right now, Apple Podcasts requires creators who generated a “material portion” of their show using AI to disclose it. The platform also bans misleading or deceptive content. Spotify hasn’t published any specific guidelines around AI, though it maintains general rules around dangerous and misleading content. Where this conversation gets even trickier is when it comes to money. Many of these podcasts are hosted on at least one free service that allows programs to opt into their ad marketplace with zero barrier to entry, meaning these shows (and the hosting service) profit off every listen or download. Spreaker, a company owned by iHeartMedia, is the primary one to watch here. Though it tells users to disclose when they rely on AI, it still allows those shows to opt into its programmatic ad marketplace, which pays creators 60% of the revenue generated by the ads placed in their shows. It stands to reason that most of these thousands of shows don’t reach many people. But in the aggregate, the ears and dollars could add up. Are the advertisers on board with being next to AI-generated content, some of which might be deemed “slop?”
[...] All of which raises some big, difficult questions. For one, what should the listening platforms do about this incursion? As of right now, Apple Podcasts requires creators who generated a “material portion” of their show using AI to disclose it. The platform also bans misleading or deceptive content. Spotify hasn’t published any specific guidelines around AI, though it maintains general rules around dangerous and misleading content. Where this conversation gets even trickier is when it comes to money. Many of these podcasts are hosted on at least one free service that allows programs to opt into their ad marketplace with zero barrier to entry, meaning these shows (and the hosting service) profit off every listen or download. Spreaker, a company owned by iHeartMedia, is the primary one to watch here. Though it tells users to disclose when they rely on AI, it still allows those shows to opt into its programmatic ad marketplace, which pays creators 60% of the revenue generated by the ads placed in their shows. It stands to reason that most of these thousands of shows don’t reach many people. But in the aggregate, the ears and dollars could add up. Are the advertisers on board with being next to AI-generated content, some of which might be deemed “slop?”
Submission + - Cisco releases open-source 'DNA test for AI models' (scworld.com)
spatwei writes: Cisco released an open-source tool to trace the origins of AI models and compare model similarities for great visibility into the AI supply chain.
The Model Provenance Kit, announced Thursday, is a Python toolkit and command-line interface (CLI) that looks at signals such as metadata and weights to create a “fingerprint” for AI models that can then be compared to other model fingerprints to determine potential shared origins.
“Think of Model Provenance Kit as a DNA test for AI models,” Cisco researchers wrote. “[] Much like a DNA test reveals biological origins, the Model Provenance Kit examines both metadata and the actual learned parameters of a model (like a unique genome that comprises a model), to assess whether models share a common origin and identify signs of modification.”
The tool aims to address gaps in visibility into the AI model supply chain. For example, many organizations utilize open-source models from repositories like HuggingFace, where models could potentially be uploaded with incomplete or deceptive documentation.
The Model Provenance Kit, announced Thursday, is a Python toolkit and command-line interface (CLI) that looks at signals such as metadata and weights to create a “fingerprint” for AI models that can then be compared to other model fingerprints to determine potential shared origins.
“Think of Model Provenance Kit as a DNA test for AI models,” Cisco researchers wrote. “[] Much like a DNA test reveals biological origins, the Model Provenance Kit examines both metadata and the actual learned parameters of a model (like a unique genome that comprises a model), to assess whether models share a common origin and identify signs of modification.”
The tool aims to address gaps in visibility into the AI model supply chain. For example, many organizations utilize open-source models from repositories like HuggingFace, where models could potentially be uploaded with incomplete or deceptive documentation.
Comment Phew! Thank god there are alternatives (Score 1) 30
Man I'm really glad my favorite BBS has a web search gateway. I just upgraded to a 19.2k modem so I'm ready to keep blazing the trail on the world wide web! Now what was the name of that IRC server...
Submission + - A 22-Year-Old Dropout Just Reverse-Engineered The World's Scariest AI (forbes.com)
ZipNada writes: When Anthropic introduced its powerful new model, Claude Mythos, this spring, companies and countries freaked out. The general-purpose model, its creators claimed, could discover software vulnerabilities that no one knew existed.
Rather than release Mythos to the world, the company gave it to cybersecurity experts at major companies that build or maintain critical software infrastructure and told them to use it to find and fix bugs before Anthropic unleashed it on the world.
But less than two weeks later, 22-year-old developer Kye Gomez made educated guesses about the core design that makes Claude Mythos so powerful and published OpenMythos, a public project that approximates Anthropic’s breakthrough. Gomez’s code raced through the research community like a prairie fire.
This story has several startling implications: if a self-taught developer can reverse-engineer the structural innovation of a multi-billion-dollar lab in a matter of days, then the proprietary moat around AI architecture may already be gone.
Rather than release Mythos to the world, the company gave it to cybersecurity experts at major companies that build or maintain critical software infrastructure and told them to use it to find and fix bugs before Anthropic unleashed it on the world.
But less than two weeks later, 22-year-old developer Kye Gomez made educated guesses about the core design that makes Claude Mythos so powerful and published OpenMythos, a public project that approximates Anthropic’s breakthrough. Gomez’s code raced through the research community like a prairie fire.
This story has several startling implications: if a self-taught developer can reverse-engineer the structural innovation of a multi-billion-dollar lab in a matter of days, then the proprietary moat around AI architecture may already be gone.
Submission + - Physicists just found a tiny flaw in time itself (sciencedaily.com) 1
alternative_right writes: Physicists are rethinking one of quantum mechanicsâ(TM) biggest puzzles: how fuzzy possibilities become definite reality. New research suggests that spontaneous âoecollapseâ processesâ"possibly linked to gravityâ"could subtly blur time itself.
Comment Re:He's an idiot but he still won two elections (Score 2) 287
Yep, to your point, it wasn't Trump who won two elections, it's Democrats that lost two elections that the electorate would have handed to them on a silver platter had they simply not continued to ignore the concerns of 80% of democratic voters in favor of a system that continues to punish poor people for trying not to be poor.
Comment Help with ethical queries... (Score 3, Insightful) 162
... and you're going to ask... Christians?
Comment Re: 5x86 DX/133 (Score 1) 132
That would defeat the entire purpose of keeping that machine alive.
Comment Re:Typical Stupidity (Score 2) 132
You are welcome to continue development on support for the 486 if you need continued support for it. The kernel is open source and you can easily clone yourself a local repo and continue 486 support maintenance while merging in new features as time goes on.
Comment 5x86 DX/133 (Score 1) 132
My very first linux box, which I still have and is still running today, is still on RedHat 3.0.3 that I got on a CD in a book from the Media Play in Poughkeepsie NY in 1996. Granted it is completely useless except as a samba server sharing the 1.6GB hard disk that is still in it (and still works). But, I keep it for posterity, and because I like having a monitor with xearth on it.
I could probably put a newer distribution on it but with only 24MB of RAM, the newer stuff would choke out on it.
Submission + - Google clamps down on Android developers with mandatory verification (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: Google is rolling out mandatory developer verification for Android apps, and while it says the move is about security, it also means developers will now have to verify their identity and register apps with Google before they can be easily installed on devices. Google claims sideloaded apps contain far more malware than apps from the Play Store, but critics might argue this is another step toward tighter control over the Android ecosystem. Power users can still sideload using ADB or a new “advanced flow,” but Google is clearly adding friction to anything outside its system. Is this a reasonable security measure, or is Android slowly becoming less open than it used to be?
Submission + - Companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs 1
An anonymous reader writes: Companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs struck down by Supreme Court, judge rules
“Companies in the U.S. that paid tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court in February are legally entitled to refunds, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.”
“Eaton was ruling specifically on a case brought by Atmus Filtration, a Nashville, Tennessee, company that makes filters and other filtration products, claiming a right to a tariff refund.”
“Companies in the U.S. that paid tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court in February are legally entitled to refunds, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.”
“Eaton was ruling specifically on a case brought by Atmus Filtration, a Nashville, Tennessee, company that makes filters and other filtration products, claiming a right to a tariff refund.”
Comment huh? (Score 1) 165
This bill is ostensibly about "verification" but proposes no actual requirement for verification. It's full of circular definitions. It feels like a mish-mash of the 2000 era laws' approach of parental say-so being the most that is required with today's thinking about how limits on social media use must be strictly based on age without the opportunity to be undermined by parental say-so, like just a smashing together of those two approaches with no effort made to deal with the fact they obviously don't fit together. And that's without even addressing anything "non-technical people" might not understand about trying to say this regime intended for the apple ecosystem applies to every general purpose computer and every website. If this is its creators' best, maybe they should find a new line of work. I can only imagine this bill seems like as much of a disaster to people who actually like the idea of age verification as those that don't.
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