I'd be happy if the opt-out actually did its job. It never will though. What you'll get is tracking that is slightly less in your face.

Governments need to ban user tracking entirely. No opt-ins or opt-outs.

We just have to be prepared to turn everything off. Early warning should give enough time to shutdown power stations. Maybe not fission plants but that's just one more indictment on that tech.

It's certainly not an impossible task. The most important action being to trip all automated disconnects in the distribution network. The bulk of which would be at substations.

It operates without scripting. Which means no tracking scripts. I'm more than happy for that trade.

Show me any social media site that can offer better. Makes Slashdot the most cutting edge, IMHO. :-)

Yep, not hard at all, Just make a general ban on user tracking.

Problem solved for not just end users but also traditional media as well. Puts all businesses back on a level footing.

Bonus, also takes away the driving force behind user engagement and the resulting abuses.

The fix is still the same as it was from day one - ban user tracking! This levels the playing field for all forms of advertising thereby killing the stranglehold of online in general.

The fix is still the same as it was from day one - ban user tracking! This levels the playing field for all forms of advertising thereby killing the stranglehold of online in general.

The fact they've targetted Anthropic alone suggests they already have the evidence of internal Anthropic comms.

It'll last until next news cycle.

I think it's the other way round. The fundamentalist branding explicitly engineered their religious teachings to become anti-science. Not because science went against any religion but just to take control. You'll note they also despise the law, education and fairness. Hypocrisy is the name of the game.

And the reason for that is the Israel Lobby. Truth and equality both hurt their cause of annihilation of Palestine. But also bonus control of the biggest military and the geopolitical leverage that begets. ie: Immunity for war crimes. The so-called Military Industrial Complex is really a euphemism.

Misery is easy.

A backdoor implies it is designed into the system. Ie: It was M$'s doing, and they wanted it there.

Just need it to hurry along now. I'm hanging out for my cheap DRAM fix.

One doesn't get royalties without copyright first. Sure, the AI tools don't get any copyright, but he sure will. Or the tool training sources might try claiming from him.

Economic health is irrelevant. The rich get relatively richer when regulations don't prevent it. End of story.

They all know that if they aren't taking more of the pie, then their mate down the road will do it. That's simple bottom feeding greed in action.

Where I live, El Nino is in the news every few years for at least the past 40+ years. For as long as I can remember.

In our local climate it produces strong westerly winds which creates a severe drying period because all the rain falls on the other (western) side of the mountains.