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Submission + - The grisly reality behind Dubai's porta potty parties (metro.co.uk)

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An anonymous reader writes: The reporter had been left both fascinated and disturbed by the internet’s reaction not only to the apparent suicide video in 2021, but also another that had gone viral, alleged to be of Monic, who had moved to Dubai in search of a better life.

This video was deeply graphic – it showed a man defecating in a woman’s mouth – and went viral on TikTok in 2021. Monic was attributed as the female involved, however this has never been verified.

Submission + - Zuckerberg Humiliated on Stage After AI-Powered Smart Glasses Keep Glitching (dnyuz.com)

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fjo3 writes: Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was humiliated onstage not once, but twice, as his attempts to showcase the brilliance of Meta’s new AI-powered glasses were met with dismal failure.

Speaking at the company’s annual Meta Connect conference, Zuckerberg introduced the company’s second-generation smart Ray-Bans and a new neural wristband, as part of his vision for an AI that serves people in real-time.

Business Insider reported the vision unraveled when the AI glitched moments after the request, ignoring basic instructions and insisting that the employee had “already combined these ingredients.”

Submission + - Taiwan issues handbook to prepare citizens for Chinese invasion (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: The 29-page booklet begins by noting that the country’s safety “hinges on our will to defend ourselves” amid the “threat of aggression from China”.

Shen Wei-chih, the director of the All-Out Defense Mobilisation Agency, which is the reserve body for the defence ministry, explained that the government was not releasing the handbook “to create panic”.

He said: “The earlier you are prepared, the earlier you study [the booklet], the earlier you will be safe.”

Submission + - MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cog (publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: A new MIT study titled, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has found that using ChatGPT to help write essays leads to long-term cognitive harm—measurable through EEG brain scans. Students who repeatedly relied on ChatGPT showed weakened neural connectivity, impaired memory recall, and diminished sense of ownership over their own writing. While the AI-generated content often scored well, the brains behind it were shutting down.

Submission + - US fighter pilots try taking directions from AI for the first time (semafor.com) 1

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: US fighter pilots took directions from an AI system for the first time in a test that could drastically change combat tactics. Fighter pilots in action typically communicate with ground support who monitor radar and tell pilots where to fly. During the Air Force and Navy’s test this month, pilots instead consulted with Raft AI’s “air battle manager” technology to confirm their flight path was on track and to receive faster reports of nearby enemy aircraft.

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