I see - so the 30+ satellites mentioned are previously existing ones that they've been developing new software for, and it still doesn't work? Somehow that makes it even worse - they've spend years and billions mostly on shit software. They could have just hired if that's what they wanted :) I guess I should have read the full article before commenting.

The fact that they've launched more than 30 satellites without working software is a mind-boggling example of poor planning and non-existent oversight. I know you need more than one up there to test the software, but if they couldn't get a fully working proof of concept covering just CONUS with ten then they should have stopped paying for launches.

I'm not sure what incentive game developers and artists will have to really put in their best work on these huge titles anymore. All the big players, EA, MS, Blizzard, etc, just wait until they ship a game and then lay off a huge portion of the dev team, regardless of the game's success. Why work hard if you know the quality of the product doesn't affect your future job stability?

Any parent who buys their minor child a Linux-based system is going to need to set it up with the parent as admin, and give the kid a non-admin account. Then they are going to have to deal with the fallout of constantly being asked to approve things with their credentials every time the kid wants to do anything. That'll teach 'em :)

The article states these are required, but some cars (like mine) only use "indirect" sensing, meaning there are no actual sensors in the tire. The onboard computer just uses speed and rotation data from the ABS system to detect pressure changes. So before you worry about this, find out if your car actually has them.

Human produced light at night is already messing up all kinds of animals, birds, etc. I'm sure making an huge area never get dark will have a wonderful effect on local wildlife.

I guess good on them for sticking to their guns (for now). But in light of their other changes to policy, this seems like it's just CYA. If the military used Ai to control drones with guns, and a US soldier got wounded, you can bet they'd blame the Ai company. I wouldn't want to risk that either, no matter how much they offered. Imagine the hit your stock would take after the inevitable headlines.

Forcing employees to use a tool means you didn't give them a tool they want to use, which means you didn't giver them a good tool. If Ai was worth using, employees would flock to it.

So they gave every kid a distraction machine and are now surprised kids are distracted? If text books came with a new comic book in the middle of it every day, we wouldn't have paid attention in class either.

If creating a new AI model becomes as easy as making blogs and podcasts, of which 99% are garbage, it just means 99% of Ai models will be garbage - not that they will be able to do a good job. Creating images and music with Ai has been a piece of cake for years, yet it's still all shite, and I don't see Ed Templeton or Taylor Swift shaking in their boots.

More likely what we'll see is city and state officials taking kickbacks from Anthropic to greenwash and launder their finances so it looks like they are doing something good.

With such steep and restrictive early termination fees, I don't think this qualifies as a "subscription" - it's a lease, like you'd have for a new car. Even the most hardcore gamers don't buy a new laptop every year, and new hardware releases don't require such, so this seems like a terrible deal.

I think the URL you meant to post is this:

https://blog.google/products-a...

It sounds like they realize people won't stand for subscriptions to enable something physical that can be turned on and off with a switch, but are ok with anything that makes sense as a subscription - like things requiring regular updates. I wouldn't want to pay for map updates, for example, which is why Android Auto is so much better than the old built-in GPS systems. But I'm sure that's why some car makers are going away from that unified model and reverting to their own in-car app ecosystems. They'll once again be able to charge you for updates to your maps and in-car entertainment systems instead of letting you get all that from the phone you're already paying to keep updated.

It's a bit misleading to post in the summary that it will be discontinued "March 1" without mentioning that's 2027 - more than a year away, and the product will continue to work, but just stop getting updates on that date. I agree it's tough to rework your whole pipeline, but if your entire business model relies on someone else's product never changing or going away, then you're bad at business.