Comment Thank goodness ... (Score 1) 104
Just a few extra people plugging in their Teslas is all it takes.
Comment Strangely enough ... (Score 1) 21
... it resembles a cat.
Comment Re:Testing... (Score 1) 74
Hell, in the US a whole bunch of people decide to be 'incels'
That sort of misses the whole "involuntary" part of the definition.
Comment Re:Testing... (Score 1) 74
"She's got huge tracts of land!"
Comment Re: How will this help? (Score 1) 70
The FCC controls licenses for broadcasters, radio and television.
That's the 1934 legislation (also included telephony). Since then, modified by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to include broadband. And the beloved CDA (Section 230).
Submission + - China — New law bans AI companions bots (scmp.com) 1
schwit1 writes: Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to disable customised agent features, as new rules on humanlike AI interaction services are set to take effect, part of Beijing’s push to build a broader regulatory framework for the fast-growing sector.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Comment Too late (Score 2) 30
Yandex image search left Google in the dust some time ago.
Comment Re:You know it's a bubble when silly devices show (Score 1) 22
How about this?
Submission + - Physicists create first room-temperature quantum material (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for quantum computing, secure communications, sensing technologies and advanced energy systems.
Comment Re:Trump (Score 1) 135
America used common sense to find Iran on a map. Let the pummeling continue.
In America, common sense seems to be a non-renewable resource in short supply. Perhaps they shouldn't be using such a precious commodity in aid of waging costly, world-economy-damaging, reputation-destroying wars.
Comment Re:I'm surprised (Score 0) 135
Just try to pry that electronic fidget toy out of zoomers hands and watch the ensuing crying and blubbering.
Comment Re:Iran has good hackers (Score 2) 135
Too fucking bad. I don't give a shit about legacy devices relying on 2G/3G.
If you are a cellular operator, you should. A few decades ago, our local utility started a switch over from their own proprietary mesh meter reading network to a 2G/3G GPRS system. They got a ways into switching a few hundred thousand meters over when they got the AT&T memo: We're switching to 4G/5G. They went back and reinstalled their mesh network. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me again, shame on me.
AT&Ts law enforcement network was even worse. They conned our region's police forces to switch over to FirstNet. Which they did for data, but not voice. Now the cops can't connect to their departments servers half the time. They have a dedicated (voice) channel for department IT problems.
Comment Re:Why is this a big deal? (Score 1) 21
I would be surprised if they haven't already taken the x-ray imager onboard. Just to check out the background noise level. As to the size and stability of the source and imager, my dentist uses a source about the size of a large cordless drill. Handheld, the pulse is (evidently) short enough to make hand tremors a non issue.
Comment Re: Wrong discovery (Score 1) 30
You're welcome!
Comment Re:Wrong discovery (Score 4, Insightful) 30
The only discovery they should be focusing on is making it easier for me to find the exact image I'm looking for.
Their goal is to tell you what you want, not to give you what you want. You seem to be under the mistaken impression that you're the customer and not the product.
