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Submission + - The Cartesian Crisis: The inability to know what is real

sd1000 writes: The Cartesian Crisis is a state of civilization where individuals are unable to discern the certainty of any information, resulting in a world devoid of verifiable truth or reality. This crisis stems from a multifaceted instrumental cause, comprising failures of institutions of knowledge that have been compromised by propaganda and ideology, but most importantly, significantly empowered to do so with the aid of ever more powerful generative AI.

The scale of manipulated and generated information, and the ease and quality of its creation, is leading to an escalation of AI wars. There are now tools that can automatically generate resumes and apply to thousands of jobs per day. In response, recruiters are now turning to AI to have AI-powered recruiters perform the interviews, instead of people, to sort through the volume of AI-generated applicants.

The full review of the emerging AI situation and capabilities.

Submission + - FTC makes some botting illegal on Social Media

sd1000 writes: Upper Echelon reports a new FTC rule, targeting buying or selling off fake social signals for social media, is now in effect as of October 2024.

"The final rule prohibits anyone from selling or buying fake indicators of social media influence, such as followers or views generated by a bot or hijacked account. This prohibition is limited to situations in which the buyer knew or should have known the that the indicators were fake and misrepresent the buyer's influence or importance for a commercial purpose" FTC Final Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials

Submission + - Largest Known Prime Number Discovered (mersenne.org)

sd1000 writes: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2136,279,841-1
On October 11, an NVIDIA A100 GPU in Dublin, Ireland, reported that M136279841 is probably prime. On October 12, an NVIDIA H100 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, confirmed primality with a Lucas-Lehmer test.

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