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Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Zoom CEO announces he has no idea what the point of meetings is.

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Next up in Google’s dramatic overhaul of search: AI Overview ads

Google turned search into an AI product, and now it's time to make money.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/next-up-in-googles-dramatic-overhaul-of-search-ai-overview-ads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica lol this is going to be so bad.

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Humane AI Pin founders run for the exits, one month after launch

One month after launch of its "smartphone replacement," Humane already seems doomed.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/humane-ai-pin-founders-run-for-the-exits-one-month-after-launch/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica it's like juicero except imagine that after juicero flopped, Microsoft, Nvidia and Dell backed a new computer chip specifically designed just for making juice.

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Tesla shareholder group opposes Musk’s $46B pay, slams board “dysfunction”

Letter urges shareholders to reject CEO pay plan and boot two board members.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/tesla-shareholder-group-opposes-musks-46b-pay-slams-board-dysfunction/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica I'm morbidly curious what would happen to Tesla if they tried to be a real car company rather than the backdrop for a carnival barker.

I suspect the answer is just what the board seems to think it is. Without Musk's hype-distortion field, they'd lose 70% of their share price.

Would definitely be a better company, though.

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Hey! Listen! New Minecraft AI guide offers tips while watching you play

Microsoft demo is like chatting with GameFAQs when you don't have a friend to hang with.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/hey-listen-new-minecraft-ai-guide-offers-tips-while-watching-you-play/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica All "AI" demos are contrived to the point of being outright fabulations.

I'm not saying there is no chance that this feature wont actually make it into production. (MS is clearly pressing hard to add "AI" to everything.)

But, and I'm just saying, the odds that your cute and totally superfluous Minecraft chatbot will also decide to teach some little Billy or Jane how to curse and where to find porn on the internet are approaching 100%.

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Slack defends default opt-in for AI training on chats amid user outrage

Slack says policy changes are imminent amid backlash.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica If you take their statements about LLM at face value, it's hard to decipher what exactly it is they're using customer data for.

The good news, I guess, is that they are not training a new LLM to compete with OpenAI/Google.

So... uh... phew?

The bad news is that they're doing something altogether bizarre with ML centered on... emoticons?

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Biden administration slaps 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs

Tariffs on EV batteries are being tripled as well.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/biden-administration-slaps-100-tariffs-on-chinese-evs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica It's the right move and it's an easy call.

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Vermont close to becoming first state to charge Big Oil for climate damage

Vermont's Superfund climate act—which Big Oil called "unfair"—expected to pass.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/vermont-close-to-becoming-first-state-to-charge-big-oil-for-climate-damage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica Extraction companies are not profitable if you factor in their externalized costs.

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China just launched another ambitious lunar mission. Is NASA falling behind?

China is going. NASA is talking about going. What gives?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/china-just-launched-another-ambitious-lunar-mission-is-nasa-falling-behind/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica I mean, going to the moon is neat and all, but there's nothing there.

That's probably the answer to "what gives?"

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First look at the Sony Honda EV: More than a Playstation on wheels

The AFEELA concept previews an EV from the joint venture, due in 2026.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/first-look-at-the-sony-honda-ev-more-than-a-playstation-on-wheels/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Tesla innovated by giving drivers a giant computer monitor in the center of the console.

But Sony knows that what drivers truly need is a extremely wide and short monitor that runs the entire width of the vehicle.

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That's an awkward conversation...

tob ,
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@georgetakei Perhaps YouTube thinks someone else in his household will need those things.

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NASA exploration chief lays out next steps for Starship development

"The fundamental flow mechanism is the pressure delta across the umbilical."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-exploration-chief-lays-out-next-steps-for-starship-development/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tob ,
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@arstechnica SpaceX comes in for a lot of grief on here for obvious reasons, but this is really cool stuff.

On the other hand, it's not perfectly clear to me why we're bothering with the moon.

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An important reminder.

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@georgetakei They keep the glass very clean in that store.

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