New in Google Drive. Perform a search, get this wickedly vague and somehow all encompassing consent.
What the heck would I be agreeing to, and does not accepting somehow reduce the efficacy of the already-bad search function?
I tried to watch it about a year ago and was shocked by how cringe it is from beginning to end.
Spoiler: I quit watching
Am I just really, really smart, or does Claude tell everyone how “genuinely interesting” their questions and challenges are?
/s
I used to do IT and I learned that when people call they have two problems. The tech problem, and the emotional problem that they're upset enough to call. You have to fix both for it to feel successful. People need to feel heard and respected, especially when they already feel dumb and defensive
I’m helping an elderly friend with his Samsung mobile. I asked him to do a simple restart, and wouldn’t you know, Samsung routes the power button through Gemini. Asks him to enter his Gemini password (which he doesn’t have) to power down.
I love the joyful masculine energy of Ted Lasso so much.
they want it to be conscious but not in a way that means they don't own it. hmmm
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.
OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…
“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”
Please contact your representatives - and congressional leadership - and tell them to protect online anonymity and the Fourth Amendment.
Tech cos are looking for this next trillion in this business. It’s not about kids. And congress is doing their bidding.
The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases.
We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.
FTC just declined to enforce COPPA, an actual law.
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No, I'm an academic who has struggled with suicidal ideation all of my life who understands just how important it is to have access to tools that can provide judgment and stigma free help.
I advocate for all of the folks in similar positions that have received immense help from chatbots.
This is soooo the vibe we all need right now.
Just purchased. Can’t wait.
Most important thing I’ll do this month: I just spent 10 minutes emailing my congress members AND leaders of the 2 parties.
The Fourth Amendment is the one that makes so many of the others possible.
Taylor gives the script below.
When your kids safety bill isn’t really about the kids
“Last week, the FTC said it would decline to enforce COPPA, a landmark law that mandates the protection of children’s data, in order to incentivize ID verification.”
This is a risk for everyday ordinary people. Not just minorities or protestors.
What a dramatic difference from the statement of Palantir’s CEO, which he made about 2 days ago.
I still can’t believe people aren’t talking about it more.
This delivery driver throws treats to all the dogs on his route to see if they can catch. Spoiler alert: some of them definitely cannot. Still 13/10 for all (TT: jezzyvi)
I think I’m going to get back into diagraming sentences.
Someone just reminded me of the activity and damned if I wasn’t really happy all the time when I was diagraming sentences.
Better than sudoku?
The crazy thing is that this is a Chinese firm, which just announced that it’s going to maintain the ability to mine huge amounts of UK and European citizens’ private comms, but the BBC is leading with the “it’s good that they can intercept our data” spin.
This almost seems quaint after reading Palantir’s CEO’s post today. TLDR: our business model is surveillance; there’s a lot of money in surveilling people for governments; if you don’t do it for them they’ll commandeer your company. Plus defending using the R word b/c it didn’t hurt his engagement.
“Artificial intelligence will be a core experience of the software” (not “powered behind the scenes by AI for maximum efficiency,” but front/center)
“transparent glass elements and a floating taskbar” (making OS usage a constant exercise in suppressing a scream)
And “new hardware requirements”
Psychology has a name for this pattern: hyperindependence. It often forms when someone has to self-manage too early, whether emotionally, practically, or both. Independence becomes a strength — but also a shield.
#News
Makes you wonder: are they really that stupid, or are the investing in/funded by these lobbies?
Next up: Dems are failing because sometimes we treat women like people.
“The price of being an ordinary member of society should not be having all of your online activity tracked, assembled and used to manipulate you.”
“The sky will not fall if we get the reasonable privacy rules we deserve.”
“It would mean…that a flashlight app for your phone wouldn’t be able to collect your location data and your fitness trackers wouldn’t be able to share your health data with third-party advertisers.”
Proposed MA privacy includes data minimization: “The heart of the privacy bill that the Massachusetts legislature is now considering is a…rule that companies should collect and use only the personal information that they need to provide services for consumers…
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐡🐟 Fishes
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
Is anyone else having trouble posting or clicking into elements like Profile on BSKY?
Can’t tell if they’re trying to force me to update my app or if there’s an outage.
I joined 300+ security and privacy academics in calling for a global pause on online age verification: www.politico.eu/article/age-...
