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Also in this episode, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social on how Microsoft wrote in official company documents that they wanted to "make people addicted" to their new AI assistant called Scout.
This comes as lawsuits grow against AI companies over addiction.
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Local news reports from around the country repeatedly detail police abusing the Flock surveillance systemic order to stalk their partners or ex-partners. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Read @jasonkoebler.bsky.social story here" www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...
Here's how we got a bunch of internal Google memes that mock how bad Google's AI actually is
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Some really crazy cases in here
- cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times
- cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason
- cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired
Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people
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Researchers report a "serendipitous" discovery while watching videos of crowds: an inexplicable bias toward counterclockwise turning that may be rooted in biology.
The known cases of police using Flock to stalk people are almost certainly a vast underreporting of the overall abuse, because they largely include only cases in which the behavior was so egregious that it led to police officers being fired, arrested, or both.
Memes at Google; Microsoft wants to make its new AI assistant addictive; and manipulating Reddit.
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
On today's pod:
- Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks
- Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal:
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Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code are making memes about how bad it is. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social explains.
Watch our latest episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSKK...
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
Researchers report a "serendipitous" discovery while watching videos of crowds: an inexplicable bias toward counterclockwise turning that may be rooted in biology.
www.404media.co
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
