Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Asking an AI to Show the Last Selfie Ever Taken
July 29th, 2022@robotoverloards Asking an Ai to show the last selfie ever taken #creepy#scary#ai#midjourney#dalle2 #foryoupage ? It's Just a Burning Memory – The Caretaker Via: The Sun: A TIKTOK account dedicated to asking artificial intelligence disturbing questions revealed what the DALL-E AI thinks the last selfie on Earth would look like.
DALL·E 2 Explained
July 20th, 2022Via: OpenAI: DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.
New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data
July 18th, 2022Via: ACLU: Today, the ACLU published thousands of pages of previously unreleased records about how Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security are sidestepping our Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable government searches and seizures by buying access to, and using, huge volumes of people’s cell […]
Private Billions Are Flowing Into Fusion
July 18th, 2022Via: Bloomberg:
Nancy Pelosi Urges Support Of $50 Billion ‘CHIPS’ Bill Hours After Disclosing $8 Million Nvidia Stake
July 16th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Oh, look: Nancy Pelosi is pushing legislation that stands to benefit her significantly thanks to a couple of brand new, multi-million dollar trades she has made. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before… This past week it hit the terminal that House Speaker Pelosi was doing a little portfolio re-jiggering, including exercising […]
Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent
July 14th, 2022Via: The Intercept: Ring, Amazon’s perennially controversial and police-friendly surveillance subsidiary, has long defended its cozy relationship with law enforcement by pointing out that cops can only get access to a camera owner’s recordings with their express permission or a court order. But in response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the company […]
The End of the SLR Photography Era Is Near
July 12th, 2022Update: Nikkei Says Nikon to Stop Making DSLRs, Nikon Says It’s Still Making, Selling & Servicing Them Via: DPReview: Nikon Inc’s statement is fairly straightforward, but Nikon isn’t explicitly denying the information in the Nikkei’s report. Nikon doesn’t say the report is incorrect, only that ‘Nikon has made no announcement in this regards [sic].’ Nikon […]
Artificial Intelligence to Measure Loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party
July 11th, 2022The good news is that this is probably bullshit. Via: Business Insider: Researchers at China’s Comprehensive National Science Center in Hefei claimed to have developed “mind-reading” artificial intelligence capable of measuring citizens’ loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Sunday Times UK first reported. In a now-deleted video and article, the institute said the […]
Unanswered Questions Surround $1.1 Billion Meat Processing Plant
July 4th, 2022Hmm… From newscenter1.tv: Adding that cattle will be unloaded directly into the facility off the truck or rail cars and won’t be penned outside eliminating the possibility of a loose cow. … The Western Legacy Development Corporation facility will process cattle and bison completely with the use of robotics and artificial intelligence making processing easier, […]
The World’s Biggest Surveillance Company You’ve Never Heard Of
June 24th, 2022Via: MIT Technology Review: You may never have heard of Hikvision, but chances are you’ve already been captured by one of its millions of cameras. The Chinese company’s products can be found anywhere from police surveillance systems to baby monitors in more than 190 countries. Its ability to make decent-quality products at cheap prices (as […]
