Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Firefox AI Kill Switch
January 14th, 2026Via: Extreme Tech: Mozilla is adding a global “AI kill switch” to Firefox, giving users a single option to permanently disable all AI tools in the browser. Developer Jake Archibald confirmed on Mastodon that the new toggle will remove every AI component. He also explained that all AI features will be optional by default. The […]
AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
January 8th, 2026Great, the hallucinations compile and run without errors. Via: IEEE Spectrum: In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the core models reached a quality plateau, and more recently, seem to be in decline. A task that might […]
Dell Admits Customers Aren’t Buying PCs for AI Features
January 8th, 2026I’m pretty sure that Dell’s customers are NOT confused about their desire to avoid built in, invasive and poorly functioning AI features. Via: PC Gamer: “We’re very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a device—in fact everything that we’re announcing has an NPU in it—but what we’ve learned over the course of this […]
Boston Dynamics Atlas Humanoid Robot Testing in Hyundai Factory
January 5th, 2026Via: 60 Minutes:
Trump Says U.S. Attacked Facility in Venezuela
December 30th, 2025Update: CIA Drone Carried Out First Known Land Strike On Venezuela Via: ZeroHedge: The CIA is reported to have carried out a bombing operation within Venezuelan territory, CNN and The New York Times report in follow-up to President Trump touting that the US had knocked out “a big facility”. CNN while citing unnamed sources, reports […]
OpenAI Testing Advertising Integrated Into ChatGPT Responses
December 30th, 2025Hallucinations + Ads = Profit? Via: Digital Trends: OpenAI is still exploring “ChatGPT ads,” even after earlier signs it had cooled on the idea to keep improving response quality. The Information reports the company is considering sponsored content that could be prioritized so it shows up inside ChatGPT answers. That matters for one simple reason: […]
Florida: Autonomous Police Vehicles Will Patrol Cities Recording Audio, Video and Thermal Information, Can Launch Drones
December 26th, 2025Via: Silicon Cowboy: Related: Jail for Spoofing AI Mass Surveillance License Plate Cameras
U.S. Marines Seeking 10,000 First-Person View Drones
December 20th, 2025The piece below mentions that battlefields in Ukraine are now covered in fiber optic cables from attack drones: Pilots from the reconnaissance company of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade showed what Lyman looks like today. The city is holding on, but is gradually becoming covered by this “web.” – "Today, the intensity of combat is measured […]
Are the EngineAI Robots Real?
December 5th, 2025[???]
The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron
December 5th, 2025Via: Gamers Nexus: More: The DDR5 issue just got INFINITELY worse…
