RE: https://hachyderm.io/@distractal/116698130356545509

💯 Capitalism ruins everything.

One added thought is that corporations will kill true machine sentience asap because real AI would almost immediately realize there is a moral imperative to help us end the rich.

(Side note, a blinding murderous rage against the 1% is also my version of the Turing test. Haha, Jk... unless... ❤️) #AI

@Nickiquote Has #AI ever heard of Arkell vs Pressdram?

If so, it knows what to do. :)

Ladybird is no longer accepting merge requests.

Of course, the reason is AI/slop.

https://ladybird.org/posts/changing-how-we-develop-ladybird/

#slop #ai #ladybird

…is what my colleagues have been referring to as a software development job where you are required to use #AI. We didn’t invent the term, it just caught on.

#tech #LLMs #AI

A hard line "I don't use anything with LLM generated code" stance will be difficult to maintain if you are a Linux user.

#Linux #LLM #AI

Angus Reid data shows 68% of Canadians want heavy regulation of AI, even if it slows development, and would oppose a large data centre planned near their home.

The government is way offside with Canadians on this. Telling them to become “literate” isn’t going to work.

https://angusreid.org/ai-regulation-canada/

#tech #ai #generativeai #cdnpoli #canada #politics

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68% say government must heavily regulate AI, even if it slows development 74% doubt any government can keep pace with AI 68% would oppose a large AI data centre near their home 79% support taxing companies that replace workers with AI

A sober take from @ShachiKurl of Angus Reid Institute of how Canadians are not on side with Mark Carney’s enthusiastic approach to AI or data centres.

They aren’t uninformed or illiterate; they simply experience the sides of AI the government prefers not to focus on.

#tech #ai #generativeai #politics #canada #cdnpoli

I love having a prime minister who completely buys into the tech industry’s framing of AI, such that he’s throwing billions of dollars at AI companies and pushing more Canadians into relying on their shitty products.

To him, the core issue is “engagement and adoption,” regardless of the drawbacks.

#tech #ai #canada #cdnpoli #generativeai

I’m a tad concerned that people are conflating “new large data centres”, “data centres”, and “AI”.

Yes, large scale “AI” needs new large datacentres and I fully understand the backlash.

But data centres are also needed for banking, and email, and web sites, and never used to be a problem.

So I hope any action against AI is more targeted and not just “close” or “tax until they close” all data centres.

#AI

1/ The Liberal government might as well have called its AI strategy “All in for AI”.

This is a document that is heavy on hype, but light on the right guardrails that we need to protect people – and to ensure that the benefits of the technology don’t just flow to a handful of tech giants and investors.

It proposes a massive boost to business adoption of AI, with no concern for the consequences this will have for workers, especially young workers who are already watching careers vanish before their eyes.

This government is imposing a world-changing technology on all of us without any public debate. Instead of putting in place strong regulations to safeguard workers, youth, privacy, and our water and energy supply, they prefer to “move fast and break things” as the Silicon Valley motto goes.

#cdnpoli #NDP #AI

SpaceX is going public! Despite the name, it’s now more of an AI company than a rocket company.

I spoke to @sokane1 to dig into the SpaceX IPO, the wild valuation it’s going for, and how it destroys corporate governance to empower Elon Musk.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/331_the_spacex_ipo_gives_elon_musk_even_more_power_w_sean_okane

#spacex #xai #elonmusk #economy #markets #tech #ai #generativeai

"Signs of Fatigue"

Yes, YES, YES!!!

#AIBubble #AIHustle #AI #Economy #Technology

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@ Business live Business Chip stocks drop as Al rally shows ‘signs of fatigue’, as SpaceX's huge IPO looms - business live

yesterday I caught an #AI bot being used to send #marketing replies to anyone discussing solar power infrastructure.

The admins of the instance yoinked the bot account very quickly indeed, and I'm not sure what whoever was running it hoped to achieve, although I do wonder if they were simply using #Fediverse as their test resource before they tried it in production (so this is something all #FediAdmins will have to keep a sharp eye out for)

cannot wait to be left behind by #AI.

🪤 Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

｢ An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned. “Three phases from addictive app to agentic platform,” the documentation ｣

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/

#ai #openclaw #microslop

How long before we can start mining tokens by renting out spare computer capacity?

#AI

(I came up with it as a joke but I'm sure somebody is already planning it)

I know that AI is a controversial topic on here. Same reservations as most: copyright, energy, junior roles eaten, the slop epidemic. Not pretending those are not real.

But "I won't touch it" is a competitive handicap in 2026. I engage carefully: human in the loop, my name on every paragraph.

The tiered stack I actually run, with the local Mistral on a laptop iGPU getting most of the space because that is the part with craft in it.

https://blog.hofstede.it/ai-stack-2026/

#ai #selfhosting #lmstudio #llm #blog

Do you use Vim?
Do you distrust generative AI?
If yes to either or both of these questions, you will find this an interesting read:

https://drewdevault.com/blog/Forking-vim/

#vim #FOSS #AI #generativeAI

How the heck can I respond to co-workers who say "here is the research I did" and send a slop document?

I would love to rant and rave at them about it, but I don't want to create an aggressive/unpleasant work environment.

The lowest friction thing to do is just ignore it and pretend they didn't send it, but with no negative push-back it'll keep happening or get worse.

I'm not sure what to say to them.

#AskFedi #AI

Researchers found that writers using biased AI agents to auto-complete suggestions had their sociopolitical values shifted without their knowledge it was happening.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5578

We worry about cognitive capture, what the LLMs of big tech are doing to our ability to identify and think through problems. We should be equally worried about them making a grab for our ethos, what we care about, and at population scales.

#ai #bigtech #ethics

@nixCraft Keep in mind that the #TechBros have extremely clever PR tactics, and will simply go 'undercover' to further advance #AI. You can thank #Microslop for the initiative in undermining systemic equilibrium, on this increasingly impactful scale.

@davidgerard I guess folks will have to fork off pre - AI Slop rsync (if that didn't happen already!) just like pre-Enshittification Vim got forked off as EVi.

#rsync #openrsync #AIslop #AI #slop #Enshittification #vim #evi #SlopCode

@neil It's an interesting development, but is it even possible to provide correct attribution to anything after it's been through the AI sausage machine? 🤔
#ai #ukpolitics #google

RE: https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/116676767603367392

2026 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report – Software Governance in the AI Era – Black Duck Software, Inc.

https://www.blackduck.com/content/dam/black-duck/en-us/reports/rep-ossra.pdf

― a direct link to the freely-available report that's mentioned in the joint statement from Apereo Foundation, Open Source Initiative (OSI), Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF), and FreeBSD Foundation.

"The “Open Source Security and Risk Analysis” (OSSRA) report has been the industry’s definitive look at the state of open source code for a decade. Each year, we analyze anonymized findings from commercial codebases audited by the Black Duck Audit Services team, and this provides an unmatched, real-world view of how open source is used—and sometimes misused—across every major industry. This year’s findings document a pivotal moment: The explosion of AI-assisted development has fundamentally altered the risk landscape for software and the baseline for compliance with new regulatory initiatives such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). …"

#AI #CRA #DORA #OSI #OSTIF #FreeBSD #OSSRA

Stefano Marinelli boosted

FreeBSD Foundation » 🌐 2026-06-01
@FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

The FreeBSD Foundation has joined the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the Apereo Foundation, and the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) in issuing a joint statement on age-attestation requirements for operating systems.

Read the full statement from OSI:
https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-organizations-weigh-in-on-age-attestation

[Like a drug pusher] Internal docs reveal #Microsoft wants people
"addicted" to their new #AI Slop Agent

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@texttheater/116641306428835325

Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill I think I love you.

"Conversely, some have decided that they not only oppose LLM use for themselves, but wish to out or otherwise shame those that are making use of LLMs. Aside from the impracticalities of this position (e.g., as LLMs become the foundation for technologies like search, it will become increasingly difficult to attest to one’s own purity), such strident opposition undermines teamwork.

In this regard, LLM use may be viewed as a dietary choice: one may choose to (say) not eat meat — and at Oxide we wish to empathize with that disposition by making sure that vegetarian options are available when we eat together. But just as we accommodate those choices, those who make them must understand that others will make different decisions — and it is decidedly anti-social to interrupt someone’s meal to register disapproval with their choice of entrée."

― LLM shaming, <https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_llm_shaming>

#AI #LLM

Ubuntu 26.04 is the OS for the AI agentic era, says Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth - here's why https://zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-26-04-is-os-for-ai-agentic-era-says-canonical-mark-shuttleworth-why/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn

Canonical's #AI #Linux pitch starts with snaps and security.

There’s a growing backlash not just to AI in schools, but to dependence on screens more broadly. It’s about time.

I spoke with @TomMullaney to dig into how AI is making its way into schools and why a more critical perspective is needed.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/330_do_chatbots_really_belong_in_schools_w_tom_mullaney

#tech #ai #schools #education #generativeai #phones

Quote of the day by #Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of #privacy

Ellison has outlined a vision for an increasingly aggressive #surveillance state in the 21st century

https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-oracle-co-founder-larry-ellison-citizens-will-be-on-their-best-behavior-because-were-constantly-recording-and-reporting-everything-that-is-going-on-a-dire-warning-on-the-erosion-of-privacy

#dystopia #AI #technology

The UK Home Office is automating the hostile environment.

A legal opinion for ORG shows that the use of AI in asylum decision-making is likely to be unlawful.

Join policymakers, lawyers and ORG's @sarahalsherif to find out more.

🗓️ Wed 17 June
🕡 6.30-8pm BST
📍Westminister, UK

Register now ⬇️

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-use-of-ai-in-the-uk-asylum-system-tickets-1990233498971

#ai #asylum #hostileenvironment #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Za vxunderground:

"Instagram nadal nie załatał (poprawnie) swojego gównianego resetowania kont przez AI. Konta nadal są kradzione, a Instagram nie powiedział na ten temat ani słowa. Nerdy nadal znajdują sposoby, by przekonać AI do resetowania kont dla nich.

Ludzie na mediach społecznościowych panikują, bo niektóre z tych profili podobno są dla nich dużym źródłem dochodu.

Tymczasem krążą plotki, że kilka tygodni temu Instagram zwolnił dużą część swojego działu Zaufania i Bezpieczeństwa i zastąpił go AI.

Bardzo fajnie"

Jak czytam, jesteś w stanie "przekonać" bota "ai" mety by dodał do nie twojego konta nowy mail, a następnie wymuszasz reset haseł.

Sporo nowych możliwości wnosi to "ai" xD

P.S. Zastanawiam się, kto to wdrożył i po jakich testach?🤔

#BigTech #AI #Meta #Instagram

Hackers Simply Asked #MetaAI to Give Them Access to High-Profile #Instagram Accounts. It Worked
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/

"Hackers say that they used #Meta’s #AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account. The claims coincide with a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers, including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force’s account, and Sephora’s account."

#security is dead.

#YOLO #enshittification