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Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/570099/meta-s-flirty-ai-chatbot-invited-a-retiree-to-new-york-he-never-made-it-homeMeta has publicly discussed its strategy to inject anthropomorphised chatbots into the online social lives of its billions of users. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has mused that most people have far fewer real-life friendships than they'd like - creating a huge potential market for Meta's digital companions. ... read full post
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5mon
Johannesburg City aims to cash in on public parks and sports clubs
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/doesnt-make-business-sense-jpc-aim-cash-recreational-spaces/104
6mon
The covert method Meta uses to track mobile browsing without consent — even in incognito mode or with a VPN
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-06-03/the-covert-method-meta-uses-to-track-mobile-browsing-without-consent-even-in-incognito-mode-or-with-a-vpn.htmlHow meta bypasses your phone's browser security to track you.
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Streets Of Philadelphia, Kensington Ave
https://random-documentaries.blogspot.com/2025/05/streets-of-philadelphia-kensington-ave.html6
8mon
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-blue-overwatch-ai-personas-police-suspects/4
8mon
Dystopian Door: A 2 hour Meditation Journey Through a Futuristic Post-Apocalyptic World
https://youtu.be/daF8-jHvny4Imagine yourself standing at the edge of a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, where the very fabric of reality seems to have been torn apart. The air is thick with the acrid smell of smoke and ash, and the sky above is a deep, foreboding grey. The fog that rolls in seems to shroud everything in a damp, chilling mist, casting a sense of unease and foreboding over the entire scene. ... read full post
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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-killcan we change the communities name to AfullOnDystopia yet?
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DOGE is reportedly using AI to monitor government comms for anti-Musk and anti-Trump chatter
https://www.engadget.com/ai/doge-is-reportedly-using-ai-to-monitor-government-comms-for-anti-musk-and-anti-trump-chatter-141411751.html10
9mon
Welcome to hell
https://mamot.fr/@matiu_bidule/114206326373929845a satiric video clip about the astronauts who are finally back on earth. In the replies to that mastodon post it is referenced to the Daily Show (the video clip is probably from there)
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Cloudflare's next-generation "AI Labyrinth" promises to "waste resources" as-a-service, using today's machine learning models to sabotage tomorrow's
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-labyrinth/Today, we’re excited to announce AI Labyrinth, a new mitigation approach that uses AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots that don’t respect “no crawl” directives. When you opt in, Cloudflare will automatically deploy an AI-generated set of linked pages when we detect inappropriate bot activity, without the need for customers to create any custom rules. ... read full post
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9mon
I can no longer tell what is and is not satire.
Is this a joke? What else could be under that tarp? It even has a little flap for the plug. ... read full post
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10mon
A rocket was just fired into space containing the first data center to land on the moon, which is both incredible and incredibly corporate in equal measure
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/a-rocket-was-just-fired-into-space-containing-the-first-data-center-to-be-landed-on-the-moon-which-is-both-an-incredible-and-incredibly-boring-thing-to-do-in-space/29
12mon
Avatar is about capitalism
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/28224076
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/28224068
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/21429249
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1.2yr
What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades
https://youtu.be/u--se25_px89
1.8yr
Good Morning, Revolution! This Alabama judge thinks two cells is a baby 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYkShWBLFIcross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1904493
Good discussion and a long one too. Nearly an hour. I felt Ben was a good guest too. And of course, there's Justine Medina as well.
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2.0yr
Meet the first Spanish AI model who earns up to €10,000 per month
https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/12/02/meet-the-first-spanish-ai-model-earning-up-to-10000-per-monthAitana, 25, a pink-haired woman from Barcelona, receives weekly private messages from celebrities asking her out. But this model is not real.
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2.0yr
Grimes has partnered with a Silicon Valley AI toy startup to release an AI toy named Grok that can interact with your children and might one day teach them religion and values
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/14/grok-grimes-curio-toy/27
2.0yr
Pentagon Scientists Discuss Cybernetic 'Super Soldiers' That Feel Nothing While Killing In Dystopian Presentation
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eky8/pentagon-scientists-discuss-cybernetic-super-soldiers-that-feel-nothing-while-killing-in-dystopian-presentation12
2.1yr
Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/08/man-crushed-to-death-south-korea-industrial-robot/cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/5300889
Archived version: https://archive.ph/dUwHy
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231109050918/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/08/man-crushed-to-death-south-korea-industrial-robot/
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2.1yr
Realtors found liable for $1.8 billion in damages in conspiracy to keep commissions high | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/economy/national-association-of-realtors-commissions-high/index.html14
2.5yr
Techbros disrupt five people into what is overwhelmingly likely a horrifying death - Lawyers, Guns & Money
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/06/techbros-disrupt-five-people-into-what-is-overwhelmingly-likely-a-horrifying-death9
2.5yr
Alexa, play baby shark
https://lemmy.ml/post/130062313
2.5yr
Kids housed in casino hotels? It's a workaround as U.S. sees decline in foster homes
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/14/1181975688/foster-kids-in-casino-hotels-decline-in-foster-homesCross post from news...
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2.5yr
CNBC boasts how a man pays to live in a dumpster
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/29/28-year-old-pays-62-a-month-to-live-in-a-dumpster-he-built-for-5000-in-london-take-a-look-inside.html?__source=androidappshareWhat the actual fuck...