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IAlreadyFappedToIt t1_ja8506w wrote
Reply to comment by drossbots in Microsoft staff read users’ ChatGPT posts, prompting security fears by TheTelegraph
It's only a matter of time before AI chat replies start including individually targeted "sponsored content."
>Human user: "I need to debug this code. Can you help me?"
>Chatbot reply: "Of course. First thing you should always do when solving a difficult problem is to slow down, relax, grab a 20oz iced caramel mocha latte from the Starbucks drive-thru on 3rd St. by the Krispy Kreme, and take several deep breaths. It looks like you used a comma instead of a semi-colon in line 121. I've fixed it for you here:"
The_White_Light t1_ja84afp wrote
Reply to comment by Found-Flounder-9418 in Microsoft staff read users’ ChatGPT posts, prompting security fears by TheTelegraph
No, but there's a big difference between an algorithm aggregating the interactions of thousands of users, spitting out reports like "people between the ages of 18-27 are interested in _____." and humans reading the exact prompts that are being typed in.
M4err0w t1_ja84194 wrote
Reply to This Hacker Hoodie Uses Surveillance Camera Parts to Blind Surveillance Cameras | The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' renders its wearer anonymous to night vision surveillance cameras, using infrared LEDs usually found in the cameras themselves. by chrisdh79
Now make it reflect like the Laughing Man icon from Ghost in the Shell
crusoe t1_ja83y4m wrote
Reply to Chinese University Invents "Kissing Device" That Lets Users Smooch Over The Internet by Suspicious_Introvert
Yeah.... That's not a kissing device...
M4err0w t1_ja83n2f wrote
ai search engines will kill the planet by needlessly wasting ressources just like crypto
SnipingNinja t1_ja838mf wrote
Reply to comment by TheGreat_War_Machine in Limitless Possibilities – AI Technology Generates Original Proteins From Scratch by Vailhem
That's what I meant, that something about prion folds is specific in a way that it coming in contact with the other proteins causes them to fold it in the same way.
I'm unfortunately not able to explain what I'm thinking of well enough.
zUdio t1_ja82n2k wrote
Reply to comment by RamsesA in Instagram users are being served gory videos of killing and torture by hugeplateofketchup8
It’s not bad design if it’s showing you what you want to see.
ThreeWholeFrogs t1_ja82bd3 wrote
Reply to comment by ihrvatska in A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated by PauloPatricio
They often appear over sharpened around the pupils or have other artifacts.
trey74 t1_ja81tc4 wrote
This is the biggest "well, no SHIT" articles. Of course they do.
Spinanator t1_ja81m0s wrote
Reply to comment by backroundagain in Instagram users are being served gory videos of killing and torture by hugeplateofketchup8
YEP! There was like a one month period where the first thing on my feed was some decapitation, drive by shooting, or other horrific shit like scat porn (pun somewhat intended), and it just started up on Instagram for me about a month ago, sometimes the same videos
[deleted] t1_ja81e4z wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Caught between Microsoft's and Google's search war, the ad industry grapples with a 'exciting and terrifying' new reality by marketrent
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LoafyLemon t1_ja812rl wrote
Reply to comment by papetrov99 in Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098
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Proprietary codecs suck, there's nothing they can do because it would be illegal to ship those with a system without paying them a ransom for every installation. The solution is to stop using them and move on to open formats like AV1.
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I've never had that bug, but you might be happy to hear Pop OS will be moving away from gnome, they're working on COSMIC, it should give them more finer control over the distribution.
Certain_Push_2347 t1_ja80v1y wrote
Reply to comment by BobbyBorn2L8 in New tech could bring affordable, hyper realistic screens with 1000+ Hz refresh rates by Sorin61
I get it. The problem is you understanding.
JohnnyTeardrop t1_ja80uxa wrote
Reply to A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated by PauloPatricio
A photo is supposed to be worth a thousand words, not the other way around. Probably should have been the first hint this person was overcompensating.
drossbots t1_ja80b81 wrote
If you're not paying for it with money and you aren't seeing ads, you're paying with your data.
BobbyBorn2L8 t1_ja806iz wrote
Reply to comment by Certain_Push_2347 in New tech could bring affordable, hyper realistic screens with 1000+ Hz refresh rates by Sorin61
Yeah some hardware is not properly optimised for by devs, so while you may have 60fps someone with different hardware to you (not necessarily better or worse) will have a different experience because the devs haven't properly optimised for devices
How do you not get this?
TrekForce t1_ja7zl0z wrote
Reply to comment by grapesinajar in Xiaomi unveils lightweight AR glasses with 'retina-level' display by youguanbumen
No, It’s a display to help you level your retinas. A glorified tilt-sensor.
cabose7 t1_ja7zgoy wrote
Reply to comment by ggtsu_00 in A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated by PauloPatricio
Lol what a load of shit
ihrvatska t1_ja7z6cc wrote
Reply to comment by ThreeWholeFrogs in A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated by PauloPatricio
What is it about the eyes that indicate the photo is AI generated or manipulated?
Found-Flounder-9418 t1_ja7yon4 wrote
Why would anyone not think a "free" product isn't being used to comb through their data to use that same data down the road (for enhancements, training, etc.)...
are people that naive to think someone isn't ever going to read chatbot/bing data at some point?
pancakeQueue t1_ja7yl3i wrote
Reply to comment by Financial_Owl_7245 in Caught between Microsoft's and Google's search war, the ad industry grapples with a 'exciting and terrifying' new reality by marketrent
And then kill it 5 years later.
TheTelegraph OP t1_ja7yaqi wrote
The Telegraph's Technology Editor, James Titcomb reports:
Microsoft staff are reading users’ conversations with its Bing chatbot, the company has disclosed, amid growing data protection concerns about using the systems.
The company said human reviewers monitor what users submit to the chatbot in order to respond to “inappropriate behaviour”.
Employers including JP Morgan and Amazon have banned or restricted staff use of ChatGPT, which uses similar technology, amid concerns that sensitive information could be fed into the bot.
Bing chat became an overnight sensation after Microsoft released it to the world earlier this month, promising to disrupt Google's grip on search with its artificial intelligence bot.
However, it has restricted the service in recent days after testers reported bizarre interactions such as the bot declaring its love for humans and confessing to violent fantasies.
Read this story in full: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/27/microsoft-staff-read-users-chatgpt-posts-prompting-security/
app_generated_name t1_ja7y5sk wrote
Reply to comment by brunnock in The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the Balance by OutlandishnessOk2452
Money. You're missing money.
TheGreat_War_Machine t1_ja7y2oe wrote
Reply to comment by SnipingNinja in Limitless Possibilities – AI Technology Generates Original Proteins From Scratch by Vailhem
Well, let's look at it this way:
There are several types of amino acids that join together into long chains to form proteins. These amino acids are either hydrophilic or hydrophobic. This hydrophilicity is what gives proteins their shape. Because the body is mostly made of water, the chains will arrange themselves in such a way that the hydrophilic aminos will be as close to the water molecules as possible while the hydrophobic aminos will do the opposite. Additionally, during tertiary folding, separate chains of proteins come together via hydrogen bonds (ref. high school chemistry).
For prions to be able to misfold other proteins, it would need to overcome these chemical properties to replace one or several of these amino acids to cause a change in how the other protein folds.
VincentNacon t1_ja852v1 wrote
Reply to Xiaomi unveils lightweight AR glasses with 'retina-level' display by youguanbumen
That look so awkward to use...