HOLY SHIT
"Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee"
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot."
JFC, it's always the worst people pushing AI
404media.co/anthropic-exec-for…
Also: 404 is doing such great work
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
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How gross to choose your employer (and AI) over your community.
Clinton should be ashamed and shunned.
@jwilker it is sooo bad
That Anthropic guy is delusional and clearly one of the borderline cases where they actually have a "relationship" with the bot. And that "relationship" was so important (as well as the power tripping) that he ruined a safe space for others. I hope they all go off and make a nice channel without him and leave him to spiral into insanity with his bot friend.
iA Winterfest 2025
Celebrating both Winterfest and 20 years of iA this year, with one gift to enjoy each day.M. (iA)
‼️ Endlich geht mal jemand gegen diesen Dreckskonzern vor, der die Menschen obdachlos macht 👇🏼
Tourismusbranche: Spanien verhängt Strafe gegen Airbnb | DIE ZEIT
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-1…
Tourismusbranche: Spanien verhängt Strafe gegen Airbnb
64 Millionen Euro muss Airbnb zur Strafe für nicht lizenzierte Touristenunterkünfte zahlen. Spaniens Verbraucherschutzministerium will so Einheimische schützen.Sarah Kohler (DIE ZEIT)
I do not want to have #Mozilla put #AI into the #firefox browser like they already do.
This article shows me that they are heading in a direction I cannot tolerate:
- blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/le…
Is there a privacy respecting #browser?
Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company
Today, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation, focusing on becoming the trusted software company.Rebecca Smith (The Mozilla Blog)
If you want a full engine... WebKit exists, its opensource. So is Blink.
As far as I'm concerned the thing which would make a new engine sustainable is radicle & informed simplification. Though yes, not being headed by an "AI" company would be one.
I'm not sure if the web's ready for that, but I'm not sure if it'll survive without it.
I think #Servo should be a viable option pretty soon.
Until then, there's always #LibreWolf or just using Firefox and turning off the AI crap.
They've seriously had a revolving door of leadership, but this letter from the new CEO actually gives me a little hope. Let's see if they actually follow through with wanting to be trusted, because they have done a LOT to erode their trust over the past few years.
Dead Island 3 is in development and will reportedly come out in 2028
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/dead-island-3-is-in-development-and-will-reportedly-come-out-in-2028-162522680.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Dead Island 3 is in development and will reportedly come out in 2028
The zombie-shooting sim Dead Island 3 is still in development, according to financial documents. These documents suggest a 2028 release date.Lawrence Bonk (Engadget)
Grappig
"Overheid lanceert ‘Phishkraam’ als onderdeel van campagne over phishing"
security.nl/posting/917439/Ove…
Overheid lanceert ‘Phishkraam’ als onderdeel van campagne over phishing
De overheid heeft een 'Phishkraam' gelanceerd die Nederlanders bewust over phishing moet maken. De Phishkraam, die onderdeel is ...www.security.nl
@Eetschrijver Klopt, maar idee is leuk. En uitvoering helaas niet.
En vast gebouwd met Vibe coding / A.I.
Hoster is vercel.com/
Vercel: Build and deploy the best web experiences with the AI Cloud – Vercel
Vercel gives developers the frameworks, workflows, and infrastructure to build a faster, more personalized web.Vercel
The #UK government has ordered an independent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics in response to what it called the "shocking" case of Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Gill was jailed in November, after admitting to taking bribes for pro-russian interviews and speeches when he was a Member of the European Parliament (ΜΕΡ).
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87l5n…
Minister orders probe into foreign financial interference in UK politics
Communities Secretary Steve Reed says the country "must learn the lessons" from a recent court case.Kate Whannel (BBC News)
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Damn, there's always some new #CrossBorderRail headache... 😡
New timetable for 2026 means a better connection from Berlin to Nuits-sous-Ravières
Or so I thought
07:06 Berlin-Strasbourg 12:51 on ICE 9590
13:05 Strasbourg-Dijon 15:11 on TGV 9879
15:35 Dijon-Nuits 16:21 on TER 17760
DB shows this to me:
And I am travelling on Interrail
And the best site for Interrail reservations for anything in France or into France is normally Rail Europe
So how about a sort of split Interrail reservation? Book Berlin-Strasbourg and Strasbourg-Dijon separately?
Well for reasons I don't understand the Berlin-Strasbourg ICE cannot be reserved that way (pic 1) and you have to use the DB Passzuschlag system instead 🤷♂️ (€19, pic 2)
And then Strasbourg-Dijon was €10 with Rail Europe on the TGV (no screenshot)
This is the sort of issue that worries me about the forthcoming ticketing and passenger rights reform with a proposal coming in February from the European Commission: are railway companies for trips like this going to just add extra connecting time, and make that obligatory, as that's easier for *them* than sorting out solutions to re-route passengers (that'd be better for passengers)?
One to keep an eye on!
Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/1…
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