mastodon 4.6.4Postcards from Caledon:
A downtown city boy heads to the country.
But with gigabit fibre.
🇨🇦
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
> Within weeks of her uploading information about the condition, attributed to a fictional author, major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition as if it were real. ... Even more troublingly, the fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. .. this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers.
If you get to interact with an octopus in the wild, you wouldn't think of eating them ever again.
> I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
I honestly wasn't sure I would see humans get above LEO again in my lifetime.
Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s
> The Orion spacecraft has successfully completed the translunar injection burn and departed low-Earth orbit.
TRANSFORMERS.
I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS INTO THE VOID FOR A YEAR.
Trump ignores biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing
> Nearly 50% of data center projects delayed as China holds key to power infrastructure.
Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed
https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply
> The vast majority of data centers scheduled for completion over the next few years have yet to even break ground.
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116341407943983284
New clients for the Uplift War!
My long time Android launcher Nova Launcher got bought. Twice. Dev quit.
Survellience businesses model has arrived even with the lifetime purchase. 🤢
I switched to Smart Launcher. Has a Nova Luncher import feature. Almost at feature parity.
So far so good. 👍
Well I can think of a reason...
FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason
https://gizmodo.com/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-foreign-made-router-ban-for-some-reason-2000746580
> It's not clear why this is happening.
