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ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.

https://www.404media.co/asu-atomic-ai-modules-arizona-state-university/

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Philosophers said the paper’s argument is sound, but that “all these arguments have been presented years and years ago.”

https://www.404media.co/google-deepmind-paper-argues-llms-will-never-be-conscious/

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Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers. https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/

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The remnants of a bizarre long-lost world that fell apart before our planet was fully formed are falling to Earth in the form of meteorites, according to a new study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

https://www.404media.co/the-destroyed-remnants-of-a-lost-world-are-falling-to-earth-scientists-discover/

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A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.

https://www.404media.co/startups-brag-they-spend-more-money-on-ai-than-human-employees/

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Gardiner Bryant · 3w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqn6lzeu5za3nznyqekzw5zymfveq5vjvfz8vjf77s04l357xmtsyqpa0jjs imagine being so deluded that you could believe spending more money on AI than on employees was a good thing. Idiots truly run the business world.

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The webXray California Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March and found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of cookie tracking.
https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/

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A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.

https://www.404media.co/startups-brag-they-spend-more-money-on-ai-than-human-employees/

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Signal already has a setting that blocks message content from displaying in push notifications; the case highlights why such a feature might be important for some users to turn on. https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/

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The shareholders explicitly cited multiple 404 Media investigations, including one that showed Thomson Reuters' CLEAR is integrated with a tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to target.

https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-shareholders-demand-investigation-into-ice-contracts/

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Internal Space Force emails obtained by 404 Media show the work it takes to have a government agency make a new theme song. A general even wanted to start the whole thing over again.

https://www.404media.co/emails-reveal-space-forces-hardest-mission-is-writing-a-song/

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Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒 · 4w

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“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”

https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/

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Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds that are normally found in a wide range of natural sources, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and toads, according to a study published on Wednesday in Science Advances.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

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Anti. 🐘 · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqn6lzeu5za3nznyqekzw5zymfveq5vjvfz8vjf77s04l357xmtsyqpa0jjs *ribbit*