The co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI proposed building a doomsday bunker that would house the company’s top researchers in case of a “rapture” triggered by the release of a new form of artificial intelligence that could surpass the cognitive abilities of humans, according to a new book.
Ilya Sutskever, the man credited with being the brains behind ChatGPT, convened a meeting with key scientists at OpenAI in the summer of 2023 during which he said: “Once we all get into the bunker…”
A confused researcher interrupted him. “I’m sorry,” the researcher asked, “the bunker?”
AI Will Save Us All
National Post- Carney’s plan for digital government could find savings, but just as many headaches
These are headaches you don’t need when you’re trying to run a 17-acre farm and managing a seasonal staff of up to 16. The most frustrating part, she says, was trying to get through to somebody on the phone without the system hanging up.
Social Disease
Jews on BlueSky seem disturbed that their leftist fellow travellers are debating what degree of support for Israel justifies their murder.
“If you’re a Southern boy, if it moves and it’s not supposed to, you use duct tape.”
Ed Smylie, a hero of the Apollo 13 mission, died three weeks ago at the age of 95.
Google Commemorative Logos You’ll Never See
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
“AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime there’ll be great companies.”
Ghosts In The Machine
Algorithms, AI, propaganda and mind control. The online world is a war zone.
Citizen Journalists For the Win
Today’s Must Have Selfie
Google Commemorate Logos You’ll Never See
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has a major advantage here: Google is guilty. It lost the liability phase of this trial resoundingly, with the court finding Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power.” As far as the court is concerned, Google has an illegal monopoly in search services and general search advertising. The purpose of this trial is to determine what to do about it, and the DOJ has some ideas.
This case, overseen by United States District Judge Amit Mehta, is taking place against a backdrop that is particularly unflattering for Google. It has been rocked by loss after loss in its antitrust cases, including the Epic-backed Google Play case, plus the search case that is at issue here. And just last week, a court ruled that Google abused its monopoly in advertising tech. The remedies in Google’s app store case are currently on hold pending appeal, but that problem is not going away. Meanwhile, Google is facing even more serious threats in the remedy phase of this trial.
The DOJ will come out guns blazing — it sees this as the most consequential antitrust case in the US since the Microsoft trial of the 1990s.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Flaming Sparky Bikes
BBC- E-bike fires happening ‘every other day’ in London
Fires are being caused by e-bikes or e-scooters in London “every other day”, a fire chief has warned after a fire left 11 people needing hospital treatment in Bethnal Green, east London, last week.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Meet AROK a house keeping robot, 1977.
A.I. Will Fix Everything
Sam Cooper- AI-Driven Election Interference from China, Russia, and Iran Expected, Canadian Security Officials Warn
The warning came Monday from the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force, whose officials detailed how foreign state actors, including China, Russia, and Iran, are likely to use so-called “hack-and-leak” operations, generative AI, and social engineering to undermine confidence in Canada’s democratic process.
Shirley You Can’t Be Serious
I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.
Armstrong Economics- Pilotless Air Taxis Have Arrived
EHang’s EH216-S is a two-seat electric drone that can travel at a top speed of 80 mph (130 km/h) over a range of 18.6 miles (30 km). Heyi Aviation has a similar model as well that is meant for “low-altitude economy” flights. Initial operations will be restricted to closed-loop routes that land and takeoff at the same location.
My Data Is Your Data, Comrades
New York Post- Whistleblower claims Meta helped China develop advanced AI to ‘outcompete American companies’: bombshell testimony
During her opening statement, Wynn-William, Facebook’s former director of global public policy, told lawmakers that Meta began providing briefings to the Chinese Communist Party “as early as 2015” while pursuing “Project Aldrin” – a top-secret effort to gain access to China’s lucrative market.
Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Roverlords
“I’m shocked — shocked — to find that China is asshole!”
Security researchers have uncovered a pre-installed, undocumented remote access tunnel in 🇨🇳 Unitree Go1 robot dogs.
Each Unitree Go1 robot dog is shipped with a preconfigured tunnel client that initiates a connection to 🇨🇳 CloudSail — a remote access platform developed by 🇨🇳 Zhexi Technology, based in China.
“Anybody with access to the API key can freely access all robot dogs on the tunnel network, remotely control them, use the vision cameras to see through their eyes, or even hop on the RPI via SSH.” […]
The discovery raises serious concerns about supply chain trust, especially as these robots are widely used in academic, corporate, and even defense-related environments.
Place Your Bets
First six minutes is explanation, second half is where the cool footage is.
To Sip Or Not To Sip
This is the question.
Dave Barry- Yoga Trauma
What happened was — prepare to be horrified — a woman took a sip of water during a yoga class. Yes. According to the Times story, which is not a brief story, and which I am not making up, this resulted in a “firestorm.”