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MountingSuspicion

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  • A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days

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  • Yes, I saw that, I just didn't see them say that's what happened to them. If that's what happened then this should be an open and shut case. Like I said initially, Google is a bad company doing bad things and this change was an objectively greedy and evil thing.

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  • I understand mutual aid as a concept, but my local anarchist groups seem happy to just do random mutual aid. They will just stand on a corner, distribute food to anyone that comes by and say "great job team!" It feels ineffectual and the lack of planning really hobbles them. I suggested doing a more organized approach and they were all "you can do that if you want", which I already knew I could do. I was wondering if WE should maybe be a little more organized and they just aren't interested. They'll do a toy drive and then just go to a random park to give them out. It feels more like a random act of kindness group than a group trying to build parallel systems of power. I understand that it may just be my local groups, but I would love to hear about other groups experiences. Is there maybe a more anarchist friendly way of organizing that I'm not privy to? I can do some reading if necessary. I'm not really an anarchist, but I believe mutual aid is important, I'd just like to see it done more purposefully. Is your mutual aid group a chapter of one I'd be familiar with? I'd be interested in trying a different group if it felt more helpful.

  • A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days

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  • Google is a bad company with bad policies, but I'd love to have them explain what caused the compromise. They dispute that it was uploaded publicly to GitHub, but don't seem to provide any information as to what happened. They also didn't have 2fa on, which is strange to hear because AWS (they're using Google) required 2fa on all accounts at least a year ago, regardless of permissions if memory serves. Really sorry to hear this happened to them, and the fact you can't set a hard cap on spend makes Google the party ultimately responsible here, but I'd appreciate having more information on the actual cause.

  • Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

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  • I get where you're coming from, but I think it's important that ars has held this person accountable. They have a journalistic standard they are sticking to, which is that there should be no AI use, and there are repercussions for people who don't abide. There's not an extremely large cohort that is willing to spend more to avoid AI, but I am certainly part of it, and seeing ars hold this person accountable helps me know that I can trust and patronize them ethically. There are businesses out there unwilling to acquiesce to an AI first narrative, and I'm just worried that elements of doomerism are going to make people unwilling to believe those companies when they have every reason to believe them.

  • Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

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  • Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

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  • There's an assumption that there has been an increased workload requested of them that I don't have a reason to believe. That person has been a writer for them for years and since they don't use AI as a rule, I don't know why they would have increased expected output from their staff. I'm not saying that never happens, I just don't believe that's what happened in this case as there is no evidence to suggest that. I appreciate you explaining that comment though.

  • Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

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  • What was the damned if you don't in this scenario? Seems more like damned if do, best if you don't in this situation.

  • Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

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  • I don't work at Ars, and maybe you know something I don't, but I have seen nothing to suggest that they're one of the companies doing that. It seems like they are pretty open about how they do not allow AI to be used in the process. Have they said something to indicate otherwise and I just misssed it?

  • Fascists are cretins, but also, what weirdos

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  • Had they narrowed it to just #2 they'd at least have international support. This reads like someone did really poorly in their language class and is hoping toppling the government will allow them to get back at their teacher.

  • Flavor Flav to host Las Vegas event for winning US women’s Olympic ice hockey team

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  • I don't want to write an in depth comment without receipts, but I swear I watched a breadtuber deep dive into how he put those women in horrible situations, and they also touched on his personal life. I cannot for the life of me find the video though, but the information I remember is pretty damning. If anyone knows what I'm referring to, please post a link. I'm not trying to dismiss this act if it's a genuine thing, but I would love to know I'm not hallucinating this video.

  • Pentagon and Scouting America reach deal to keep ties after Hegseth's anti-DEI push

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  • Men's US Hockey Star Immediately Betrayed by Trump

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  • Tkachuk said he understood why women's players could feel insulted by that comment... "I mean, I get it," he said. "We support them, they support us.

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    He's giving big "I'm sorry you feel that way" energy. Hope all of these assholes are shunned by Canada.

  • A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’

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  • If you're looking at people in developed countries where more kids doesn't necessarily mean more labor, the difference can also be somewhat explained by religion and quality of life concerns. Extremely religious people in the us, who tend to be less educated and have lower incomes, may not believe in contraception and believe that "god will provide". That may sound like an exaggeration, but I personally know someone with 7 kids who cannot afford to feed them but thinks that they will go to hell if they use condoms and denying their husband is also a sin somehow. They just talk about how god intended for their family to struggle. That's not a mindset you generally see in high income families.

    The other factor is quality of life (and yes, education). If you're making enough to afford a home and a good education for 1-2 children, you may be looking to give your child a good life and a good springboard for their future. If you know that no matter what you do, you will never be able to afford a college education for your child, then that makes having a child "less expensive" in that regard. You know you won't be able to afford sports or extracurricular activity equipment, or new clothes, so while a family earning more may spend a smaller percentage of their income on any single child, the resources they are expecting to be able to provide them increase. A lot of low income families may have the approach that if a child is fed they've done the thing. Check mark on parenting for the day. If that's the approach to parenting then it's less resource intensive than a more involved approach that some high income families may have. I want to be clear that this is not a moral failing or some kind of judgement being passed. I think a lot of people don't realize the day to day of very low income families. There are still people in the US raising families with no access to electricity or even running water. They have a very different background and understanding of what a family looks like. I don't think they are inherently evil for having more kids and being unable to provide for them in the way others may expect, but I also think that's not an excuse to allow children to live in unsafe conditions. I legitimately believe that if we had better education in low income and rural areas that you'd see this disparity drop, as they learn the different options education can provide and strive to ensure their own children get the best education and support possible.

  • Anthropic pretends 'retired' LLM is becoming a 'blogger'

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  • Anthropic may sometimes post a deprecated LLMs response to prompts. Maybe. When it feels like it.

  • Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim * TorrentFreak

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  • Fine Meta, sure, but also fine everyone who suggested it, did it, supported it, or knew about it. People need to be held personally responsible for illegal actions they do when acting on behalf of a company. Like all the people who knew about issues with the Boeing planes. Also, fines should be based off earnings, not just profits. If you stole something from me, sold it for 1 million and then paid yourself 999k as a sellers fee, why should I get just a percentage of the remainder? I should get all of what you earned and then some to make up for the fact I was stolen from. I don't care that you already spent the 999k. It's mine and belongs to me. Maybe then investors would care more about the scruples of the companies they are flooding with cash.

  • Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs

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  • I feel like that may be worse. Kind of like how if you have certain security measures while browsing the web it's almost easier to fingerprint you. It'll get a good idea of your age and that'll be enough rather than sticking to a specific lie. Just always be 3 years older with one additional sibling or a sibling of the opposite sex. If the sex of your sibling is relevant just describe them as a close family friend or close cousin in that instance. I can't say for sure, but if I had to guess having a static lie is maybe more obfuscation than a variable one. Though even posting on this thread is bad opsec.

  • What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?

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  • Though I think your first point is mostly semantics, I do it's ok if some things are expected to be memorized. What do you mean by:

    Repetitive reading with no application intended just for memorization is a massive waste of time.

    Is the class and test not the intended application? I bet most people who learn about DNA or Golgi bodies never apply that information outside of school. Most people who took an art history class had to learn about cubism and likely haven't uttered the word since. What about the difference between igneous and sedimentary rock? I think these classes are important, but you cannot expect people to have the time to build up an understanding of all of these subjects from first principles. At a certain point you have to memorize something. Even if you went to a volcano and watched the magma cool yourself, you'd still have to remember what the result is called. If a student can define a term and identify it in action when they see it, I don't think they need to have done any original research on it, and most coursework (lectures/videos/homework) gives them the tools to be able to define and identify it. It's about exposure and exploration, and for that kind of surface level understanding I think the coursework for most classes counts as sufficient "putting in the work".

    What does useful mean in this context:

    By all means use AI tools to do schoolworks if and when they're useful

    My point is that they are not useful because they don't help you learn the material. What is the "valuable part of this"? It literally just does the work for them. AI repeatedly makes factual errors, so I wouldn't even trust it to rephrase something, much less teach it to me, especially when there are a lot of trustworthy educational tools and sites out there.

  • What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?

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  • I had originally written a Soylent reference but thought it too niche so removed it. Notable indeed.

  • AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

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  • AI is suicidal because it was trained on the internet and we're all depressed here.

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    Orchid Spikes Getting Too Long

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    When it's been more than a week since the last session and we have to piece together what was happening

  • LGBTQ+ @beehaw.org
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    Harry Potter TV Series Boycott

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Opinions on Content Creator Packs?