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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

The Foundation supports challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that jeopardize Wikipedia's community-led governance model and the right to freedom of expression....

Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (08 Dec 2023)::undefined

A more interesting “bear case” for AI is that, if you look at the list of industries that leading AIs like GPT-4 are capable of disrupting—and therefore making money off of—the list is lackluster from a return-on-investment perspective, because the industries themselves are not very lucrative. What are AIs of the GPT-4...

The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up — complaints that were a major factor in the board’s abrupt decision to fire the CEO...

Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway's sovereign wealth fund says::U.S. auto maker Tesla Inc should respect fundamental labour rights, including collective bargaining, Norway's $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest stock market investor, told Reuters on Friday.

Judge Allows Major ‘Right To Repair’ Lawsuit Against John Deere To Move Forward::Last year agricultural equipment giant John Deere found itself on the receiving end of an antitrust lawsuit for its efforts to monopolize tractor repair. The lawsuits noted that the company consistently purchased competing repair centers in...

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Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

Google admits that a Gemini AI demo video was staged::Google admits that it staged part of a Gemini AI demo video, in which there was actually no voice interaction as implied.

Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.

I received a lot of flack in my other posts for providing this data in conjunction with his efforts to raise money. I separated this post in order to comply with the rules....

Driverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhere::The dream of these vehicles ruling the roads remains just that. Focusing on public transport would be much smarter, says transport writer Christian Wolmar

Senators Introduce ‘Fans First’ Bill Intended to Reform Live-Event Ticketing System::Senators John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar and others introduced the 'Fans First' Act to help “address flaws in the current live event ticketing system.'

The key thing about this kind of therapy is that it's not a drug you keep on taking - it's a one-time thing which permanently cures the disease.