Pritesh
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AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
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But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
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But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
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Is everyone in Manchester skiving or taken a day off, how’s it so busy from around midday today. 😬
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Is everyone in Manchester skiving or taken a day off, how’s it so busy from around midday today. 😬
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
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There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
New: Google says it has discovered at least 5 malware families that use AI to rewrite their code and generate new capabilities on the fly, suggesting AI-powered malware is finally starting to take off. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
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the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”
just look outside your window 😅
just look outside your window 😅
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”
just look outside your window 😅
just look outside your window 😅
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*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
This behaviour just makes me want to 🤮
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This behaviour just makes me want to 🤮
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Summer’s officially over. Kids are back in school. Nights are drawing in…
And your boss is finally back from holiday.
Perfect time to get Umbraco In The City: Manchester tickets signed off.
📅 Fri 7 Nov 2025 | 📍 x+why, Manchester | 🎟️ £50 (ex VAT, subsidised)
🔗 Tickets: umbracointhe.city
#Umbraco
And your boss is finally back from holiday.
Perfect time to get Umbraco In The City: Manchester tickets signed off.
📅 Fri 7 Nov 2025 | 📍 x+why, Manchester | 🎟️ £50 (ex VAT, subsidised)
🔗 Tickets: umbracointhe.city
#Umbraco
September 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Summer’s officially over. Kids are back in school. Nights are drawing in…
And your boss is finally back from holiday.
Perfect time to get Umbraco In The City: Manchester tickets signed off.
📅 Fri 7 Nov 2025 | 📍 x+why, Manchester | 🎟️ £50 (ex VAT, subsidised)
🔗 Tickets: umbracointhe.city
#Umbraco
And your boss is finally back from holiday.
Perfect time to get Umbraco In The City: Manchester tickets signed off.
📅 Fri 7 Nov 2025 | 📍 x+why, Manchester | 🎟️ £50 (ex VAT, subsidised)
🔗 Tickets: umbracointhe.city
#Umbraco
Please can we ban the song ‘freed from desire’ from ALL sporting grounds.
August 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Please can we ban the song ‘freed from desire’ from ALL sporting grounds.
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Something entirely different for me this week. I found myself writing about despair and loneliness in an era more connected than ever.
www.gobb.ie/p/despair-an...
www.gobb.ie/p/despair-an...
Despair and loneliness in the digital age
An essay on the creeping feeling of hopelessness in a world more connected than ever before.
www.gobb.ie
May 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Something entirely different for me this week. I found myself writing about despair and loneliness in an era more connected than ever.
www.gobb.ie/p/despair-an...
www.gobb.ie/p/despair-an...
Also, what’s with the trend of wearing short socks and no shinpads in football. #bundesliga
April 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Also, what’s with the trend of wearing short socks and no shinpads in football. #bundesliga
Drama already in the Schalke vs Hamburg game. Red card, the correct decision. #bundesliga
April 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Drama already in the Schalke vs Hamburg game. Red card, the correct decision. #bundesliga
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This kind of confabulation is *absolutely* what is to be expected from LLMs and any kind of AI based on that approach. These produce outputs that follow the patterns found in their training materials, full stop. Those patterns may be complex, but they are syntactical patterns, not ground truths.
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This kind of confabulation is *absolutely* what is to be expected from LLMs and any kind of AI based on that approach. These produce outputs that follow the patterns found in their training materials, full stop. Those patterns may be complex, but they are syntactical patterns, not ground truths.
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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Now available in the App Store: apps.apple.com/nl/app/buyeu...
🇪🇺 #BuyEuropean by @felixgraeber.bsky.social @buyeuropean-io.bsky.social
🇪🇺 #BuyEuropean by @felixgraeber.bsky.social @buyeuropean-io.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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🇪🇺 #BuyEuropean by @felixgraeber.bsky.social @buyeuropean-io.bsky.social
🇪🇺 #BuyEuropean by @felixgraeber.bsky.social @buyeuropean-io.bsky.social
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No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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These researchers are shocked that Google's AI spat out a result that they worked on for years on but haven't published.
My question is, did they ever email about it using Gmail? Put it in a Google Doc?
The idea that Google hasn't trained its AIs on everything they have access to seems naive to me.
My question is, did they ever email about it using Gmail? Put it in a Google Doc?
The idea that Google hasn't trained its AIs on everything they have access to seems naive to me.
AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.
www.bbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
These researchers are shocked that Google's AI spat out a result that they worked on for years on but haven't published.
My question is, did they ever email about it using Gmail? Put it in a Google Doc?
The idea that Google hasn't trained its AIs on everything they have access to seems naive to me.
My question is, did they ever email about it using Gmail? Put it in a Google Doc?
The idea that Google hasn't trained its AIs on everything they have access to seems naive to me.
That was fun, topped off with an excellent evening of #bundesliga fantasy football, finishing the evening in some respectable places.
February 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
That was fun, topped off with an excellent evening of #bundesliga fantasy football, finishing the evening in some respectable places.
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Thread. The damage these fuckwits are doing around the world is incalculable.
In Cambodia, half the operations to detect active cases of tuberculosis have halted.
They estimate it has led to around 100,000 people missing screening, 300 drug resistant TB cases going undiagnosed, and 10,000 drug susceptible cases going undiagnosed.
They estimate it has led to around 100,000 people missing screening, 300 drug resistant TB cases going undiagnosed, and 10,000 drug susceptible cases going undiagnosed.
February 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thread. The damage these fuckwits are doing around the world is incalculable.