Lunatech @Lunatech@qoto.org

Just leaving this out here for any technology writers that need a reminder

#ChatGPT #OpenAI #BingAI

https://www.theverge.com/23604075/ai-chatbots-bing-chatgpt-intelligent-sentient-mirror-test

The Onion is not fucking about this morning.

https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997

If a church has enough money to run ads during the Super Bowl?

They have enough to pay taxes.

Amazon asks corporate staff to be back in the office at least three days per week, starting May 1, after previously leaving the decisions to team leaders (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-changes-back-to-office-policy-tells-corporate-workers-to-come-in-3-days-a-week/
http://www.techmeme.com/230217/p21#a230217p21

FL Rep. Murphy sought transparency re: Russian election interference. Roger Stone credits his goon, Jacob Engels, a close longtime associate of the FL Proud Boys gang, w/ chasing her out of Congress. By Jennifer Cohn #flpol https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/02/january-6-committee-made-a-mistake-leaving-this-stone-unturned/

Six out of twelve Florida universities have handed over medical records of students who requested care for gender dysphoria.

Read that again: half of the public universities in Florida have violated patient privacy in favor of DeSantis' fascism.

#Transphobia #Florida #Christofascism
https://news.yahoo.com/ron-desantis-requested-medical-records-145417991.html

GoDaddy says it discovered a multi-year security breach in early December 2022 where unknown attackers stole source code and installed malware on its servers (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/godaddy-hackers-stole-source-code-installed-malware-in-multi-year-breach/
http://www.techmeme.com/230217/p19#a230217p19

The East Palestine disaster raised public awareness of toxic spills, which are a disturbingly constant feature of U.S. capitalism.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7b4qa/east-palestine-derail-toxic-conspiracy
#Technews #eastpalestine #OHIO #Toxic #derail #conspiracy #hazardous #Chemical

Rep. Stephanie Murphy wanted more transparency re: Russian election interference. Roger Stone’s goon Jacob Engels harassed her relentlessly & then took credit 4 her decision to leave Congress. By Jennifer Cohn https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/02/january-6-committee-made-a-mistake-leaving-this-stone-unturned/

Roger Stone quotes from my latest:
“Politics is not about uniting people. It’s about dividing people.”
“Open multiple fronts on your enemy. He must feel confused and besieged from every side.” https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/02/january-6-committee-made-a-mistake-leaving-this-stone-unturned/

Downgrading a Package via apt-get in #Ubuntu and #Debian #Linux

https://itsfoss.com/downgrade-apt-package/

If you want a truly clear, easily understandable, and thorough look at what the Supreme Court is actually looking at next week in the Gonzalez case, this piece by @jmiers230 is fantastic. I've been following these issues and this case, in particular, for years, and I still learned new stuff. https://medium.com/chamber-of-progress/what-to-expect-as-the-supreme-court-hears-gonzalez-v-google-aa3f3007c5cd

It's hard for me to figure out what bothers me most about Florida Gov. DeSantis demanding health records of trans students from Florida universities:

- The political targeting of trans people as a culture war issue
- The fact that half the state universities have given records without a fight
- That this bigot is likely to be the Republican nominee for President

https://www.insider.com/ron-desantis-trans-college-students-medical-records-florida-medical-care-2023-2

FYI, for anybody on a Mac using the H&R Block software to file your taxes. There’s an issue submitting federal returns, with error code FD-31-FMT-8042.

They escalated my case to software support. The support person I talked to has confirmed that this is happening to others.

#HRBlock #Mac

Source: Microsoft is demoing Bing chatbot to ad agencies, with plans for paid links within the chatbox responses and industry-specific ads (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsofts-bing-plans-ai-ads-early-pitch-advertisers-2023-02-17/
http://www.techmeme.com/230217/p15#a230217p15

Ubuntu Advantage is being wired deeper into the distro https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/17/ubuntu_advantage/

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.it/TheRegister/status/1626544839746519041

Bing's new AI chat has secret chat modes that can be used to change the AI bot into a personal assistant, a friend to help with your emotions and problems, a game mode to play games with Bing, or its default, Bing Search mode.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/bing-chats-secret-modes-turn-it-into-a-personal-assistant-or-friend/

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