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Leaked documents: Meta is training custom AI chatbots to message users unprompted, following up on past chats to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-studio-…

Leaked docs show Meta training custom AI chatbots to be more proactive
Leaked guidelines show how Meta's custom AI chatbots are trained to get more proactive, following up with users to increase retention.

Several significant pieces of the House-approved spending bill are at risk of falling out of the legislation as it moves through the Senate
At least one of Thune’s members is already publicly floating that his party should be willing to directly overrule Senate Parlementarian MacDonough on the reconciliation bill.
In a tweet last month, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on X that “disagreeing with the Senate parliamentarian may be warranted if the parliamentarian gives bad advice, and …

Dallas Cowboys minicamp dates 2025: Full list of offseason workouts https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-minicamp-dates-2025-full-list-offseason-workouts

Metacurity is back after our hiatus, and we're shaking things up. Check out today's issue for a special report and a recap of the top infosec developments of the past two weeks, including
--More on DOGE and that insecure database at SSA…,
--UK's age ID law pushes users to non-compliant sites,
--Noem fires FEMA workers for failing basic security protocols,
--UNC6395 stole mass of authentication tokens from Salesloft,
--A hacker used Anthropic's Cl…

More on DOGE and that insecure database at SSA…
UK's age ID law pushes users to non-compliant sites, Noem fires FEMA workers for failing basic security protocols, UNC6395 stole a mass of authentication tokens from Salesloft, A hacker used Anthropic's Claude in crime spree, Salt Typhoon struck at least 200 organizations and 80 countries, more

Trying to find a way to elegantly portmanteau-mangle together “Liquid Glass” and “fiasco”…
Liquid Fiass
Liquid Figlassco
Liquid Gliassco
…and failing

I think I want to give up on this boat illustration I started last year… just not feeling like it’s bringing me any joy.
#art #Illustration #procreate

recline into your evening with last night's frow show on @…, peaceful uneasy feelings for a hot stupid summer, including new sounds by terry riley, marshall allen, jonathan richman, joseph allred, steve gunn, alan bishop, bob dylan & barbra streisand, & more.

Spotted a Tesla Semi truck in the wild, pulling out of the Tesla lot onto Page Mill Rd. Driver in green safety vest sits in the middle of the cab (no passengers?). While stopped at a light it looked like the driver was fighting with trim falling off the left A pillar.
A few blocks later the truck blew through the red light! Particularly scary if Tesla's AI was "driving".

Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation in January 2025 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…

Irish fintech NomuPay lands $40M at a $290M valuation from SoftBank | TechCrunch
As global trade evolves, there's an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options. That's why an Irish-based fintech startup called NomuPay

The US is set to raise the number of military vessels deployed near Venezuela to eight this week,
which Maduro described as
“the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years.”
Following an authorization by Trump to use military force against Latin American drug cartels,
the Associated Press and CBS News report that “the US Navy now has two Aegis guided-missile destroyers — the USS Gravelyand the USS Jason Dunham — in the Caribbean,
a…

Maduro Says US Pointing '1,200 Missiles' at Venezuela After Trump Sends More Warships | Common Dreams
In a press conference on Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the US has "1,200 missiles" pointed at the country after Trump sent more warships. One US defense official said Trump is gearing up for "Noriega part two," suggesting regime change.