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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-07-03 09:25:54

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)
businessinsider.com/meta-ai-st

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.

@jake4480@c.im
2025-07-03 19:50:45

I've enjoyed Michael Madsen in films ever since I first saw Reservoir Dogs, probably when I was 13 or 14, right after it came out. And then in Species, Sin City, Kill Bill- and the most recent Madsen thing I've seen, The Hateful Eight, from 10 years ago. And he was in 8 movies last year, and 4 still upcoming! Truly one of our time's greatest actors, and amazing right up to the end. He'll be missed. RIP

Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs
Michael Madsen in Species
Michael Madsen in Kill Bill
Michael Madsen in Sin City
@aligyie@digitalcourage.social
2025-07-02 12:48:41

"While crop seed vaults are common around the world, nurseries for wild and native plants are rare, and many plant species quietly become extinct. This marks #Gurukula out as a Noah’s ark for endangered plant species."

"The primary vegetation around Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary is wet evergreen, medium elevation rainforest."
"Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants."
"An explosion of Alsophila spinulosa tree ferns, also known as flying spider-monkey tree fern. These are native species found in tropical and subtropical forests across Asia. An abundance of ferns can mean a healthy, high-quality habitat with minimal human disturbance."

Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants
In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants

@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2025-07-02 11:13:16

Ever get the feeling you're being watched?
Me: I have cats. I'm always being watched.

Photo of a fluffy orange cat with a white tipped tail (Walter, maybe?) peeking at the viewer by lookink at a dresser mirror.
@denmanrooke@social.coop
2025-05-31 22:58:41

We in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
#Animation

ANIMATION INDUSTRY IN DANGER : WORLD UNIONS DECLARE EMERGENCY IN THE FACE OF GENERATIVE Al USE. Graphic with the text Let's Stop AI Generated Art.
ENGLISH VERSION This statement was composed by a collective of international Animation Unions, federations, and organisations calling for action in regards to the usage of generative Artificial Intelligence and its destructive impact, not only on the global animation industry and the craft itself, but also on everyone who is employed by it, our culture and our planet. The animation industry is suffering, after the explosion of the streaming bubble and the pandemic. The workers are feeling the …
This same technology is being used to foster dissent, confusion and distrust among the public. This unchecked growth and unjustified techno-optimism comes with incredible environmental consequences, including expanding demand for computing power, larger carbon footprints, shifts in patterns of electricity and water demands and an accelerated depletion of natural resources. As such, there is a need for protection frameworks around GenAl, centered around transparency, compensation, control on the…
We invite all workers, students and allies to join us in Annecy festival, to discuss concerns and defense against GenAl, and to hear unions representatives read the statement on Thursday, June 12th, at 2 PM, on the Paquier (and then a map graphic)
@wfryer@mastodon.cloud
2025-07-03 10:54:34

#book2read: Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
a.co/d/fLuNixl
via Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World…

Cover of "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" by Robert D. Putnam, featuring a black-and-white image of a bowling alley with a prominent "BOWLING" sign. The text indicates it's the 20th
@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-08-02 16:08:52

as a fairly literal child of public television, i'm definitely having some feelings about the destruction of the corporation for public broadcasting! (unlike many of my dad's films, i don't think this particular project was paid for by PBS/CFB but believe it aired there at least once.) #cfb #pbs

a baby in a bassinet (me!) points at camera, captioned Jesse The First Year
@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-06-03 21:48:08

and also 50 years ago today, following the dead session at ace’s, #JerryGarcia & merl saunders in #berkeley with a mystery drummer. menke/falenga audience tape, quality getting better as it goes:

hand drawn calendar entry for Jerry garcia and Merl Saunders with Paul Pena
@wfryer@mastodon.cloud
2025-06-03 11:30:15

Check out my new post for #HealOurCulture: “Healing the Broken Narrative”
healourculture.org/2025/06/03/
Also on Subst…

The image is a comic strip divided into four panels. The first panel depicts a stern man at a podium surrounded by flames, while two children look concerned. The second panel features the title "CULTURE HEALERS," showing two individuals shaking hands
@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2025-08-01 21:28:43

It was the flames talking... :nes_fire:⁠:elmo_fire:⁠:nes_fire:

Photo of a round, decorated cake with 7 suns and the following written on it: I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I SAID WHEN IT WAS 109° OUTSIDE