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Snap introduces Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and Specs glasses, calling it an "anticipatory AI service" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996078/snap-specs-intelligence-ai-agent-ios-mac

Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac
Snap’s “Specs Intelligence” AI tool is launching in preview on iOS and will be coming to Mac and the Specs AR glasses.

"Extreme weather is making work difficult for many people – this is what needs to change"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Extreme weather is making work difficult for many people – this is what needs to change
Climate change leading to extreme weather events is making life uncomfortable for many UK workers. A new survey reveals the depth of the problem.

RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@miranda_blue/116935608086213327
This is showing one thing that I think should become general principle: Using an LLM for someone else _is rude and bad_. Presenting something untranslated that _they_ can have an LLM translate is better than doing it yourself, and not showing that input — the prompt here is not included and is a key piece of context, and the results are also bad _with no recourse_.
Information has been destroyed. Trust has been broken (or in the case of commerce, failed to be established). Even if the total amount of LLM-use were the same, this is worse than the reader using it.
PROMPTING AN LLM FOR SOMEONE ELSE IS RUDE.

The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here (Spencer Ackerman/FOREVER WARS)
https://www.forever-wars.com/the-next-step-in-criminalizing-ice-protests-is-here/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p61#a260617p61

ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office.
2 more in the last week.
In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention.
ICE has become a killing machine.
We cannot let this feel normal.
It isn't.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct

Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social)
ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office. 2 more in the last week. In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention. ICE has become a killing machine. We cannot let this feel normal. It isn't.

Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to its Las Vegas facility (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of…

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Death of woman released by ICE on a winter day is now ruled a homicide (Arelis R. Hernšndez/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/16/death-woman-released-by-ice-winter-day-is-now-ruled-homicide/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p54#a260617p54

Midwest-based Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
is gearing up to challenge In-N-Out,
planning a major Northern California push after years of having only a handful of California locations
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/202

Midwest burger chain targets California, taking on In-N-Out
Watch out, In-N-Out; another chain is targeting California consumers with its big burgers.

After reports of GPT-5.6 deleting files, OpenAI says the issue most often occurs in full-access mode without sandboxing and it is working to mitigate the risk (Tibo/@thsottiaux)
https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2077630111499882637

Tibo (@thsottiaux) on X
On file deletions. We’ve investigated a handful of reports where GPT-5.6 unexpectedly deleted files. What we have found is that this most commonly occurs when: - Full access mode is enabled and codex is run without sandboxing protections, including without auto review being

XDOF, which is building data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for robot training data, emerges from stealth with $70M (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/colle…

Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it. | TechCrunch
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.