@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-08-17 01:28:30
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 11:05:39
Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have published detailed memos in recent weeks, basically agreeing on the need for a US-led AI regulatory framework (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/ai-regulations-openai-anthropic-google
@StephenRees@mas.to2026-07-16 16:55:38
From The Tyee's Daily Catch
“We live in on a rural property with a lot of mostly mature trees. While I agree with some of the FireSmart recommendations, I’m not going to cut down all these trees in order to have a slightly better chance of saving the house and any outbuildings in case of a forest fire. If I wanted to live on a bald prairie, I’d move to Alberta or Saskatchewan (shudder).... All of us reading The Tyee know exactly what’s triggering all these wildfires, torrential rai…
@wydamn@social.linux.pizza2026-09-14 18:11:01
Welcome to the mid-2020's. Yet again, parody news site describes current events more accurately than mainstream media.
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/09/tech-oligarchs-agree-calling-ai-too-dangerous-way-…
@sakhavi@aoir.social2026-09-14 21:53:11
“Now that we’ve gotten everyone vaguely scared, we think this is the time to propose solutions, namely massive third party oversight which we will pay for and control, gatekeeping of smaller competitors, toothless government legislation which we’ve already paid President Trump to let us write ourselves, and overall a whole lot less scrutiny over the massive house of over-leveraged cards we’ve built.”
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-07-12 16:28:07
Since it was relevant to a discussion I just had on here and is something most people probably haven't thought about much (unless you've taken one of a handful of philosophy classes), I thought I'd try to lay out a key piece of Descartes' Meditations (#philosophy
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com2026-08-14 18:41:30
@… I am personally able to set that aside and enjoy the show, but I do agree that it’s an annoying property of shows that set themselves up to have a reveal eventually.
I remember watching How I Met Your Mother in my youth, and the whole thing hinges on eventually revealing who “your mother” is… and then it’s just some random character they insert in the last …
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-08-17 02:19:31
Cowboys Bolster Their Pass Rush, Reportedly Agree To Deal With Von Miller https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/allas-cowboys-reportedly-sign-two-time-super-bowl-champion-von-miller
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-15 03:50:51
Sources: Stripe and PE firm Advent International have jointly offered $60.50/share to acquire PayPal, a 28% premium to Tuesday's close, valuing it at $53B (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/s
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-04 05:35:44
Sources: HP, Asus, and Acer have started using small amounts of DRAM chips from CXMT in their laptops for non-US markets, amid an unprecedented memory shortage (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/china-tech/hp-asus-and-acer-…
