@tante@tldr.nettime.org"What I’m saying is generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life."
Garbage Day nails it.
(Original title: Generative AI is an expensive edging machine)
https://www.garbageday.email/p/generative-ai-is-an-expensive-ed…
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.orgMoment of Gratitude, this time for GitHub.com
I have been having fun with claude-code and have been using github in ways I did not know existed (like hosting docker images), and so easy! (and, I think, for free)
Thank you GitHub!
https://brewster.kahle.org/2026/02/01…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJapan's Sakana AI launches Sakana Chat, its first consumer chatbot, marking a shift from its business focus as competition to localize generative AI intensifies (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn
@fgraver@hcommons.socialUsing your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe https://theconversation.com/using-your-ai-chatbot-as-a-search-engine-be-careful-what-you-believe-277616
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos announce a partnership to roll out generative and agentic AI tools for specific missions at federal agencies (Miranda Nazzaro/FedScoop)
https://fedscoop.com/openai-chatgpt-le
@newsie@darktundra.xyzGlobal data protection authorities warn generative AI companies against replicating real people https://therecord.media/data-protection-authorities-warn-ai-companies-of-sharing-images
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Greenwashing
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngI keep on thinking about this so often, now mostly about how the word has been co-opted & abused by contemporary "AI"... Just refound the link (from 2012):
Generative vs generated
https://www.anomalogue.com/2012/05/01/generative-vs-generated/
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialI sincerely hope that before too long, generative AI images are recognized for the lazy dogshit that they are, and that the design profession utterly ostracizes the practitioners who use them
@newsie@darktundra.xyzRussian-speaking hackers used gen AI tools to compromise 600 firewalls, Amazon says https://therecord.media/gen-ai-fortigate-hackers-russia
@esoriano@social.linux.pizzaAn Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI”
https://medium.com/center-on-privacy-technology/an-open-letter-to-geor…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialHow generative AI is used in the financial sector.
#AI
@sakhavi@aoir.social
@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizzaSo, sit down a moment and please take this with all your brain and critism. I don't want to anger you, but to move the discorse forward.
Ok so:
I think if you avoid generative AI in your life, it's not going to send a message to anyone. If you are trying to win a morale argument, I'm sorry but no one cares and the world is going to shit anyway. The only reason why you should not use them are because you are empathic to the ones suffering and because you are trying to a…
@matthiasott@mastodon.social✍️ New post: The Shape of Friction
I wrote a short blog post reply to @…’s recent post (👏) about generative AI, friction, and people.
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-shap…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngI think it's time for some #FollowFriday action once again. Today, let's focus on computational/algorithmic/generative art/design practitioners (not AI art :)
An entirely incomplete list, in A-Z order:
@…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle Photos' latest generative AI-powered feature, "Me Meme", lets users create memes from their own images, launching first in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/google-photos-latest-feature-lets-you-meme-…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMusical AI, an attribution and rights management platform for generative AI in music, raised $4.5M led by Heavybit to improve its attribution tech (Mandy Dalugdug/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music…
@Techpizzamondays@social.linux.pizzaWe’ve chosen the paper for @… next week (February 23rd): “Hallucinating with AI: AI Psychosis as Distributed Delusions” by Lucy Osler.
(Is it this Lucy Osler: @…? We think so!)
We’ll have copies to give out tonight (6 PM, Vi…
@krispijn@social.sargasso.nlClaims that #AI can help fix climate dismissed as #greenwashing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/17/tech-companies-traditional-ai-generative-climate-breakdown-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
@crell@phpc.socialWait, Games Workshop did something good?
#AI
@lukem@hachyderm.ioToday for the first time ever I added fake film grain in post while editing my photos.
I reached the point where noise reduction in low light situations makes my photos look noticeably worse, especially when people are involved. They start looking like wax figures and I hate that.
At the same time, as a digital kid, I wasn't a fan of adding fake grain to my photos. Everyone and their dog knows I don't shoot film. And what's the point of making my photos look worse.
Today something clicked in my brain and I decided I'd rather have some texture and deliberate imperfection in my pictures.
Especially when all this generative AI bullshit these days is about making things look so smooth and perfect it hurts.
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz❝Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows:
● Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.
● Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.❞
@HugeGameArtGD@mastodon.gamedev.place@…
In theory the carbon footprint could be solved by moving to green energy.
But there are other issues with generative AI like e-waste and scalability.
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Experiences of Academics, Graduates, and Undergraduates in Using Generative AI in Research (Un)Ethically and (Ir)Responsibly: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Synthesis"
https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2026.2626122
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-google-acquires-3d-im…
@lpryszcz@genomic.socialBeautiful summary
https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-dont-use-ai/
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social"Nous estimons qu'Š ce stade de son développement, les risques liés Š l'utilisation de l'IA générative dans l'éducation des enfants l'emportent sur ses avantages. Cela s'explique en grande partie par le fait que les risques liés Š l'IA sont de nature différente de ses avantages, c'est-Š-dire que ces risques compromettent le développement fondamental des enfants et peuvent empêcher la concrétisation des avantages."
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialThe UK’s creative industries face a “clear and present danger” from generative AI, a House of Lords committee has warned the government.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/uk-at-fork-in-the-a…
@arXiv_csGR_bot@mastoxiv.pageProc3D: Procedural 3D Generation and Parametric Editing of 3D Shapes with Large Language Models
Fadlullah Raji, Stefano Petrangeli, Matheus Gadelha, Yu Shen, Uttaran Bhattacharya, Gang Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12234 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.12234 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.12234
arXiv:2601.12234v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Generating 3D models has traditionally been a complex task requiring specialized expertise. While recent advances in generative AI have sought to automate this process, existing methods produce non-editable representation, such as meshes or point clouds, limiting their adaptability for iterative design. In this paper, we introduce Proc3D, a system designed to generate editable 3D models while enabling real-time modifications. At its core, Proc3D introduces procedural compact graph (PCG), a graph representation of 3D models, that encodes the algorithmic rules and structures necessary for generating the model. This representation exposes key parameters, allowing intuitive manual adjustments via sliders and checkboxes, as well as real-time, automated modifications through natural language prompts using Large Language Models (LLMs). We demonstrate Proc3D's capabilities using two generative approaches: GPT-4o with in-context learning (ICL) and a fine-tuned LLAMA-3 model. Experimental results show that Proc3D outperforms existing methods in editing efficiency, achieving more than 400x speedup over conventional approaches that require full regeneration for each modification. Additionally, Proc3D improves ULIP scores by 28%, a metric that evaluates the alignment between generated 3D models and text prompts. By enabling text-aligned 3D model generation along with precise, real-time parametric edits, Proc3D facilitates highly accurate text-based image editing applications.
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@groupnebula563@mastodon.socialreminder that no matter how funny that translator may be, generative AI is still awful and immoral and Kagi kinda sucks balls too[1]. thank you for your attention
1. https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html
@jonippolito@digipres.clubOn March 9th I’m helping launch AI Foundations for Educators, a 5-week online course that goes beyond workshop-level knowledge to guide teachers and school staff in developing a personalized framework for adapting classrooms to AI.
It’s a pilot module for a planned online certificate on generative AI; would count as credit toward that graduate credential. Open to anyone with a BA.
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialOkay, this must absolutely have been made with some kind of generative AI, but it's not pretending to be real, it's hella funny/deadly serious and just superb. (I especially love the tough walrus smoking a cigar while driving a fishing boat 😂 ) Kudos to the makers!
@debellum@ludosphere.fr
@seeingwithsound@mas.to[OT] Latest Firefox browser: block generative AI features with Firefox AI controls #AI
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaThe "GenAI" buzzword has been astroturfed to confuse the uninitiated between generative AI and general AI.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGoogle rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model that can make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/lyria-3/
@mia@hcommons.social'It is 2025, and seemingly everyone wants us in the humanities to do stuff “with AI,” informed not by what the technology avails but by the hopes it encodes.' Sonja Drimmer on 🔥on Art Forum
https://www.artforum.com/features/generative-ai-st…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon details how a Russian-speaking hacker used generative AI as part of a campaign that breached 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioGenerative AI can’t magically reveal otherwise unknown truths. AI doesn’t have any idea what the lower half of the killer’s face looks, no more than my students knew what my unmasked face looked like.
What AI •can• do is generate a random plausible face that really looks like a face. It might even look like the face of a real person — a random, innocent person.
Sharing AI-generated unmasking photos is dangerous.
3/
@newsie@darktundra.xyzHow Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann) https://www.404media.co/how-wikipedia-will-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-with-wikipedias-cto-selena-deckelmann/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Firefox führt ab Version 148 eine neue Einstellung ein, mit der Nutzer alle aktuellen und zukünftigen generativen #AI-Funktionen im Browser blockieren können.
Alternativ lassen sich einzelne Features wie #Übersetzungen
@privacity@social.linux.pizza6 Privacy Tips for the Generative AI Era
https://fpf.org/blog/6-privacy-tips-for-the-generative-ai-era/
@…
Data Privacy Day, or Data…
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeI wish we had more people writing more sophisticated concerns about the harms of AI.
"Slop" criticism is important because I think many of us feel we are being gaslit into believing that generative AI is currently creating quality creative output, while Al (henceforth Alfred) is overwhelmingly creating mediocre quality creative work.
Every past winter, Alfred survives in a more focused and refined form. Eliza was a toy chatbot of the 1960s, but what emerged from that is…
@lapizistik@social.tchncs.deSowohl die Begeisterung über generative KI als auch der kulturelle wie technische und klimatechnische Aufschrei sind zur Zeit weiterhin groß.
Wir sollten uns Gedanken machen, was nach dem Crash in den rauchenden Trümmern überlebt und was Politik und AI-Firmen auf dem Weg dahin alles an Schaden anrichten können. Denn wir als Gesellschaft werden lernen mit KI¹ umzugehen, uns zu ihr zu verhalten, und das wird ähnlich schrecklich wie mit dieser „Digitalisierung“. Der Großteil dieser sogena…
@shriramk@mastodon.socialNew talk abstract dropping. I just hope I can write a talk to live up to it by *checks watch* *gulp* Monday.
@marcel@waldvogel.family“Big Tech’s AI hype is distracting users from the rapid and dangerous expansion of giant, energy and water-intensive data centres […].
There is simply no evidence that AI will help the climate more than it will harm it.
Rather than relying on credible and substantiated data, Big Tech companies are writing themselves a blank cheque to pollute on the empty promise of future salvation. We cannot bet the climate on these baseless claims.”
@grumpybozo@toad.socialDid an "AI" (LLM) write that report? @… https://flipboard.com/@npr/science-uk3a4d92z/-/a-2dzVqOFxTxGIIGWtXjFa7Q:a:319544…
@flberger@nerdculture.deEven at an extraordinarily smart event as #FOSSBackstage , people keep asking "Yeah but couldn't we do this [task that requires care, understanding and commitment] with generative AI?" and I am f*ing sick of it. If the task could not have been automated before the advent of "AI", then it should not be automated now. Just be a decent person put in the human work alrea…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialEverybody who wants to understand Generative AI should read articles like this.
#AI
@axbom@axbom.me @Techmeme@techhub.socialNvidia says game developers have full "artistic control over DLSS 5's effects", following backlash alleging that the AI upscaling tech altered source material (Tyler Wilde/PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/soft…
@danyork@mastodon.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFollowing Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par
@veit@mastodon.socialDonald Knuth is quite enthusiastic about his recent experiences with generative AI: #Knuth
@aardrian@toot.cafeI tried to put a stake in the ground for how I have used and will (not) use the collection of technologies loosely and collectively referred to as ‘AI’ for content on my blag-o-tron:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/my-use-of-ai-on-this-site.html
Boring read…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: the Pentagon is discussing plans to set up secure environments for AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyr…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPeacock adds a new feature to its app that uses AI to curate personalized vertical video playlists, narrated by a generative AI avatar of host Andy Cohen (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/peacock-expand…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialGood article about that there is more then just Generative AI, where all the hype is, but that we are making great and steady progress in the field of predictive AI.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/1
@jackie@social.linux.pizzaisn't it crazy how I can write an essay with a pen and paper or a typewriter or a computer and it still sounds like me but the second I copy-and-paste a wikipedia article it sounds different? what gives? I thought plagiarism was just another tool?
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe@… for convenience, and anchored:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/blob/main/CONT…
@crell@phpc.social
@gwire@mastodon.socialPersonally invested in authorities facing consequences for using generative AI to document "findings" to support decisions, and then lying about it.
(Even if I don't think the decision itself was unreasonable.)
https://www.theguardian…
@hynek@mastodon.social
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io"No AI slop here! I'm merely exploring generative music and video!"
@niklaskorz@rheinneckar.socialI wonder if consciously avoiding the style and patterns frequently applied by generative AI might be triggering some kind of forced language evolution. Previously considered best practices that are now shunned to not sound like a machine.
#language #linguistics
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeDoes tossing a laptop in the river destroy evidence?
The Coupang hacker allegedly disposed of the laptop used in the breach by throwing it into a river.
https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/hacker-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model that can make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/lyria-3/
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.socialI could go on for hours about all the ethical/moral/environmental/whatever issues with #AI, but it’s entirely irrelevant and I’ll tell you why. Generative AI works by getting the average of things, and it’s trying to replace humans. There is no average human. We’re all beautifully, naturally imperfect, and that’s something an artificial machine will never be able to replicate.
@ToneMilazzo@mastodon.cloudI'm already seeing artists leaning into their strengths, areas where generative AI is weak. For example, the last three artists I've contacted for paid work have ghosted me.
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialIt’s pretty “funny” that the generative AI companies seem to think their tools telling people to kill themselves is a bigger PR fiasco than allowing their tools to help commit war crimes
@avstockhausen@fedihum.orgBookmarked: CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed | Inria #HTR Transcribing thousands of medieva…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFollowing Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @Techmeme@techhub.socialPeacock adds a new feature to its app that uses AI to curate personalized vertical video playlists, narrated by a generative AI avatar of host Andy Cohen (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/peacock-expand…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialGary has a point, at the same it is not the whole story in my view. Regardless the scam and all the bad things, Generative AI has added value for me here and now. That doesn't diminish the scam and all the bad effects of the technology, still it is also a perspective.
https://garymarcus.substack.c…
@trochee@dair-community.social"producing the feeling of knowing without the labor of judgement"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19466
oh what a great line
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFollowing UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-out-of-search-ai-features-40831.html
@socallinuxexpo@social.linux.pizzaLishuang Shen will speak on '“Millions-to-One, Words-to-Terms” – Generative AI Tools in Action for Rare Disease Diagnosis and Patient Data Harmonization' as part of our Applied Science track at SCaLE 23x. Full details: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFuture launches Future Optic, a commercial Generative Engine Optimization, or GEO, service that aims to boost brand visibility on AI platforms like ChatGPT (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/fu…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioNew use for generative AI dropped: elder abuse
https://bsky.app/profile/brocklesnitch.bsky.social/post/3maudonruvs2x
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAirbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialThe inch that generative AI boosters give is the country mile that employers take to justify mass layoffs in the name of AI
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFollowing UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-out-of-search-ai-features-40831.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become bigger threats to developers than technical debt (Margaret-Anne Storey)
https://margaretstorey.com/blog/2026/02/09/cognitive-debt/
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaPeople who say the current generation of generative AI is nothing / pure snake oil and hypegrift are wrong. True, ChatGPT is pretty much slop, but instances like Grok Expert and Perplexity Pro consistently produce meaningful, correct results in less time than it would take to manually comb the Internet for the information. Claude Code and Cursor can radically accelerate certain software development, especially in the hands of someone who can already write code and redirect the model when it&…
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialThe generative AI crash is gonna be just like when companies realized their pandemic revenue growth wasn’t going to continue forever, huh
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialKoah, which embeds sponsored ads directly into AI chatbots and aims to build an AdSense for AI, raised a $20.5M Series A led by Theory Ventures (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/koah-adsense-for-chatgpt-series-a/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with Terence Tao on AI-generated Erdős solutions, "cheap wins", hybrid human AI contributions, push-of-a-button workflows, new ways of doing math, and more (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/ai-math-terrance…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSome US college students say they are using AI "humanizer" tools to alter text to avoid cheating accusations; AI detection tools now aim to catch "humanizers" (Tyler Kingkade/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/coll
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPublicis CEO Arthur Sadoun says the company is among the few in the sector to crack the use of generative AI, and pledges another €1B for AI and data operations (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6a79ac6a-3a44-422a-aa12-32a9ac9d0cb9
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialHappy new year. Take your genocides and your generative AI and shove ’em up your ass
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCursor CEO Michael Truell warns that "vibe coding" advanced projects may create "shaky foundations" and eventually "things start to kind of crumble" (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/25/cursor-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon will invest $15B in OpenAI initially, followed by $35B if certain conditions are met; OpenAI commits to consuming ~2 GW of Trainium capacity through AWS (About Amazon)
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-open-ai-strategic-partnership-invest…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKoah, which embeds sponsored ads directly into AI chatbots and aims to build an AdSense for AI, raised a $20.5M Series A led by Theory Ventures (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/koah-adsense-for-chatgpt-series-a/
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialI feel like there’s an extremely suspect form of implicit trust going on with generative AI, i.e. “everyone‘s using it, and everything will turn out alright!” No, it won’t! For you specifically!!! At least if you’re not already a fucking billionaire!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialElon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal "seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google given that [they] also have Android and Chrome" (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/elon-musk-reacts-to-gemini-siri/
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialThis can’t possibly be a unique observation, but generative AI boosters, if they’re not pedophiles, seem to be primarily engaging in productivity aesthetic, which is to say, lifestyle blogging their way through pointless busy work
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA Lloyds-commissioned study of 5,000 people in the UK finds that 50% of the adults used generative AI platforms for financial advice; ChatGPT was the most used (Mary McDougall/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a16bbdf4-a8c9-4fb2-b61e-e83bb5bfa11b
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal memo: Sam Altman tells staff that ChatGPT is "back to exceeding 10% monthly growth", and OpenAI plans to release "an updated Chat model" this week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/sam-altman-touts-cha…
