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According to Microsoft Copilot Terms of Use, updated in Oct. 2025, "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only" and "Don't rely on Copilot for important advice" (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice
These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing.

from my link log —
A (nearly) perfect USB cable tester.
https://blog.literarily-starved.com/2026/02/technology-the-nearly-perfect-usb-cable-tester-does-exist/
saved 2026-02-02

Technology: The (nearly) perfect USB cable tester does exist
Your USB cables may lie to your PC. Let me show you how to catch those.

heise | Gehaltsreport: Was IT-Profis und KI-Spezialisten wirklich verdienen
Welches Gehalt bekommen die Kollegen? Wir zeigen, was IT-Profis verdienen – vom Supporter bis zum CIO.
https://www.

A modest proposal for the use of AI https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/

MX Linux Pushes Back Against Age Verification: A Stand for Privacy and Open Source Principles :mxlinux: 👏
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/mx-linux-pushes-back-against-age-verification-stand-privacy-and-open-sou…

An internal email indicates the BBC plans to shut down its central regional investigations unit, launched in 2022, as part of new cuts to BBC Local (Kevin Stanley/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/…

BBC proposes to close central regional investigations unit
BBC Local is proposing to close a unit dedicated to investigative journalism in the English regions less than four years after it was set up.

Unsurprising, but there seems to be a lack of awareness on the part of users (and maybe even regulators?) about the privacy risks with smart glasses (and smart appliances in general):
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasse…

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

Meta responded to an investigation into video recording exposure of its Ray-ban Smart Glasses by the Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten...
...by pointing to its terms of use, which states that Meta reserves the right to retain and review all interactions with its AI.
☑️ Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

#meta

Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they often view private footage from Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, like bathroom visits; some footage is blurred (SvD)
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-priva…

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.