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Reports claim an AWS outage last year was caused by an AI coding tool deciding to 'delete and recreate the environment' from scratch, while Amazon says 'misconfigured access controls' were to blame
News The vibes may have been off.
A Grok update was apparently delayed because Elon Musk wanted it to be better at answering questions about Baldur's Gate
News He wants it to be able to play League of Legends as well.
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Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage
News I'm sure this will be well-received.
Microsoft's AI PC beginner's guide demonstrates how convoluted its branding has become, but hey, at least 'AI is not here to replace you'
News It's very simple, let me just break out this whiteboard.
A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it's exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn't need this morning
News Why you so spooky, AI?
My favourite thing about Linux gaming will now automagically apply crucial fan patches to your Metal Gear installs, making it even easier than on Windows
News Luxtorpeda is chugging along.
New research suggests folks are relying on 'outdated visual cues' to identify AI-generated faces—but I did get 14/20 on the test
News Can you do any better?
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Firefox is finally ending support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and urges users to upgrade or switch to Linux
News Mozilla notes, "most browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have already ended support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1."
The 'LeBron James of spreadsheets' thought Excel becoming a popular esport was 'unlikely' before winning the grand prize in Las Vegas
News 'You can have a lot more fun with Excel than people realise.'
Microsoft uses plagiarized AI slop flowchart to explain how Github works, removes it after original creator calls it out: 'Careless, blatantly amateuristic, and lacking any ambition, to put it gently'
News The official Introduction to Github page included an AI-generated graphic with the phrase "continvoucly morged" on it, among other mistakes.
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