🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[squeekness]

Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads are currently down in major Meta outage - 9to5Mac

Meta is currently experiencing a major outage across all of its services. Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and WhatsApp are down for many users.

9to5mac.com

Lots of people losing their minds, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

What should we do if AI becomes conscious? These scientists say it’s time for a plan

Researchers call on technology companies to test their systems for consciousness and create AI welfare policies.

www.nature.com

 

[blueharvest]

Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’

New AI prototypes built atop its latest model, Gemini 2.0.

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

TikTok loses emergency bid to pause law that could lead to US ban

Ruling means short-video app and Chinese parent ByteDance must appeal to supreme court by 19 January

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

I wonder with the telecom hack that Congress will be motivated enough to make encrypted RCS the national standard over regular SMS?

 

[blueharvest]

OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company

Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 November

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Promoted by influencers, this popular browser extension has been a scam all along

The PayPal Honey extension has been caught scamming users and YouTubers. Here’s why you should delete it from your web browser right away.

www.androidauthority.com

 

[blueharvest]

AI Data Centers Threaten Global Water Security

Rising AI demand is expanding global data centers, potentially threatening water reserves and sparking calls for greater transparency.

www.lawfaremedia.org

 

[:eek:]

Elon Musk's xAI raises $6B to build more powerful AI supercomputers

On track to build the most powerful supercomputer.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[blueharvest]

Anxious about a looming TikTok ban, some American creators look to other platforms

The Supreme Court said it would take up the popular social media app ’s appeal challenging a federal law that could ban it by next month.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Family of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji demand FBI investigate death

Parents believe San Francisco police lack ability to conduct thorough investigation into multifaceted case

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Why? Can't get enough real people on their own for others to interact with?

 

[blueharvest]

Experts Warn Cybercrime Treaty Gives Governments New Powers to Crush Dissent | Common Dreams

"States should not ratify this treaty," said Deborah Brown of Human Rights Watch.

www.commondreams.org

 

[blueharvest]

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

OpenAI’s o3 model scored at human level on a benchmark test for artificial general intelligence – far higher than any results before.

theconversation.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Gas Exports and AI Boom Poised to Spike Energy Prices for Consumers Under Trump

The expansion of AI data centers and a rush to export fracked gas is rapidly reshaping the energy landscape.

truthout.org

 

[blueharvest]

Big Tech Backs Trump to Cut Taxes, Deregulate Crypto and Replace Workers With AI

Tech investor Roger McNamee explains why Silicon Valley is responding differently to Trump’s second election.

truthout.org

 

[blueharvest]

Trump's Former FCC Head Ajit Pai Asks Supreme Court to Uphold TikTok Ban

Trump's former FCC head is breaking from the president-elect on this issue.

gizmodo.com