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

[MagnarTheGreat]

The AI boom is now bigger than the '90s dotcom bubble—and it's built on the backs of bots, maybe more than real users

Automated bots now make up more than half of global internet traffic, surpassing human-generated activity for the first time in 2024.

fortune.com

 

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Texas AI centers guzzle 463 million gallons, now residents are asked to cut back on showers

Texas AI data centers water usage: As Texas faces a severe drought, the state's AI data centers consume millions of gallons of water daily for cooling, raising concerns about environmental sustainability. Residents are urged to conserve water while these centers operate extensively, prompting a...

m.economictimes.com

 

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ChatGPT users shocked to find private therapy sessions exposed in Google searches

Private therapy sessions, drug confessions, and intimate relationship details from ChatGPT users appeared in Google search results due to a controversial sharing feature that OpenAI has now removed. Ars Technica…

boingboing.net

 

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Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations | TechCrunch

Andy Jassy's description of an AI-generated ad that Alexa+ delivers in a multistep conversation, which could help users find new products, is uncharted territory for Amazon and the broader tech industry.

techcrunch.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.

www.engadget.com

 

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Right, that won't end badly.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.

help.aol.com

AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.

 

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Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with 'bromide intoxication,' which caused hallucinations and paranoia

A case report describes an incident in which a man seeking to make a dietary change consulted ChatGPT and later developed "bromism," a rare "toxidrome."

www.livescience.com

 

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Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.

help.aol.com

I thought it was gone long ago.

 

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