4+ hour, 57+ min ago   (138+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (609+ words) Think of it in the way that most random generators are not, in fact, “random.” With a little bit of effort, people can often figure out the “bias” of a random number generator, giving them an advantage in determining what…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (713+ words) Flock’s ALPR (automated license plate reader) tech spread from HOAs to police departments at an alarming rate of speed. What was once a toy for the over-privileged soon became the go-to source of license plate images. Flock became the Ring…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (683+ words) Flock’s ALPR (automated license plate reader) tech spread from HOAs to police departments at an alarming rate of speed. What was once a toy for the over-privileged soon became the go-to source of license plate images. Flock became the Ring…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (226+ words) memoryOS is a gamified mobile app designed to significantly improve your memory through short, interactive lessons. Guided by two-time World Memory Champion Jonas von Essen, the software teaches proven mnemonic techniques alongside spaced-repetition schedules. It features a digital library of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (468+ words) Which is why I thought it made sense to revisit the public discussion regarding my AI usage. In the time since then I’ve run that test for myself a few times, and even as the models have improved, in my…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (472+ words) Which is why I thought it made sense to revisit the public discussion regarding my AI usage. In the time since then I’ve run that test for myself a few times, and even as the models have improved, in my…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (99+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. In this week’s episode, Mike and Ben cover: And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) Each of these major issues then reverberates in a number of the specific ethical rules governing lawyers that they need to abide by. What follows is a closer examination of some of the ways they do. There are a few…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (576+ words) The notion that AI is so dangerous that the only safe path is an extreme concentration of power seems inherently problematic. Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe…...