problem here was that Google was doing deals to undermine those things
"We don't infringe copyright; The model output is an emergent new thing and not just a recital of its inputs"
"so these questions won't reveal any copyrighted text then?"
(padme stare)
"right?"
Newspaper: Hackers are announcing a trove of personal data leaked from [company] after a forwarded spreadsheet inadvertently contained more data than the sender realised.
Another more successful operation in Rwanda and Ghana is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_company) delivering 1.8kg over 300km and dropped by parachute.
"oh we can't possibly understand that field, as there is no agreed industry standard for how to treat it" - Get out, you know exactly what it means.
If you click on a news link, even here, you are likely to get:
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If click through rates from social media are dropping, it's not just due to the social media.
Nissan apparently collects "Sensitive personal information, including driver's license number, national or state identification number, citizenship status, immigration status, race, national origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual activity, precise geolocation, health diagnosis data, and genetic information."
I guess Subaru don't need telemetry to guess your sexual orientation.
Wow, one of their examples/citations of a trial taking a long time was a Judge Chutkan case, and she just reminded them that it was because of the pandemic!
R. Lee Ermey / Full Metal Jacket?
Someone tested the evil bit and found a selection of real-world networks that react to its presence
"The jury, he argued, was essentially allowed to conjure up damning evidence in their minds that may not have existed"
Well yes, that's exactly what the court will do if they find that you've been deleting evidence - they assume that whatever you deleted must have been damning to the case otherwise why would you have told employees to use "delete after 24h" communication channels?