Not So Critical Update

Today we talk about a story on a story on a study, that shows AIs are getting better than we are at solving those annoying "Are you a robot?" tests called CAPTCHAs. Here's the seed story from @Qznews: https://qz.com/ai-bots-recaptcha-turing-test-websites-authenticity-1850734350

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Today we talk about an executive from Twitter / X that publicly defends their choice to restore an account that shared explicit child sexual abuse material. It's an absolutely shocking and horrendous move to make, and -- in our opinion -- indefensible. But they manage to do try and defend their actions anyway.

Read more on @Forbes here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/08/09/twitter-exec-defends-restoring-account-that-shared-child-sex-abuse-material/

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Today we talk about AI stories from the week that you probably missed. Including:

https://snop.dog/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tUXbbbMhvk

https://generated.photos/human-generator/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2023/08/how-chatgpt-turned-generative-ai-into-an-anything-tool/

https://venturebeat.com/ai/princeton-university-ai-snake-oil-professors-say-generative-ai-hype-has-spiraled-out-of-control/

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Today we talk about some rather shoddy journalism in @NewScientist covering a paper on using keyboard sounds to figure out what people are typing, over Zoom: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386895-ai-can-hear-what-youre-typing-over-zoom-with-93-per-cent-accuracy/. It's less astounding that it (ahem) sounds, but still kind of interesting. But the real story is the lack of story!

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We're living in the future: people are now having sex in self-driving taxis. Today we talk about an article from @SFStandard on some frisky couples who've explored what self-driving taxis are really for: https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/11/san-francisco-robotaxi-cruise-debauchery/, with comments from Cruise and Waymo.

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Today we chat what, and how, Netflix (or anyone with a few datapoints about you) can figure out about you. Based on an article in @BBCNews about someone who thought Netflix had figured out they were bisexual before they had themselves: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66472938

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Today we talk about major companies in the UK who are seriously thinking about Doing a Brexit. Check out this article on @BBCNews for more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66304002

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With apologies to @JakeDoolittle and @Danny-Gonzalez, today we talk about AI news from the week that you probably (well, maybe) missed. Including stories from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386895-ai-can-hear-what-youre-typing-over-zoom-with-93-per-cent-accuracy/, https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1690044811729145856, https://twitter.com/heyBarsee/status/1690830728823439360, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/pak-n-save-savey-meal-bot-ai-app-malfunction-recipes, and https://thespamchronicles.stavros.io/welcome/

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Today we talk about more lazy journalism by @CNBC who wrote an article on "loud laborers" (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/forget-quiet-quitting-loud-laborers-are-killing-workplace-morale.html) and take a look through the r/recruitinghell subreddit from @reddit. We also exchange a few stories about terrible experiences we've had ourselves!

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Today we talk about Meta's attempt at the Metaverse, Horizon Worlds, and how it seems to have completely failed despite the massive amounts of capital invested in it.

Inspiration comes from a video by @jarvis, who spent a week looking for friends in the Metaverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW64FiB0ITg

We also talk about an article from @businessinsider : https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-exec-said-rebrand-succeeded-in-beating-facebook-papers-coverage-2023-7?r=US&IR=T

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