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I started putting my thoughts together on why I don't use AI. It will take time to write it all out, it feels like an essay. I could probably come up with a hundred reasons, but I am currently at eight just off the top of my head.
I want to share one that no one talks about.
Big tech companies are using cheap labor in the global south to filter the human trauma on the internet in order to train LLM models. People in countries like Kenya, India, and the Philippines spend 9+ hours per day viewing the most horrific content imaginable (violence, abuse, hate speech, etc) at $1.50/hr. They are literally using the minds of people in precarious economic situations as a filter to protect the sensibilities of the wealthy. They claim it is opportunity when it is actually predatory.
The next time you ask an "ai" to summarize a 450 word article for you, think about the human filter required to make that answer safe. You are not just saving time, you are benefiting from a predatory labor practice that pays pennies to protect your sensibilities.
Further reading:
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
#NoAI #NoAI #EthicalTech #LaborRights #HumanRights #FOSS #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Google #Gemini
THIS IS IMPORTANT: DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE GEMINI, and it may already be enabled in your GMAIL BY DEFAULT.
DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE!
#Google says it may share your interactions with #Gemini #AI with law enforcement, including involving Gemini features in #Gmail. Given Google's CEO Sundar's enthusiastic embrace of the Fascist Trump administration and teaming Gemini with Hegseth's Department of Defense, I NO LONGER TRUST GOOGLE.
Pay attention to this. Google -- as always -- says they do not give user data to law enforcement except with a valid warrant. This has long been true, but I no longer trust Google to honor this position. A quick call from Trump to Sundar could well be enough to bypass those past protections. Discussing an anti-Trump demonstration? Abortion? Helping local immigrants? You can no longer trust Google to not treat your data as fodder for fascist Trump, irrespective of Google's public statements.
VERY IMPORTANT: It appears that if you have "Smart Features" enabled in Gmail -- which has long included a variety of features, you now probably (or soon will) also have Gemini scouring through your email. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND turning this off. Can we be sure Google will really honor this choice given their embrace of Trump? No, but it's important to have specified your choice on the record.
To turn off Gmail smart features (apparently including Gemini, though other ways to ostensibly turn off Gemini in Gmail may also be available):
Enter Gmail
Click the Gear icon at the upper right
Click "See all settings"
Stay on the "General" tab
Scroll down to "Smart features" -- make sure it is unchecked
Just below this (currently) is "Google Workspace smart features"
Click the "Manage Workspace smart feature settings" bubble
Make sure the toggles are OFF (to the left) for everything listed in the pop-up
that appears. Be SURE TO SCROLL DOWN -- there are currently TWO toggles
but the second may be completely hidden if you don't grab the little scrollbar on the right and pull it down. Again, make sure BOTH toggles are off.
Click Save
Now back on the General Tab, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes if that button is not already greyed out and unclickable.
That's what I have for you for now, based on the information I have right now.
More as I learn more.
It's a terrible situation that pains me greatly. Before you ask, I do not at this time have a recommendation for other major email providers.
How you proceed is up to you, of course.
Take care.
L
A popular TikTok channel featuring an "Aboriginal man" presenting animal facts has been exposed as an AI forgery.
AI is Iggy Azalea on an industrial scale:
"The self-described “Bush Legend” on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity.
"These short and sharp videos feature an Aboriginal man – sometimes painted up in ochre, other times in an all khaki outfit – as he introduces different native animals and facts about them.
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"But the Bush Legend isn’t real. He is generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
"This is a part of a growing influx of AI being utilised to represent Indigenous peoples, knowledges and cultures with no community accountability or relationships with Indigenous peoples. It forms a new type of cultural appropriation, one that Indigenous peoples are increasingly concerned about."
...
"We are seeing the rise of an AI Blakface that is utilised with ease thanks to the availability and prevalence of AI.
"Non-Indigenous people and entities are able to create Indigenous personas through AI, often grounded in stereotypical representations that both amalgamate and appropriate cultures."
#ChatGPT #gemini #AI #TikTok #tiktoksucks #Claude #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #AIslop
Google's "personal intelligence" is a privacy nightmare. Just because it doesn't allegedly use your photos, email, drive data, etc. for training AI does not make it OK.
There's never been a better time to de-Google:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcUwnJ5zqdM
Ja, exakt, die nehmen keinen KI-generierten Code auf, siehe Screenshot. (Was die aber sicher nicht ewig so beibehalten können)
Du solltest mal die kostenpflichtigen Varianten der KIs ausprobieren. Ich verwende aktuell #Gemini 3 Pro High und im Vergleich zur freien Variante ist das Teil um Welten besser. Ich meine, ich kann überhaupt nicht programmieren, aber das Zeug läuft trotzdem, was ich mir hier zurechtbastele.
Ich schreibe aktuell z.B einfach "Erstelle ein neues Commit für Bug XY" in den Prompt und schon überträgt er die Änderungen an GIT. 🤯
Aber für einfache Faktenfragen ist doch Googles KI-Übersicht inzwischen wirklich .. öh. #llm #gemini
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Antwort von Google Gemini: „Im Jahr 1917 war Dr. Abundius Maehler Oberbürgermeister von Koblenz; er hatte das Amt bereits seit 1907 inne und wurde durch den Ersten Weltkrieg und dessen Folgen geprägt, bis er 1920 ausschied, wobei Koblenz (damals noch „Coblenz") unter preußischer Verwaltung stand. e • Name: Dr. Abundius Maehler (auch Abundius Mähler geschrieben). • Amtszeit: 1907 bis 1920. • Kontext: Koblenz war während seiner Amtszeit Teil Preußens und lag direkt an der Frontlinie, was die Stadt stark beeinflusste.“
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Screenshot Portal Rheinische Geschichte LVR „Abundius Maehler Oberbürgermeister von Koblenz (1777- 1853)“
Apple admits it lost the AI war and embarrassingly hands Siri’s future to Google
Apple has confirmed that future Apple Intelligence models will rely on Google Gemini, marking the most surprising strategic pivot in years. After falling behind rivals in AI and failing to evolve Siri, Apple has partnered with the very company it spent a decade competing against. The announcement reads like a quiet admission that Apple lost the AI race it helped start.
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Apple admits it lost the AI war and embarrassingly hands Siri’s future to Google
Study: AI Successfully Completed Commission Work 2.5% of the Time… At Best
A study has come out and dealt a fresh blow to how well AI can handle replacing humans at various tasks.
https://www.freezenet.ca/study-ai-successfully-completed-commission-work-2-5-of-the-time-at-best/
#News #Technology #AI #ChatGPT #commission #Gemini #Grok #Manus #research #Sonnet #study #work
I'm not sure if it actually has, but if AI has become consistently more reliable than search engine results, then I wonder when the turning point was.
My guess is the release of Gemini 2.5 Pro, or possibly GPT-o1. These were two of the earliest reasoning models.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #LLM #Tech #Technology #Search #Google #Gemini #OpenAI #MachineLearning #FutureOfTech #Innovation
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A screenshot of the Gemini mobile app. The user asks: 'What is the most common sexual orientation in Gen z? Is it bisexual?' Gemini responds correctly: 'No... heterosexuality (straight).' The 'Double-check response' feature at the bottom displays a warning: 'Google Search found content that differs,' citing an Ipsos headline 'Gen Zers most likely to identify as LGBT+.' The search result misinterprets 'most likely compared to other generations' as a 'statistical majority,' causing the tool to incorrectly flag Gemini's factual answer as an error.
So, now they know how real creators feel after having been ripped off by "AI"…
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-prompt-plagiarism-art
#tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
Letztens habe ich eine Funktion aus der mastodon.py gebraucht, die es dort noch nicht gibt. #Gemini hat dann die Bibliothek umgangen und spricht nun direkt mit dem Server. Es wird immer verrückter.
Das Gemini Protokoll
Gemini bietet eine Alternative zum Anzeigen von Inhalten im Internet. Mit einem eigenen Protokoll, Servern und Webbrowsern eröffnet der Geminispace eine sichere, reduzierte und fokussierte Möglichkeit, das Internet neu zu gestalten.
Hi, Ich würde gerne meine Inhalte auch im Geminispace* anbieten. Ich suche jemanden der mir HandsOn hilft einen Geminiserver auf meinem VPS einzurichten und mir zeigen kann wie man ihn a) maintenance und b) dort Inhalte hoch schiebt.
Wir können uns irgenwo treffen wo es schön ist. oder z.B. in der #Belug.
Beloved family-owned #Cincinnati BBQ restaurant and food truck vender that was featured in a #Google #Gemini Super Bowl commercial last year is forced to sell food trucks amid financial challenges, now directing customers to order from her website vs 3rd party online ordering, their chicken thighs have skyrocketed from $30 per case in 2020 to $130 in May 2025
"In 2024, we did about 30% of the revenue that we had in years past," said Kristen Bailey, co-owner of Sweets and Meats BBQ.
She's now asking customers to call, or, if ordering online, order directly from her website, vs 3rd party online ordering due to the fees they collect #Ohio #TrumpsEconomy
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/finding-solutions/family-owned-cincinnati-restaurant-forced-to-sell-food-truck-amid-financial-challenges
Any other #Nascom or #Gemini #vintagecomputing geeks out there? I inherited a rather large collection from my late dad, but so far I've only found a handful of people why are into the #Galaxy computers made by Gemini Microcomputers Ltd., and none in the Fediverse yet. The Geminis were made in #England and mostly featured the #Zilog #z80 although they very briefly ventured into Motorola 68K world before throwing in the towel.
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Page from an advert for the Gemini Galaxy 1 computer.
Being generous, I'd say that about half of #Google #Gemini responses have some error or misunderstanding in them that I can recognize. Something like 25% are completely wrong or totally miss the point. I have no idea how many responses there are that are actually wrong in some respect but I don't have the background knowledge to recognize any errors. USELESS.
"I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me."
https://eiratansey.com/2025/12/20/i-announced-my-divorce-on-instagram-and-then-ai-impersonated-me/
#tech #technology #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
here's my t3chat rewind btw
#T3Chat #Gemini #DataVisualization
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T3.chat Wrapped 2025 infographic with pink text on a dark background. Stats show 1,451 messages sent, 31.2M tokens processed, 116 days active, and a 13-day streak. Top Model is Gemini 2.0 Flash, followed by Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 4 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. A bar chart displays daily activity.
If you are outraged over Mozilla putting "ai" features into Firefox, you should be just as offended by your search engine pushing, promoting, and profiting from them as well.
That is why I am giving @MetaGer a try. It ticks off most of the boxes of my search engine wish list. They respects your privacy by not spying on you, no ads, open source, nonprofit with a community led open governance model, custom filtering & prioritization, and most importantly they doesn't push a LLM onto you.
While I cannot find any mention of their stance on LLMs (please let me know if you have a source). Their social media posts seem to suggest they are not fans of it. The fact that they try to filter out slop and do not offer "ai" features is such a relief.
Since they do not have ads they rely on a donation of about €0.01 per search. I think that is reasonable. I am willing to pay for a good service that does not make me the product.
#MetaGer #Mozilla #Firefox #noai #ai #Privacy #Gemini #openai #chatgpt #SearchEngine #Search #DuckDuckGo #Google #Bing #Brave #StartPage #Yahoo #Ecosia #Qwant
Cool, the Lagrange client for the Gemini Protocol is also available on Apple iOS via a TestFlight beta version.
Amazing, now I can read the Smallweb also on my phone 😁
Lagrange: https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/
The Geminispace is amazing. Like the old web, no JavaScript, no tracking, just raw content.
My own capsule is at gemini://gemini.hofstede.it
#gemini #geminispace #lagrange #smallweb #indieweb
One quick way to lose my respect is to say "we don't know whether AI is gaining consciousness"
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.
Oh. My. God. Yes we do. Large language models are not intelligent. They are not conscious.
If this is difficult for you (or someone you know) to understand, please read the book AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor.
#ai #chatgpt #llm #artificialintelligence #openai #marketing #capitalism #gemini #technofeudalism
Ever heard of Gemini? It's a lightweight internet protocol between Gopher and the Web - no JavaScript, no cookies, no tracking, just text and links over TLS.
Think of it as the web before it got complicated. Pages are written in "gemtext", a minimal markup format. The entire protocol spec fits on a few pages.
To explore Geminispace you need a client:
- Lagrange (GUI, cross-platform): https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/
- Amfora (terminal): https://github.com/makeworld-the-web-great-again/amfora
Start exploring at gemini://warmedal.se/~antenna/ - an aggregator of active capsules (what we call Gemini sites).
I write about FreeBSD and self-hosting at gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/
#gemini #geminiprotocol #smallweb #indieweb #freebsd
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Amfora Gemini client, showing a blog article about Factorio on FreeBSD from my Gemini capsule gemini://gemini.hofstede.it
The blog article is, of course, also on my Gemini capsule in the smallweb 🙂
gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/freebsd_factorio_server.gmi
You don't know Gemini yet? It's a text-based protocol for simple content publication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Larvitz/115718085687749256
My latest blog-article is (of course) also available via the Gemini protocol on my personal Gemini capsule:
gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/freebsd_blog_infrastructure.gmi
#freebsd #gemini #geminispace #smallweb
AodeRelay boostedNew blog post: Hosting a Static Blog on FreeBSD with Bastille Jails
A deep dive into my self-hosting setup:
- FreeBSD 15.0 with securelevel 2
- Bastille jails for isolation (Caddy, Nginx, deployment gateway)
- PF firewall with strict NAT/RDR rules
- CI/CD via Forgejo Actions with rrsync-restricted deployments
- nullfs mounts for zero-copy file sharing between jailsThe "transporter pattern" keeps the blog jail unexposed while enabling automated deploys. Jails remain the most elegant isolation mechanism around.
#GeminiJack zero-click flaw in #Gemini Enterprise allowed corporate data exfiltration
https://securityaffairs.com/185574/hacking/geminijack-zero-click-flaw-in-gemini-enterprise-allowed-corporate-data-exfiltration.html
#securityaffairs #hacking
Yeah, um - that's a swing and a miss there. Gemini.
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The image is a screenshot from a mobile phone displaying a Google search result. The main focus is on a photograph of a black Dodge Challenger car and a man standing next to it. The man is fair-skinned with short, brown hair and a beard. He is wearing a black leather jacket, a grey t-shirt with a Texas flag on it, blue jeans, and white sneakers. He is standing with his right arm resting on the car.
The car is a shiny black, and the image is slightly blurred. The background shows a house with brick siding and some greenery. The photo is overlaid on the Google search interface. At the bottom of the screen, there are options for "AI Mode", "All", "Exact matches", "Products", and "Visual match". There is an "AI Overview" section with text describing the man as Brandt Dodson, a writer of crime novels and short stories. The text highlights his work, including the Colton Parker series and novels like "Daniel's Den" and "White Soul". The top of the screen displays the time, mobile carrier information, and Google’s logo. There are also icons for "Create" and "Share" options.
Al Overview
The man pictured is Brandt Dodson, a writer of crime novels and short stories.
o He is the creator of the hardboiled detective series featuring Colton Parker.
o He has also authored several stand-alone novels, including Daniel's Den and White Soul.
I like the Gemini Protocol, but — I think too many of the other small-net protocols try to mimick Gemini.
I think things would be better in some ways if — those so inclined to create a new small-net protocol would be more creative (rather than conforming to the patterns that the Gemini Protocol has used or established).
Sure, you can accept the small-net values, but — try something new, as far as designing a protocol goes.
@hardtech
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> #gemini #geminiprotocol users I have a question: is your gemlog a mirror of your website or is it original and exclusive content?
My capsule hosts contents (like a gemlog) that can not be found on my WWW website. The language used in the capsule is different from the website too.
Bye!
C.
Having a blast with #Gemini 3. It gets all my nerd projects done.
Todo is approaching 0 items. I am not sure if I want to build a commercially viable product in 2026.
Maybe a real finance tool that prevents people from falling victim to grifters.
"Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
If you use Gmail, you need to be aware of an important change that’s quietly rolling out. Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action.
The reason behind this is Google’s push to power new Gmail features with its Gemini AI, helping you write emails faster and manage your inbox more efficiently. To do that, Google is using real email content, including attachments, to train and refine its AI models. Some users are now reporting that these settings are switched on by default instead of asking for explicit opt-in.
Which means that if you don’t manually turn these setting off, your private messages may be used for AI training behind the scenes. Even though Google promises strong privacy measures like anonymization and data security during AI training, for anyone handling sensitive or confidential information, that may not feel reassuring."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/115586481225235662
Sneaky fuckers.
#Google #Alphabet #Gemini #Gmail
AodeRelay boosted🚨 BREAKING #Google just activated #Gemini on #Gmail - without asking you.
Turn it off now; here's how!
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android✊️ Fight AI & fight Google
You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.
Share so everyone is aware. ❤️
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“We’ve activated Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Google apps” With a reply, "No Thanks! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps on the Tuta blog. "
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Turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat & Meet: Screenshot of the google settings you need to navigate to turn off smart features. Next to Smart features click the box to turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings and toggle these setting off.
🚨 BREAKING #Google just activated #Gemini on #Gmail - without asking you.
Turn it off now; here's how!
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
✊️ Fight AI & fight Google
You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.
Share so everyone is aware. ❤️
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“We’ve activated Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Google apps” With a reply, "No Thanks! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps on the Tuta blog. "
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Turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat & Meet: Screenshot of the google settings you need to navigate to turn off smart features. Next to Smart features click the box to turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings and toggle these setting off.
La complainte du technopunk ringard
https://ploum.net/2025-11-17-techpunk.html
Évidemment aussi dispo sur #gemini #geminiprotocol :
Releasing #offpunk 2.8
Offpunk is an command-line, offline first web/gemini/gopher browser
Release notes :
https://git.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/refs/v2.8
#gemini #geminiprotocol #gopher #smallweb #smolnet #tui #offline
"Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs.
In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and Meet were given the option to turn on Google’s artificial intelligence program. But in October, the Alphabet Inc. unit “secretly” turned on Gemini for all those applications, enabling it to collect private data “without the users’ knowledge or consent,” according to the complaint filed late Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California.
While the company allows users to turn off Gemini, they need to dig into Google’s privacy settings to deactivate the AI tool, according to the proposed class-action suit. Unless they take that step, Google uses Gemini to “access and exploit the entire recorded history of its users’ private communications, including literally every email and attachment sent and received in their Gmail accounts,” according to the complaint."
#AI #GenerativeAI #Google #Gemini #GeminiAI #AIAssistant #Privacy #DataProtection #Surveillance
I've had a #Gemini capsule - as part of my Tilde Club account - for ages now, and never did anything with it.
It will sit empty no longer! Instead, it'll serve as a home for text-only article copies - ad-free, graphics-free, HTML-free. No cookies, no tracking, and absolutely no "AI".
The first day's worth of articles are live now, accessible in any Gemini browser (or via manual protocol-poking, or a Gemini proxy in a Web browser.)
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/
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A screenshot of Lagrange, a browser for the Gemini protocol - a simple Gopher-inspired "small web" protocol which stands as an alternative to HTTP. It is open to a Gemini capsule hosted on Tilde Club, titled "ghalfacree," and a news page covering the announcement of Prusa's OpenPrintTag initiative. No imagery is visible in the page.
The article about FreeBSD optimization on ThinkPad T480 is of course also on my Gemini capsule:
Annoyed that I brought up facts about ostrich eggs four seperate times in this meeting, and #Gemini didn't think it was important enough for the #AI-generated summary.
Maybe it is because it thought I said it was the most important thing to discuss in this "eating" instead of "meeting".
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INT MCHD - Sync & Planning - Transcript
00:00:00
Mike McCaffrey: The most important thing that we need to discuss in this eating. Did you know that? Did you know that the ostrich egg is the largest single cell found on Earth?
New.
Google: GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Advances in Threat Actor Usage of AI Tools https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threat-actor-usage-of-ai-tools
More:
The Hacker News: Google Uncovers PROMPTFLUX Malware That Uses Gemini AI to Rewrite Its Code Hourly https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/google-uncovers-promptflux-malware-that.html @thehackernews #Google #Gemini #cybersecurity #infosec
Why is #Gemini emitting #PowerShell code with invisible characters (U+00a0) instead of a trusty ol' space? 🤔
APPLE DAILY: MACBOOK AIR MIT OLED UND TOUCH, NEUE SIRI MIT GOOGLE, NEUES APPLETV UND HOMEPOD MINI STARTKLAR
#apple #news #daily #macbookair #oled #touchdisplay #display #siri #google #gemini #appletv #homepodmini #gadgets
"Konstruktionsbedingte Fehlinformation"
#KI #AI #FakeNews #ChatGPT #Gemini
Lügen uns Chatbots an? Eine Studie zeigt: Mehr als jede dritte Antwort ist falsch oder erfunden
Eine Studie der europäischen Rundfunkanstalten (EBU) zeigt: 40 Prozent der Antworten von ChatGPT, Gemini und Co. sind falsch oder enthalten Fehler. Warum? Wie kann man das ändern? Und wollen Google, OpenAI und andere überhaupt was daran ändern?
https://www.ebu.ch/Report/MIS-BBC/NI_AI_2025.pdf
Podcast:
https://storage01.sr.de/podcast/SR3_KUJ_P/SR3_KUJ_P_40892_20251029_165526.mp3
Wife sent me this 3 hours before the game is supposed to begin. Is it too late for me to call the bookmaker's and change my bet? /s
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Anyway, check your Google Drive, if you use that: go to drive, then click the gear. Choose Settings -> Manage Apps, and make sure "Use by default" is checked OFF for everything you don't like, especially Gemini (Google's AI that they're pushing on everyone). This was added and turned on by default for most people, it seems. It also looks like Google is training their AI on every document you open; people report very slow load times when this setting is on, remedied by turning it off.
#Google #Gemini #DarkPattern #monopoly #AI #GenAI #tying #antitrust #DefaultToOptOut
AI Has an 81% Error Rate for Summarizing News Content – Study
A study examining the ability for AI to summarize news content has found that there were problems with 81% of the responses.
https://www.freezenet.ca/ai-has-an-81-error-rate-for-summarizing-news-content-study/
#News #Technology #AI #ChatGPT #Copilot #fail #Gemini #Google #Microsoft #OpenAI #Perplexity
ChatGPT und Perplexity: Wie Chatbots die Nachrichten verzerren
»Denn im Vergleich zur Vorgängerstudie waren die Assistenten selbstbewusster: Immer häufiger antworteten die Chatbots auf Fragen, die sie nicht erklären konnten. "KI scheitert daran, auf eine Frage einfach mit 'Wir wissen es nicht' zu antworten"«
Anteil der KI-Antworten mit fehlerhaften Quellen: Bei #Gemini 84%?!?
https://www.zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ki-chatgpt-perplexity-studie-ebu-100.html
Here is my morning trying to convince Gemini that, no, the --discard option in Debian's losetup is pure hallucination.
#ai #ml #hallucination #linux #debian #opensource #google #gemini
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Two command line screenshot stacked above each other. The first one is from Gemini 2.5 saying: "Given your 6.8 kernel, your losetup version (from the util-linux package) almost certainly supports the --discard flag.". The second one is from a bash shell with the commands:
"sudo losetup --discard -f --show file.img
losetup: unrecognized option '--discard'
Try 'losetup --help' for more information.
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Did a writeup about my FreeBSD Jail and firewall setup and published it on my Gemini capsule at:
gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/freebsd_advanced_jail.gmi
Best viewed via a Gemini client like amfora, but there's also a web-gateway for Gemini at https://portal.mozz.us/
(Information about Geminispace:
https://geminiquickst.art)
#Google bringt #NanoBanana in die Suche und weitere Dienste | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Google-bringt-Nano-Banana-in-die-Suche-und-weitere-Dienste-10764736.html #ArtificialIntelligence #Gemini #GoogleGemini #DeepMind
Google thinks redesigning the Home app and going all in on AI is going to restore peoples' faith in Nest and Google Home. lol, buddy, you took the best performing home ecosystem and have been running it so deep into the ground that nobody trusts you; a fresh coat of AI-poisoned paint is not reassuring *anyone.*
I'm over here ripping out Google devices and slowly buying Home Assistant speakers to replace them because after 15 years in this ecosystem, I'm out.
Let's go through this. But be warned, it's heavy on the cringe.
"Driving around what we’ll call the beautiful canal district of the city the streets are lined close to the pavement with four storey apartment buildings."
Wait.
Tina, you run a sustainability publication.
You're in Amsterdam.
And you're driving?!
"They’re all butted hard up against the pavement, but each has its own unique architectural flavour while retaining a collegiate feel with its neighbours. The result is not at all crammed or congested and the street life seems to benefit."
You run a publication about sustainability in the built environment and good urbanism is a new revelation to you?
Not off to a great start.
"We’re here as guest of Bentley Systems to cover the company’s annual event and Year in Infrastructure awards, but primarily to pick up threads of what AI has in store for the built environment sector and how a such software company that specialises in global infrastructure is meeting the challenge."
In other words, you're getting a free holiday from "how a such [sic] software company" in exchange for being their stenographer.
"That AI was undeniable; only problem is we still don’t know what it wants, what it will get us to do and how much we’ll get paid, if anything."
Shouldn't you figure out how sentence generation bots work before you write about them? Ideally from someone who doesn't sell them?
"What’s certain is that anyone who controls this beast will be rich beyond dreams – if they can control the trajectory of its Frankenstein-ish evolution, that is."
Is it certain? Or could it possibly be a bubble?
"Already the magnetic attraction of capital may have already outperformed the famed Dutch tulip bubble of the 17th century when extraordinary prices were paid for prized ownership of the best tulip bulbs. Only to crash of course."
If there's a chance that this is a bubble, shouldn't you be more critical in your coverage?
"Which is what amplifies the disruptive potential of AI and what’s at stake when it’s applied to the built environment and where hugely expensive infrastructure is concerned."
Okay, how?
And if you're advocating for sustainability in the built environment, should you perhaps analyse whether its environmental costs exceed its benefits?
"What was coming down the AI pike was fast. In just one year since last year’s event, said chief executive Nicholas Cumins, AI had soared."
Do you have a source for this other than the CEO of s software company that's selling this stuff?
"A standout question came from Anupama Madhok Sud, director and editor of India’s Water Digest, who wanted to know if the AI enhanced tech could help identify potential failures in the many ageing dams India now has to contend with."
I mean, I suppose the data centres could use up a lot of that fresh drinking water to cool GPUs?
That aside.
Tax cuts for billionaires, which is being invested in building out massive data centres, is taking money away from actually useful public works, like maintaining dams.
"Joan Michelson, a reporter-producer, from Forbes and host of the exquisitely named Electric Ladies Podcast, brought the focus onto sustainability.
"It goes without saying, Cumins said, embedded in the software are carbon calculations. What an AI enhanced system can do is slash the time and cost of infrastructure – each producing its own a sustainability dividend."
How?
Evidence?
Examples?
Does this "sustainability dividend" exceed the resources used to operate the sentence generation bots?
And keep in mind, all the above quotes are from a publication that claims to advocate for sustainability in the built environment.
it's hard not to think the "AI overviews" from #google #gemini are getting worse, not better...
(here it is telling me Bybit was hacked for $1.5 billion in August 2025 instead of February... this is only a few months after Gemini patiently explained to me that the US maintains an army base on the moon)
cc @davidgerard
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google query: "were there any big crypto hacks in august 2025?"
AI overview: "Yes, the largest cryptocurrency hack on record occurred in August 2025 when the exchange Bybit lost over \(\$1.46\) billion from a cold wallet. This hack was significant, with the stolen funds potentially being used to fund the North Korean government. "
Security theater. In fact I think "security" is really about control, and nowadays when I encounter a security challenge I think of it in terms of who is trying to control my behavior and to what ends. I think it's clear by now that many internet "security" controls, at least those deployed by large tech companies, are not good faith efforts to protect users; that's a secondary concern.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #Copilot #Gemini #tech #dev #web #internet #SecurityTheater #cybersecurity #infosec #security
Sticker of the Day!
This is my holographic sticker based on my drawing of Gemini from my Capybara Zodiac Collection.
https://www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/stickers
#art #sticker #zodiac #capybara #gemini
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Photo of a left hand holding a diecut sticker. The sticker is a holographic drawing of a capybara Gemini zodiac sign.
pretty much every single major #crypto trading platform crashed during friday's market panic, leaving users unable to exit their positions when it mattered most and leading to billions in dollars in losses.
- #Binance
- #Coinbase
- #Kraken
- #RobinHood
- #Gemini (#Winklevoss twins)
all went down... and this isn't the first time. coinbase in particular is infamous for crashing pretty much every time there's a major market move.
imagine if every time there was a turbulent day in the stock market vanguard, schwab, fidelity, robinhood (natch), etc. all just crashed and stopped letting anyone trade at exactly the moment it matters most... and that's what the crypto market is.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/binance-faces-intense-backlash-over-111144052.html?guccounter=1
#economics #finance #econ #cryptocurrency #uspol #memecoin #memecoins
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screenshot of headline about binance facing backlash
@derpostillon hats geschafft. #Gemini benutzt ihn jetzt auch als vertrauenswürdige Quelle.
https://www.der-postillon.com/2017/05/laserpointer.html
@NebulaTide nein, #Gemini ist #Bullshit!
Was wir brsuchen ist die konsequente #Ächtung, #Ausgrenzung, #Verfolgung und #Verbit von "#KI"-Müll und #DDoS-mäßiges #Scraping.
- Wenn nicht qua #Gesetz dann zumindest als (de-facto) informelle Übereinkunft dass keine*r mit jenen peered, so wie #Cybercrime auch ge-#DROP'd (Don't Route Or Peer) gehört.
Und wenn das halt bedeutet dass jeweils IP-Addressblöcke oder ganze ASN von #Suchmaschinen und #Hostern ausgesperrt werden, dann denke ich dass dies ein akzeptabler Preis ist, egal ob die direkt (#OpenAI) oder indirekt (#CloudFlare aka. #ClownFlare) agieren...
tucker's on some real shit
#AI #tucker #tuckerCarlson #foxnews #occult #AI #OpenAI #Grok #Gemini #uspol #antichrist #MARKofthebeast #kabbalah #technology #babylon
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@tuckercarlson
If AI seems a little spooky, that’s because it’s rooted in the occult. Conrad Flynn explains.
(0:00) Is the Elite Class Involved in Occult Activity?
(8:51) What Really Is the Occult?
(13:13) Is There a Link Between AI and Demons?
(17:58) Are Drugs a Portal to the Demonic?
(26:05) Is Technology Being Used for Evil?
(32:09) What Is Kabbalah?
(42:34) Is There Demonic Influence in Music?
(49:01) Is War a Product of Demonic Influence?
(58:25) The Deadly AI Dilemma
(1:04:05) The Kabbalah Tree of Life
(1:11:47) What Is the Antichrist?
(1:16:00) What Is the Mark of the Beast?
(1:21:55) The Spiritual Aspects of AI
(1:26:58) Have We Ever Tried to Excavate the Ruins of Babylon?
(1:31:45) How to Spot the Antichrist
(1:40:27) How to Avoid the Mark of the Beast
The Boulder #payphone has been getting a lot of attention online. I heard from a few people who were planning to call it. I drove by this afternoon, and as I walked up the payphone was ringing. I ended up having a nice, five-minute conversation with a person in a completely different part of the country.
The payphone offered an unexpected kind of #thirdspace, and the kind of human connection we need more of in 2025.
Check it out at https://workingpayphones.com Also on #gemini and #gopher
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A stand-up payphone in a blue enclosure with a city street and mountains in the background.
i know have a little Gemini pod in the Geminispace :-) Of course, hosted on a FreeBSD server and securely running inside a Jail and native IPv6.
Gemini is a lightweight, privacy-focused alternative to the web.
To browse Geminispace, you'll need a dedicated Gemini client (like a browser but simpler).
#gemini #geminispace #smallweb #opensource #freebsd #ipv6
Bill Simmons made a clear statement supporting #JimmyKimmel and calling out government censorship as "stupid shit".
now the #AI summary claims he said the opposite.
we're reaching the singularity sooner than i thought.
#Google #Gemini #chatgpt #grok #uspol #uspolitics #kimmel #1stamendment #freespeech
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Bill Simmons' stance on free speech is framed by his recent comments supporting Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, which he described as "stupid s---" that needs to be stopped, linking it to broader concerns about censorship. Simmons has also faced past consequences for his own speech, such as his 2014 suspension from ESPN for criticizing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. His perspective is rooted in a belief that harmful or restrictive "speech" practices need to be challenged, as seen when he defended the Occupy Wall Street movement against media criticism.
Support for Jimmy Kimmel
•Simmons voiced concern over the fallout from Jimmy Kimmel's recent suspension from ABC, which was sparked by Kimmel's criticism of the "MAGA gang".
• He characterized the situation as "stupid s---" and suggested that it represented a form of censorship that needed to be confronted.
these cats are judging you. i do not know why, but i bet you do.
#Cats #Door #Sofa #Courtyard #Plants #Stone #Ornate #Mysterious #Enchanted
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney #Gemini
in real life: https://aieris.art/featured/these-cats-are-judging-you-i-do-not-know-why-but-i-bet-you-do-eris-and-ai.html
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Ornate teal-themed courtyard with glowing door, vintage furniture, plants, and three cats staring intently with judgy expressions.