"According to new research from consulting firm Robert Half reviewed by Fast Company, nearly a third (32%) of hiring managers say that their organizations eliminated a role or let someone go primarily due to productivity gains from AI or automation, and then later rehired for that same role."
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If you use this font to protect your text from AI, it also blocks *me, a human* because I use a screen reader. I did try the demo. If you want me to remove your RSS feed, this is the best font to prevent blind people from reading your blog/words. That timer is an inaccessible solution. https://shieldfont.org/#hero #AI #LLM #Accessibility #A11y
Today in "Why we cannot have nice things": Ladybird stops public code access thanks to AI code.
Maybe I soon will be the grumpy old man who says: "Back in my days, you could fix bugs in Open Source Software yourself."
#AI #opensource
https://www.xda-developers.com/ladybird-browser-bans-public-pulls/
In other words Ladybird is no longer a free and open source software project. It is, in an important sense, closed now.
"Proprietary" means having owner(s). If the maintainers are the only ones allowed to introduce changes, they are establishing an ownership relationship over the codebase. I.e., it's a proprietary project, and that is the sense in which it's closed.
This is the destiny of most projects that go AI, in my opinion.
"Proprietary" means having owner(s). If the maintainers are the only ones allowed to introduce changes, they are establishing an ownership relationship over the codebase. I.e., it's a proprietary project, and that is the sense in which it's closed.
This is the destiny of most projects that go AI, in my opinion.
- https://exquisite.social/users/thomholwerda/statuses/116697078838020135
- https://ladybird.org/posts/changing-how-we-develop-ladybird/
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I think "free as in beer" software is more appropriately called "Libertarian and Open Source Software", or LOSS. Among other things it involves no obligations on other people, and expects no obligations in return (*). But this means it's an everyone for themselves, anti-communitarian endeavor. We should be honest about this. We should also be honest when a project changes state from FOSS to LOSS, because that's a meaningful change, and actually is a loss in my view.
I continue to believe that enthusiastic embrace of AI/LLM coding tools is a leading indicator of an impending FOSS→LOSS transition.
It seems to me at least one driver of the uproar over
#tech #dev #software #SoftwareDevelopment #FOSS #freedom #rsync #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLMs
(*) Putting aside whether this principle is consistently applied or hypocritical.
rsync thing has me thinking about the difference between the "free as in beer" model of free software and the "free as in freedom" model the FSF originally put forward. There are important differences, and it's meaningful when a project changes from one model to the other, which is one way to narrativize what's happened to rsync.I think "free as in beer" software is more appropriately called "Libertarian and Open Source Software", or LOSS. Among other things it involves no obligations on other people, and expects no obligations in return (*). But this means it's an everyone for themselves, anti-communitarian endeavor. We should be honest about this. We should also be honest when a project changes state from FOSS to LOSS, because that's a meaningful change, and actually is a loss in my view.
I continue to believe that enthusiastic embrace of AI/LLM coding tools is a leading indicator of an impending FOSS→LOSS transition.
It seems to me at least one driver of the uproar over
rsync is that a bunch of people thought it was a FOSS project but it had, in a short period of time, converted into a LOSS project and the shock was jolting (understandably). As a FOSS project, rsync served a community function, leading people to depend on it, make assumptions about its longer-term stability, and so on. Those are reasonable expectations of a communitarian project. As a LOSS project, rsync is under no obligations to anyone and the maintainer(s) can change the software at any time, for any reason, at their discretion alone. It seems rsync is a LOSS.#tech #dev #software #SoftwareDevelopment #FOSS #freedom #rsync #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLMs
(*) Putting aside whether this principle is consistently applied or hypocritical.
What I’ve been reading week ending 31 May 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-week-ending-31-may-2026-84dfd1ed83e1 #TDD #FowardDeployedEngineering #AI #Leadership #ProjectManagement #ProductManagement #Productivity #Strategy
I'm so confused. I just found a small body of literature applying LLMs to reinforcement learning type tasks, exploring the use of LLMs for "autonomous decision making."
I guess people are building more LLM agent systems, and we ought to understand them and what makes them better / worse at what they do.
But I still feel like LLMs are fundamentally not suited to decision making tasks. They don't weigh options and decide. At best, you could say they interpolate what a reasonable choice might look like based on the examples of people making choices in their training data.
That's... really not the same thing! Like, not at all. It's impressive that this sometimes works, but this seems very silly to me when we could be using actual RL systems that really are making informed decisions from experience, with mathematical rigor to estimate the quality of those choices.
"At Microsoft, managers are including questions about AI use in performance discussions. Employees are supposed to quantify how they are using AI tools in their workflows."
Solidarity with all workers affected by this ✊
Hot take: the AI bubble already burst, and what we're experiencing now is the bailout. "Patriotic tech" is one of the forms it's taking.
It seems to me that, as with the still ongoing COVID pandemic that very few recognize as such, the looming asset collapse and economic recession we're living through in the US is not perceived because it's not talked about as such, and therefore might as well not be happening.
#US #USPol #USEconomy #AI #bubble #recession #COVID #COVIDPandemic
It seems to me that, as with the still ongoing COVID pandemic that very few recognize as such, the looming asset collapse and economic recession we're living through in the US is not perceived because it's not talked about as such, and therefore might as well not be happening.
#US #USPol #USEconomy #AI #bubble #recession #COVID #COVIDPandemic
Talked to a software engineer at Microsoft working on Copilot Studio today at a social event and he said he was ashamed that he hadn’t written a single line of code in over three months. “I used to take pride in my work.” (They simply create plans in neutral language and feed it to the LLM which generates the code. They can’t even do human code reviews anymore as there’s too much code being generated.)
He said that a lot of them were waiting for a catastrophic event (something that would take down crucial infrastructure) to get top management to reverse course. He seemed to think such a failure was very likely.
Given what we’ve been seeing recently, I tend to agree with him. Although I feel they will just double down. There’s too much money in the pot for them to fold.
New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. Space Force, got hacked and defaced with pro-Iran messaging in the past 24h after people figured out that Meta's AI support assistant could be tricked into resetting account passwords.
From the story:
"A video released on Telegram by pro-Iran hackers claimed to document a remarkably simple exploit that appears to have involved using a VPN connection with an IP address that is in or near the target's usual hometown, requesting a password reset for the account, and then choosing to chat with Meta's AI support assistant. From there, the video shows the attacker told the bot to link the account in question to a new email address, after which the bot dutifully sent that address a one-time code that allowed a password reset."
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/
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#ai #dancing #couple #manwoman #reddress #romantic #passionate #colorful #pretty #floralsurround #digitalart #autumncolors #flowers #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
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What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 22 February 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9 #housing #science #economics #product #ai #politics #lean #management #tech
"According to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, some of his underlings have created an AI clone of him so they can prepare for meetings with him, ensuring everything is fine-tuned for his wants and needs."
Is the next step getting rid of CEOs altogether?
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/uber-employees-ai-ceo
https://www.europesays.com/3276344/ Trump’s war, migration cuts and AI pull interest rates in all directions #AI #business #Canada #Economy #Houthis #InterestRateHike #IranWar #MedicareHack #migration #NOM #OilPrices #PatrickCollins #RBA #ReserveBank #trump
Dear friends, acquaintances, mysterious strangers, I'm thinking about developing a new online course. Among the following, which would you be most excited to enroll in? Note that all of them would have a philosophical/theoretical bent.
Boosts appreciated, thanks! 🙏
Options: (choose one)
𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑺 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒏 #𝑬𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏 & we're joined by @qasimrashid to rip/mock Trump SOTU
"Epstein Files: Explosive #Trump Allegations—Is FBI Investigating?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GPJLk3k_4&t=3008s #news #politics #us #usa #ukraine #unitedstates #eu #ai #tech #economy #tariffs #ice #tv #donaldtrump
Some interesting insights in this Pew Research Center's study.
"One-in-five teens living in households making less than $30,000 a year say they do all or most of their schoolwork with AI chatbots’ help.
A similar share of those in households making $30,000 to just under $75,000 annually say this. Fewer teens living in higher-earning households (7%) say the same."
Something notable about this case is that Google essentially argued that everyone knows Google's AI overviews are untrustworthy, and it's on them if they believe any of it. Coupled with Microsoft's assertion that Microsoft Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, one really has to wonder how seriously the companies pushing AI take their own technology.
From the linked article: "The Oumi analysis also found that 56 percent of the correct Gemini 3 answers couldn't be backed up by the sources Google linked. The AI is giving answers whose origins users can't trace." This technology is not fit for purpose.
Frankly, given how much is at stake, I find it unacceptable that multi-trillion-dollar corporations are playing word games with the legal system. They should release their products on Steam and XBOX if they're for entertainment only and get them out of search engines and office suites, tools people use to do real work every day.
Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers: https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #Google #GoogleGemini #Gemini #AIOverviews
From the linked article: "The Oumi analysis also found that 56 percent of the correct Gemini 3 answers couldn't be backed up by the sources Google linked. The AI is giving answers whose origins users can't trace." This technology is not fit for purpose.
Frankly, given how much is at stake, I find it unacceptable that multi-trillion-dollar corporations are playing word games with the legal system. They should release their products on Steam and XBOX if they're for entertainment only and get them out of search engines and office suites, tools people use to do real work every day.
Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers: https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #Google #GoogleGemini #Gemini #AIOverviews
To Gen or Not To Gen: The Ethical Use of Generative AI - My Not So Private Tech Life
https://blog.johanneslink.net/2025/11/04/to-gen-or-not-to-gen/
by @jlink
Highly recommended read... please take the time.
Bill Gates issues chilling warning that AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ https://www.byteseu.com/2403602/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BillGates #Technology
Czy Twoje teksty pisane przez AI brzmią jak... AI? 🤖
Samo "wypluwanie" treści to za mało. Prawdziwa moc drzemie w strategii. Na moim szkoleniu "AI Copywriting" uczę, jak połączyć klasyczne modele (AIDA, PAS, BAB) z najnowszymi modelami językowymi.
Piszesz szybciej, ale przede wszystkim – skuteczniej. Budujesz markę, która sprzedaje, a nie tylko wypełnia feed.
Sprawdź szczegóły i dołącz:
🔗 https://paweltkaczyk.com/szkolenia/ai-copywriting/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publer
I guess you have to go to the likes of Harvard to be spared bad AI takes by poor thinkers at commencement 🙄
Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer
Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer
The comedian and The Daily Show host gave the keynote address for Class Day 2026.#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #LLMs #Harvard #AIBoosterism #academia #USEducation #USUniversities
"A grassroots boycott called QuitGPT has been spreading across the US and beyond, asking people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions. More than a million people have answered the call."
"We're organizing Americans and people around the world to quit ChatGPT."
#QuitGPT #news #USNews #USPol #technology #TechNews #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #GenAI