WHAT HAVE I BEEN SCREAMING FOR YEARS? 'Results of a set of experiments found that individuals learning about a topic from large language model summaries develop shallower knowledge compared to when they learn through standard web search.'

PsyPost - Psychology News

Learning from AI summaries leads to shallower knowledge than web search

A new study reveals that using AI chatbots to learn about a topic leads to shallower knowledge compared to traditional web searching. The ease of A...

#privacy #AI #ElonMusk #Starlink '...Starlink just updated its Privacy Policy to allow the use of customers’ personal information to train [its] machine learning or artificial intelligence models, including for third parties.'

Coywolf

Starlink updates Privacy Policy to allow AI model training with personal data

Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.

#protests #Iran #disinformation #propaganda #GiftArticle 'The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images.'

Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout

The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinfo...

RE:

glammr.us Mastodon

Jessamyn (@jessamyn@glammr.us)

Attached: 3 images We stopped doing overpass demos for a time because it was cold and then we decided "Fuck it, we've got mittens." Today me and 1...

Jessamyn doesn't have to remind us that she's awesome, but she does anyway View quoted note →

Wake up kids the Muhammad Ali stamps just dropped https://stupiddope.com/2026/01/usps-releases-muhammad-ali-forever-stamps-in-louisville-ceremony/

#YouTube #TV #SesameStreet 'As of this week, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street, including the groundbreaking first episode from 1969 are now available to stream for free on YouTube and YouTube Kids.'

Cord Cutters News

More Than 100 Classic Sesame Street Episodes Are Now Streaming on YouTube | Cord Cutters News

The iconic Sesame Street library has officially arrived on YouTube in a big way. As of this week, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street, inc...

Hey, it's the Dykes To Watch Out For lady!

VTDigger

Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on hope, humor and 'waking up' in dark times - VTDigger

“Who can draw when the world is burning?” the Vermont author asks in her new graphic novel, "Spent."

#AI #LLM #PublicSafety 'A major part of the problem might be that, based on what we know about human sociopathy, AI agents are by their very nature sociopathic.' https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/can-we-prevent-ai-from-acting-like-a-sociopath/

#food #cooking #VideoGames #Doom 'Documented in a teardown and reverse-engineering video, the YouTuber shows the game running locally on the cooker’s display without modifying the electronics responsible for heating or safety systems.'

Tom

Doom conquers the kitchen through an electric cooking pot — classic shooter runs seamlessly after a full device firmware refresh

YouTuber ports the classic shooter to a Krups Cook4Me by reflashing its touchscreen computer.