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Meta pops 9% as company makes cloud push to sell excess AI compute power capacity

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/meta-stock-cloud-ai-compute.html

Seems to be a lot of extra computing, too many AI data centres going up.

Employers who laid off workers citing AI are already starting to regret it
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/emp...ers-for-ai-are-reversing-their-decisions.html

Automaker Ford is reportedly rehiring hundreds of experienced human engineers to work on quality issues that automated systems couldn’t address.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia and IBM are also refocusing on human capital after making layoffs while investing in artificial intelligence technology.
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Making employees redundant while using more AI may not necessarily offer the best route to business growth, analysts say.
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Bit messy.

Regards,
 
I wonder what Mark Hamill would think of this hilarious Star Wars/Jerry Springer clip:


Star Wars what if?! - What if Luke found out that Darth Vader was his father on Jerry Springer?... The question has been answered by yours truly.
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When browsing Tripadvisor, holidaymakers now find an AI summary at the top of the page for the hotel they are looking at.

These summaries may look useful in giving quick and easy information about the hotel, but in some cases, scrolling down to guest reviews tells another story.

Tripadvisor’s AI summary describes the five-star, all-inclusive, Riu Palace Santa Maria in Cape Verde as ‘popular with many travellers’, with ‘spacious rooms’, ‘diverse restaurants’ that earn ‘rave reviews’ and cleanliness summarised as ‘spotless’.

However, guest reviews on Tripadvisor paint a very different picture.

Recent guests at the Riu Palace reported ‘exceptionally poor hygiene’, ‘no basic cleaning or hygiene standards’ and food that was ‘awful, bland, unsafe and inedible’.
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Tripadvisor’s AI gives glowing reviews to ‘dangerous’ hotels
 
Artificial intelligence tools are gradually turning into personal advisors and companions for many users. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini have been accused several times of fuelling users’ delusions. In a similar incident, a California man has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that conversations with ChatGPT have worsened his bipolar disorder, as per Reuters. He claimed that the chatbot has pushed him towards self-harm.

The complaint was filed on Wednesday in a state court in San Francisco by 34-year-old Michael Lines, who reportedly said that ChatGPT failed to recognise signs of mental illness despite being informed of his condition and later reinforced his delusions.
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'You are Jesus Christ': Man says ChatGPT fueled delusions, sues Sam Altman and OpenAI
 
On Wednesday night, musician Aidan Sammut stood towards the back of Bootleggers pub in Newtown with the rest of his band as an “insult” took place.

The act before Sammut’s band had taken to the stage, and he didn’t know what was worse: that the audience comprised just three punters, or that those punters were being forced to watch a set of AI-generated music.

“We were curious and also disgusted [by the set] and discussing how it’s crazy that this is actually happening, and that this is potentially a thing now,” Sammut said.
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Sydney pub and agent apologise after booking 'blatantly AI' act for new music night
 
Anthropic is now rolling back a hidden tracking feature in its AI coding assistant Claude Code after the developers accused the company of secretly identifying users who were in Chine or connected with Chinese labs. Anthropic said that the system was introduced to tackle account abuse and prevent its AI models from being copied, but the firm has been facing enormous criticism. As per The Information, Anthropic has stated that the feature was an experiment built to curb account abuse and prevent rival AI firms from exactly copying its models.

Furthermore, the company has constantly said that multiple Chinese AI firms like Moonshot AI, Alibaba, Minimax, and DeepSeek have attempted large scale distillation attacks on Claude. For those unaware, Claude is officially unavailable in China, and Anthropic has been introducing stricter rules against users bypassing its geographic restrictions. Nonetheless, a lot of developers and security researchers debated that the tracking system in Claude was integrated without proper disclosure.
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Anthropic faces backlash after hidden Claude code sparks spying allegations
 
Another article on what I posted about in Post #2,330

A local musician has taken to social media to voice his frustration after a live music event aimed at showcasing emerging artists included an act that used AI-generated content.

Aidan Sammut was at rehearsal with his bandmates preparing for their gig in Sydney's inner west when they were told one of the artists on the line-up, Afro Charles, used AI-generated content in their music.

"We were like, 'How is that going to work? What is the performance actually going to be like?'" Sammut said.

"Shock and then the shock kind of turned into disgust, I guess. Just sort of being offended at the fact that this could actually happen."

The event called Mixed Bag, booked by music services company Good Intent, was held at Bootleggers in Kelly's on King in Newtown on Wednesday.

Sammut was not aware the event included acts that used AI and said "it was an insult" to be on the same line-up.

"My biggest issue is that the spot that was given to the AI artist could have been given to a human band," he told 702 ABC Sydney.
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Social media backlash after live music venue includes AI act in emerging artist showcase
 
Experts and the journalists' union have cautiously welcomed the ABC's plans to use artificial intelligence responsibly, but warned misuse could damage trust in the public broadcaster.

The ABC is preparing to roll out AI to staff, including running a trial to use AI to help write digital news, as it tries to embrace a technology many Australians distrust.

Last month, ABC executives told staff the broadcaster had updated its AI guidelines, struck a deal with Anthropic, the company behind Claude, and begun trialling a tool that turns regional radio bulletins into online articles.

An ABC spokesperson said AI tools offered "significant benefits" to assist its journalism, including freeing up time for original news-gathering and helping staff do routine tasks more efficiently.

"Our trusted news is produced by ABC journalists — distinctive, original journalism that AI cannot replicate," the spokesperson said.
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ABC trials AI writing tools for news staff amid trust warnings
 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng...-thing-the-philosopher-inside-google-deepmind

Fascinating Guardian Long Read on the philosopher responsible for looking at ethics in AI at Google Deep Mind, which also touches on competing ethical standards such as the effective altruists only caring about what AI does for us in the long term and not how many get shafted in the short term, utilitarians only caring about statistics, and so on.
 
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What looks like a shipping container in Delaware can pull 2,000 liters of water a day from the air
https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/looks-shipping-container-delaware-pull-005800219.html

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Technical.ly reported that, unlike many conventional dehumidifiers that work by condensing air directly, the system uses a moisture-absorbing material. It also draws on waste heat emitted by data centers, putting that energy to productive use instead of letting it go to waste.

As AI and cloud computing drive more data-center expansion, concerns are growing over how much electricity and water those facilities use. Producing water on-site with reclaimed heat could ease some pressure on local water systems while improving how a building operates overall.
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Maybe some good news?

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Customers of some of Britain’s best-known brands face being blocked from speaking to human staff by AI chatbots, an investigation has found.

The Telegraph carried out a test of the “artificially intelligent” customer service systems of delivery firms, telecoms providers, banks and energy companies.

It found that automated customer service chatbots at major brands, including O2 and Evri, can result in customers becoming stuck in “doom loops”, unable to connect to a human member of staff.

In some cases the chatbots disconnected the conversation altogether after failing to deal with The Telegraph’s request to speak to a staff member.

In response to the findings, consumer campaigners have called for US-style laws that would compel British companies to guarantee customers the right to speak to a human at the stroke of a button.
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Chatbots block customers from speaking to humans
 
Meta is facing a backlash over its new AI tool Muse Image, which can generate pictures using other people's profile pictures without telling them.

It is one of many text-to-image tools publicly available, which as the name suggests can create pictures from a few lines of simple written text.

Muse Image is available through the Meta AI app and web browser, as well as on WhatsApp and in Instagram Stories for US users.

While Meta says users can opt out of their image being used even with a public account, Donald Campbell, advocacy director at tech justice non-profit Foxglove told the BBC it was an "obvious recipe for disaster".
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Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics
 
Yeah, so these news get posted as opposed to anthropic j-space, gpt-5.6, grok4.5, glm5.2 and likes. I wonder if anyone even knows about ai-2040 here.

Frankly a "not happening" future is much better than "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies."
 
shin_getter said:
Yeah, so these news get posted as opposed to anthropic j-space, gpt-5.6, grok4.5, glm5.2 and likes. I wonder if anyone even knows about ai-2040 here.

Frankly a "not happening" future is much better than "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies."
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They will have to pry my iphone from my cold dead hands...
 
SAG-AFTRA has instructed its members and every Instagram user to opt out of Meta's new AI image generation tool, Muse Image, without delay. The union rarely moves this fast, and the urgency alone says plenty about what is at stake. Hollywood has spent years bracing for exactly this kind of moment, watching technology inch closer to the line performers hold most sacred. That line now appears crossed quietly, without so much as a knock.

As Meta pushes its AI ambitions further into everyday scrolling, the union pulls no punches on what users should do next.
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SAG-AFTRA issues guidelines to protect against Meta’s new AI image generation tool
 
A 15-year-old boy in Japan has been arrested for using artificial intelligence to help him build a programme that forcibly deleted tens of thousands of accounts on an anime streaming service.

Police described the incident as a deliberate and persistent cyberattack that forced a month-long service suspension.

The high school student from Tokorozawa, near Tokyo, was accused of fraudulent obstruction of business after sending false commands to the servers of Bandai Namco Filmworks, a subsidiary of Japan's largest toymaker Bandai Namco Holdings, on 4 November 2025.
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Japanese teenager uses ChatGPT to delete 46,000 streaming accounts
 
Building on the success it has achieved with its first two generations of smart glasses, Meta is reportedly testing one of its most controversial ideas yet. Reports from the Financial Times suggest that the tech giant is now working on a new pair of "supersensing" AI glasses. The premise behind these glasses is simple—they would continuously capture the sights and sounds around the wearer.

While Meta believes these always-listening and always-seeing AI glasses could significantly enhance the user experience, they are also likely to become a major privacy nightmare.

Beyond the always-on sensing capabilities, Meta reportedly wants these glasses to evolve into data-capturing devices that collect a wide range of contextual information. This data would eventually serve as the knowledge base for a highly personalised AI assistant. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously hinted at such a personal AI agent—one that would stay with users throughout the day and assist them with virtually anything they need.
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Meta's 'super sensing' AI glasses may record everything you see and hear: Here's what we know
 

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