On the left, 2024 DS1 on the right, Linux Mint. Fuck forced obsolescence

No-one:

Absolutely no-one:

French pharmacies:

Just thinking...

#ai #thematrix

@Natasha_Jay

The one floppy ear on the rabbit ♥️

Vietnamese artist Diem Chau sculpts incredibly detailed figures on the top of Crayola crayons #WomensArt

#Art #Artwork #Artist

https://archivebox.io/ seems to be a cool selfhosted offline archiving project, that you could use together with https://archive.is/ 🤔

@ricardo

This came up when I was searching for pieces to build a personal news/intelligence console the other day. Looked interesting enough I bookmarked it.

AI Mode in Google Search: Updates from Google I/O 2025

" We're introducing new AI features to make it easier to ask any question in Search. …"

https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-update/

Don't shoot the messenger.

#AI #Google #search

@grahamperrin

pew pew pew

I built a new LLM plugin that can turn a PDF into an image-per-page for feeding into vision models, and in testing it found that GPT-4.1 mini hallucinates WILDLY if you feed it a blank white rectangle followed by a blank black rectangle https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/18/llm-pdf-to-images/

oops, I'm a few days late, but MS finally released a patch for the issue I reported last year - CVE-2025-26684
Defender for Linux can be tricked into executing arbitrary code as root. Writeup: https://astr.al/notes/2024-11-28_mdatp_privesc

some reboosts would be much appreciated <3

#microsoft

Big layoffs across Microsoft (including GitHub) today. https://www.theverge.com/news/659401/microsoft-layoffs-three-percent-workforce

The best thing you can do is help your peers find good jobs that match their abilities and interests. As far as I’m concerned, that is your duty as a citizen. Keep your peers afloat.

IN tech people ask me how can I be a good engineer? HELP PEOPLE FIND JOBS. it’s the best skill.

if I’m gonna generalize it; Support one another as your first job.

@markstos

They will happily tailor the code to the test and not vice versa if you let them. Efficient logic!

@edwiebe

"I expect we will have AIs that actually are capable of novel research."

The headline is misleading because it framed it as a present statement not a forecast.

@stefano

looks so good 🤤

@stefano

is it chocolate flan?

Here's confirmation from Hannah Ritchie (a reputable environmental scientist) that the relative environmental impact of consumer LLM use is ~zero https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/carbon-footprint-chatgpt

I think a lot of people don't realize just *how* resource-hungry everyday human life and industry is, so they don't have a good reference point for comparison.

Ask ChatGPT for a nice plant-based alternative recipe to a hamburger and you have things pretty covered there :thumb: #ai

"Lord Vader, we have discovered the location of the Rebel bass. "

ChatGPT search | OpenAI Help Center https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9237897-chatgpt-search (the way the sources show up is better than it was) #AI #search