Newly unsealed court documents from Authors Guild v. OpenAI reveal that both OpenAI and Microsoft executives knowingly trained their AI models on pirated books (including all sorts of art theft) while privately admitting that the technology threatens writers' livelihoods. Yet, OpenAI & Microsoft went ahead and released their shity AI on stolen work despite knowing it was illegal. https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-openai-top-execs-knew-mass-book-piracy-was-illegal/

Stealing from small guys & pocketing billions per year is how they get filthy rich.

@noodlemaz jesse armstrong was a writer on all 3 of those shows

I like Mastodon, I really do. But it has so, so many dependencies, and updating it on illumos or OpenBSD is getting really difficult, release after release.

Some dependencies are primarily distributed as binaries, or only build on Linux and macOS. It's not Mastodon's fault, but it depends on them.

That’s why, in my opinion, solutions like snac, GoToSocial, or littleFedi have a reason to exist: all of this is much, much easier...

#Fediverse #snac #GoToSocial #littleFedi #OwnYourData #Mastodon

This was captured early afternoon on a clear day with a Rodenstock HR Digaron-W 50mm/4.0 (@ f/7.1) lens, Phase One IQ4 150 Achromatic Back (@ ISO 200) and Phase One XT camera (10mm vertical shift). 760nm IR filter, which effectively blackened the sky.

This is an abstract view of modern midtown skyscrapers, as perhaps Georgia O'Keeffe might see them. The composition is a nod to the Precisionist school of a century earlier, emphasizing the lines and essential geometry of the buildings.

Midtown, NYC, 2022

All the pixels, but smaller than they are in person, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51893928686

#photography

Paniek in tankie-land! 😱 Ze mogen van de organisatie geen Russische vlag meenemen. 😲 Op Instagram, wat tegenwoordig een Twitter, maar dan met plaatjes is geworden, zit vol met tankies en nazi's. Zie de reacties onder dit bericht over de Russische vlaggen. Let vooral op 'but.wheres.izzy'. Dat is het privéaccount van Left Laser wannabee ECHT. Meestal complete feite vrije bullshit wat er uit komt, ook al had ze (toegegeven) laatst een goede explainer over de vooroorlogse samenwerking tussen Nazi's en Zionisten. Maar ik heb haar vaker betrapt op spreekwoordelijke konijnendrollen, die rechtstreeks uit de grote Tankie Rabbit Hole Der Eeuwige Glorie van de Grote Leider, spoten.

Echt ga kijken als je een account hebt (ja die van mij is undercover die verder geen interactie heeft op die afschuwelijke kapitalistensite). Kijk hier: https://www.instagram.com/stopdeoorlogskoorts/p/Ddtp8pTCoZN/?img_index=6 🍿:tankies:

Dat wordt me het dagje wel morgen. Zin in. :anarchistflag:

@aral
Why use the concept of "nation" when you mean states? It's an ideological construct to subsume a multitude of people under a common concept, in order to control people. A dangerous myth which takes effect only in so far as people believe in it. We shouldn't use it as if it was just a neutral descriptive notion.
Btw: Not all antifascists who have a german passport support Zionism.😉

Does anyone know a PeerTube instance where my harp videos would nicely fit in?
I am looking for a well-moderated instance, preferably with a main focus on music or performing. Or else a queer instance would be good as well.

Please boost!

@catsalad not sure how strict your requirements are for inclusion here but Inkscape has a few (openly) claude AI 'assisted' commits, i.e https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/commit/eb8e143091e1

@skar9 is this still ongoing?