Grumpy Old Geeks30 Aug 2024

663: Habsburg AI

Hey, hey we're all Monkees; Waymo rides; Sober Outfitters; the cruel passage of time; Telegram CEO arrested in France; Zuckerberg's bizarre open letter; Uber slapped with a big Dutch fine; Tesla semi crash; tariffs on Chinese EVs; NFT artist sues the SEC; Google Ireland refused data center due to power grid; solar panels on self-storage rooftops; Ted Lasson returning; Oasis reunion; the Grand Tour reaches the end of the road; Shkreli; Wonka; Palm Royale; Steve Martin; Starfleet Academy; another wearable AI, Plaud; AI news.

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FOLLOW UP

The Monkees Playlist

Burglar Discovers You Can “Peel” Cybertruck and Access the Inside

Tesla deletes its blog post stating all cars have self-driving hardware

Sober Outfitters

Kittl

IN THE NEWS

After CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France, Telegram says it's 'absurd' to blame a platform if users abuse it

Telegram CEO charges include distributing CSAM and money laundering

Zuckerberg Vows to Stay Neutral This Election, Complains Biden Pushed Meta to Censor Covid Content

Uber gets slapped with €290 million fine

NTSB sends team to investigate California crash and lithium-ion battery fire involving a Tesla Semi

Canada follows the US by slapping a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit

Google Ireland refused planning permission for data centre due to insufficient capacity on power grid

Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm

MEDIA CANDY

'Ted Lasso' is plotting a return for Season 4 as cast options have been picked up for Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham and Jeremy Swift.

Gallaghers could earn more from Oasis reunion than ‘they made in entire 90s’

“The Grand Tour” reaches the end of the road on Sept 13

Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies

Wonka

Palm Royale

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Starfleet Academy Beams Into Production

Everything to Remember Before Rings of Power Returns

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Official Trailer

APPS & DOODADS

This Wearable AI Notetaker Will Transcribe Your Meetings—and Someday, Your Entire Life

Just Press Record

MacWhisper

What’s Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models by Stephen Wolfram

What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants?

Most AI text detectors aren’t as reliable as advertised, study finds

AI Appears to Be Slowly Killing Itself

When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself

Marty Mcfly goes back to the time of Jesus to warn him of what is about to happen to him

What could be better, Muppets, Mad Max and AI!

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

NSA releases copy of internal lecture delivered by computing giant Rear Adm. Grace Hopper

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part Two, 1982)

Sober Outfitters

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