Microsoft Abuses and Lies
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Slashdot ☛ When Linux Spooked Microsoft: Remembering 1998's Leaked 'Halloween Documents' [Ed: Nothing has changes since then, except Microsoft now attacks from the inside as well, and weaponises the media to tell lies like "Microsoft loves Linux"]
25 years later, and it's all still up there and preserved for posterity on Raymond's web page — a collection of leaked Microsoft documents and related materials known collectively as "the Halloween documents." And Raymond made a point of thanking the writers of the documents, "for authoring such remarkable and effective testimonials to the excellence of Linux and open-source software in general."
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New York Times ☛ Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize
Now a new start-up called Vectara, founded by former Google employees, is trying to figure out how often chatbots veer from the truth. The company’s research estimates that even in situations designed to prevent it from happening, chatbots invent information at least 3 percent of the time — and as high as 27 percent.
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Techdirt ☛ Microsoft’s Use Of ‘AI’ In Journalism Has Been An Irresponsible Mess
We’ve noted repeatedly how early attempts to integrate “AI” into journalism have proven to be a comical mess, resulting in no shortage of shoddy product, dangerous falsehoods, and plagiarism. It’s thanks in large part to the incompetent executives at many large media companies, who see AI primarily as a way to cut corners, assault unionized labor, and automate lazy and mindless ad engagement clickbait.
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Vice Media Group ☛ China-U.S. Hey Hi (AI) Arms Race Heats Up as Chinese Startup Unveils Powerful New AI [Ed: This BS "Arms Race" narrative is how companies like Microsoft hope to justify being bailed out by taxpayers again, under the guise of "national security interests"]
A months-old Chinese startup released an open-source large language model this weekend that already bests Meta’s Llama 2, according to one analysis.
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Mirror UK ☛ Millions of Windows 10 PCs face controversial Microsoft block and users aren't happy
Windows 10 users will soon be in for a nasty shock as Microsoft is planning to ditch support for the aging browser - and now thousands are campaigning to put a stop to it