Hant
I'm not in full-blown panic mode about the hantavirus outbreak - the most plausible situation is that it's not that transmissible among humans - but this seems like a bad idea.
Writers Chase Trends to Outcompete, Not Create
This is terrible, of course, but an important thing to understand about the book world is that a lot of writers are hopping on these bandwagons out of sheer (short-sighted) commercial self-interest. It's about taking down your competitors so you...
Equal‑pay Rules Can Backdate Liabilities, Risking Bankruptcy
for those of you who are unaware, British employment commissions have in the past found that you need to pay people the same salary for *completely different jobs* if one job attracts more men and the other more women. and...
OpenAI Betrays Early Investors; Musk Sues While Profit‑driven
I think OpenAI did basically betray its commitments to its early investors but it's so absurd to have Musk being the one suing when he 1) didn't seem to care until it affected him personally and 2) is now running...
Your Keyboard Habits Reveal Identity to AI
I enjoyed Megan's thorough replication of my 'Claude can unmask you' findings. If you write a lot on the computer, the AIs know who you are, or will soon do so.
Anthropic Copies OpenAI's Generic Limit‑reset Apologies
Never going to hit my usage limits what with Anthropic now imitating OpenAI in 'we apologize and reset all users' limits' as a first-line customer service response to issues
Gentle Empathy Defies Parents'
This story describes the worst nightmare of any parent and is, if anything, far too kind to the people who deliberately put everyone around them at risk of it. Probably the gentle, blame-free approach is the more effective one but...
AI Misidentifies Unseen Author, Offers Flattering Guesses
I have a bunch of secret AI benchmarks I only reveal when they fall, and today one did. I give the AI 1000 words written by me and never published, and ask them who the author is. They generally give...
Even Critics Admit Upzoned City Enables Affordable Homeownership
This is, somehow, meant to be an anti-Sherrill argument, but even when trying to pretend affordability would be bad they make the upzoned city look unfathomably cool. We could have this. You could afford to own a home and start...
Waymo Crashes Far Less and Causes Fewer Serious Injuries
The opening here is very confusing. Waymos do not crash as often per mile as cars driven by humans, and are 92% less likely, when they do crash, for this to result in a serious injury. That's the whole argument....
Private Firm Hoards Zero‑day Arsenal; Govt Barred From Anthropic
An underrated feature of this situation: a private company now has incredibly powerful zero-day exploits of almost every software project you've heard of. And Hegseth and Emil Michael have ordered the government not to in any capacity work with Anthropic.