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Public library to become adults-only due to new Idaho law
A microcosm of age verification: > Donnelly Public Library shared … that the change is due to the passage of HB710, legislation referred to as the “library porn” bill that enables anyone to sue the library if children are exposed to inappropriate or adult material. [It] says that due to its small size and the
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle on the “Duty of Care”
> A misconceived model, the direct – and wholly predictable – result of which is the impenetrable 1,000+ page Ofcom consultations that civil society are now complaining about. What really did they expect?
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How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search
tl;dr — “https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14” https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
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naklecha / llama3-from-scratch: llama3 implementation one matrix multiplication at a time
At some point I am going to have to clone this and run it, aren’t I? > in this file, i implemented llama3 from scratch, one tensor and matrix multiplication at a time.also, im going to load tensors directly from the model file that meta provided for llama3, you need to download the weights before
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OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team
I can’t shake the mental image of them all being banished to the server room like Richmond the Goth from “The IT Crowd”, decrying ill portents and exclaiming doooooooom whilst listening to Cradle of Filth https://gizmodo.com/openai-reportedly-dissolves-its-existential-ai-risk-tea-1851484827
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In terms of the Data Protection Act I am pretty sure that Richard Gadd is off the hook… but quite a lot of social media users may be in trouble
Just saying: > ‘It an offence for a person knowingly or recklessly to re-identify information that is de-identified personal data without the consent of the controller responsible for de-identifying the personal data’ … ‘personal data is “de-identified” if it has been processed in such a manner that it can no longer be attributed, without more,
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Quiz: Who said this about what?
https://www.threads.net/@benedictevans/post/C66PAK4u5UP/ – Benedict Evans quotes this puzzle, and places it in a modern context: > “This invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance
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17 States Are Considering Laws That Would Imprison Librarians | Vanity Fair
> The Washington Post reports that 17 states are currently “weighing” bills that would remove long-standing exemptions protecting librarians from prosecution for distributing material deemed inappropriate for minors, a carve-out that allows them to offer books containing accurate information on things like sex education without having to worry about going to prison. Those bills, per
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India’s butter chicken battle heats up with new court evidence | Reuters
This is culinary high drama: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-butter-chicken-battle-heats-up-with-new-court-evidence-2024-05-17/
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Important Note: just because your App is trying to keep you safe does not *necessarily* mean that it’s doing “Client-Side Scanning”, even if AI, or Meta, or Google are involved…
A few months ago Meta followed Apple’s lead and announced in-app nudity detection for Messenger to attempt to dissuade teenagers from getting themselves into trouble by acting unwisely and without regard for their own privacy. Various people approached me, asking questions like: THEM: Look at this! Isn’t this client-side scanning (CSS)? Doesn’t this break end-to-end