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gznork26 writes:From ScienceBlog: A comprehensive analysis of 24 state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) has uncovered a significant left-of-center bias in their responses to politically charged questions. The study, published in PLOS ONE, sheds light on the potential political leanings embedded within AI systems that are increasingly shaping our digital landscape.The underlying paper at PLOS One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306621The researcher used a variety of tests of political alignment to assess the bias of some Large Language Models (LLMs) and found that they exhibited a left-of-center bias. To discover whether that bias can be affected by changing the training data, versions of LLMs were trained on selected sources, producing biases to order.Here's a question for the community: Is the 'centerpoint' of political bias, as judged by these tests, arbitrary and reflective of the gamut of bias that is accepted as normal at this time? Is that centerpoint an absolute that can be used as a reference, or is it simply an artifact of how the political universe is currently understood? It seems to me that the phase space it exists in is limited by the kinds of political organizations which are preset in the world today, and that there might be valid solutions which have not yet been explored.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/reddit-ceo-stands-by-change-that-blocks-most-non-google-search-engines/

Subsentient writes:CrowdStrike has sent a DMCA takedown notice to parody site ClownStrike, a clear abuse of United States copyright law, as the site in question is undoubtably covered by fair use in United States copyright law. Editor: See first link for more detail.

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Just to give you advance notice that the continual problem with the renewal of SSL certificates is due to occur on Monday 5 Aug.Nobody in the new team has the necessary access nor knowledge of the current hardware configuration, and control remains with NCommander. The transfer of assets has been initiated but as one of the two members of the current Board is out of the country everything has temporarily ground to a halt. We cannot reconfigure the existing structure as legally we do not yet 'own' the database or existing hardware assets.I have requested that NCommander assist by renewing the certificates but that depends upon his availability. He has been kind enough to help in the past. There is nothing more I can do at the moment.I know that this is easily fixed - but until the formal exchange of the assets takes place we are on very shaky ground with regards to liabilities and responsibilities.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

owl writes:https://coldwar-ct.com/Home_Page_S1DO.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/amazon-forced-to-recall-400k-products-that-could-kill-electrocute-people/

fliptop writes:Automakers accelerating release of upgraded models, unlike typical 5-year cycle for gasoline cars; Hyundai introduces updated Ioniq 5, and BYD will soon unveil refreshed SEAL; how will this impact used car market?

canopic jug writes:The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has has commented on the a draft of an International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes:

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hubie writes:Elimination of most Next Generation Internet funding 'incomprehensible,' says OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/logitech-has-an-idea-for-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/

NotSanguine writes:US Senators are asking the FTC to look into the data-selling practices of several automobile manufacturers.From the article in Fortune Magazine (archive link):

canopic jug writes:An increasing number of sites are reporting about increased bandwidth being lost to AI crawlers. The documentation sharing site, Read the Docs, has an analysis of the attacks against it by AI crawlers. Several examples are included.

upstart writes:The NASA rover's accidental discovery challenges what we know about the region:

upstart writes:Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'fossil' holding some of the oldest stars in the universe.

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hubie writes:Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.

upstart writes:Here's what a Sam Altman-backed basic income experiment found:

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owl writes:https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206529/intel-13th-14th-gen-crashing-instability-cpu-voltage-q-a

Snotnose writes:Over on Ars Technica a user has provided a Gen Z translation of the Bible Linked to Ars because that's where I stole the summary from, the real deal is here

owl writes:https://ewpratten.com/blog/camping-radio/

upstart writes:There is not enough evidence to prove an ingredient used in a popular weed killer causes cancer, a Federal Court judge has found:

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owl writes:https://blog.mattstuchlik.com/2024/07/21/fastest-memory-read.html

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owl writes:https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/

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fliptop writes:A "battle of the giants" is unfolding in the market for chips for real-time artificial intelligence systems:

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owl writes:https://nrk.neocities.org/articles/cpu-vs-common-sense

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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations:

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