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🦔 Google is testing AI-generated replacements for headlines and website titles in search results. The Verge noticed their headlines were being rewritten without their input. One example: "I used the 'cheat on everything' AI tool and it didn't help me cheat on anything" became "Cheat on everything AI tool." Google says the goal is to better match titles to user queries and facilitate engagement. They claim if this rolls out widely it won't use generative AI, though they didn't explain what other kind of AI would be rewriting headlines. Google Discover already does this and apparently it "performs well for user satisfaction." My Take Google is now rewriting other people's work and putting it in front of users as if that's what the publisher wrote. The headline is part of the article. It's an editorial choice that conveys tone, angle, and intent. When Google changes "Microsoft is rebranding Copilot in the most Microsoft way possible" to "Copilot Changes: Marketing Teams at it Again," they're not clarifying anything, they're replacing the author's voice with generic slop. The legal question here is interesting. Google has traditionally claimed protection as a platform that indexes and displays content rather than creating it. Once you start rewriting headlines, you're arguably developing content, which gets into Section 230 territory. Publishers whose work gets misrepresented might have defamation claims if an AI-rewritten headline changes the meaning of their article. Google is already driving less traffic to publishers and now they want to edit what little representation those publishers have left in search results. This feels like another step toward a web where Google just tells you what it thinks you should know instead of connecting you to sources. Hedgie🤗

Groups in the UK who oppose AI exploiting creatives’ work without permission: - 95% of artists - Thousands of British musicians & authors - 79% of Members of Parliament - The House of Lords - The Green Party - 95% of respondents to the UK public consultation on the topic Groups who explicitly want to entertain the possibility of allowing that exploitation: - AI companies - The Labour Party

Sometimes I lie awake at night worrying that my brain is solidifying into a useless chunk of rock now that I'm in my 30s Then I see shit like this and realise that nah, I'm fine

I genuinely thought they meant he shit himself what the fuck is wrong with me

"Jesus, Paul, look at this receipt—ten dollars for a single potato. This new Value-Mart AI surge pricing is killing me, man. Killing me." “That’s nothing, Bill. Wait ’til the next update: the store will be able to see exactly how much money you have in your bank.” “You’re kidding.” “And your 401k.” “@#$% me sideways.” “That’s why I use URCHN to do my groceries.” “Really? What’s URCHN?” “URCHN is the latest in affordable concierge shopping.” “Oh, you mean like Uber or Instacart. What makes them different?” “Orphans.” “𝑂𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑠?” “That’s right, Bill. And not just any orphans. Dirty, starving orphans who live under overpasses.” “Uuuh.” “As you know, the cameras in the grocery aisle scan your face and adjust the price based on race, socioeconomic status, and dietary restrictions. But you know who always gets the best prices, no matter what?” “…orphans?” “Yep.” “I don’t know, Paul, that seems a little-” “Of course, the AI still discriminates based on race, which is why they send a multi-racial team of no less than four dirty orphans to buy your groceries.” "Um." “The Latino child buys your rice, and the Asian child buys your tortillas.” “Yeah, no, I get it.” “And the black child-” “Sorry, uh, these are children, right? Small children?” “Of course. Teens would raise the price.” “How do they, uh, reach the items on the top shelves?” “They stand on each other’s emaciated little shoulders.” "Jesus." "Yeah, the Hispanic orphan tends to be on the bottom." "What?" "Sturdy stock." “…and how much do you save?” “My last potato was 34 cents.” “#$&@ it, I’m in.” --- [r][title: AI Surge Pricing]

@MetamaskBro the pro AI guy being deliberately drawn to resemble AI art to shit on it the fucked up text on the box oh my god it even has a slight piss tint to it

you can tell the ai guy was drawn to look like ai and people are still falling for it this is actual masterclass bait

all the resource-sink advancements in machine learning will never replicate the lovingly-crafted vision of one auteur pervert for the simple fact that to thirst, to hubba-hubba, to awooga is to be uniquely and exceptionally 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯

“Dude did you vibe code this slop? This feature sucks!” Been getting this more recently. And no, I didn't “vibe” it. Did you ever consider, for one single second… That I might just be retarded? And I wrote this organic slop myself?

🆔Government to public: Do you want digital ID checks to be used to enforce a social media ban for under-16s ☐ Yes ☐ Definitely yes ☐ Strongly yes ☐ Yes 100% The “consultation” doesn’t appear to have a box for disagreeing.

@catumin Now you've said it, yeah, I can see it... I was getting vibes from that AI "art" a couple years ago where every woman had the same fucking face, personally. Guh

@Eauldane All of the "DLSS On" examples have huge "I made AAA Pokemon in UE4" vibes from when that was the popular thing like 6 years ago or whenever it was. So shit lol

This... genuinely looks like a downgrade You're telling me 8 gigs of DDR4 costs 200 bucks now because of this?

At a point in my life where I'm bidding on literal bits of train track on eBay

ヤ・シュトラの姐さん！！

it's getting somewhere! :D

This is absolutely brilliant. The 'technical issue' being that anyone could login and view or change the details of ANY director of any one of the UK's five million companies. This is the same government that promises Digital ID will be safe and convenient, by the way.

It's still funny how people characterize the UK as this ultra conservative place when its young people support literally none of its politicians compared to other global north regimes

> be uk government > make web portal for doing taxes > companieshouse > click file for different company > enter company number > prompt for auth > hit back button 3 times > authentication bypassed > ??? > full information leaked > can modify company details for uk gov > ???

I would like to formally apologise to all the conspiracy theorists I've dismissed over the last decade because Oh™