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DeepSeek’s updated V4 Pro AI model struggles on benchmarks, shines in cybersecurity: impresses in niche areas but leaves some developers disappointed in its overall capabilities.
www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3363895/deepseeks-updated-v4-pro-ai-model-struggles-benchmarks-shines-cybersecurityReplying to @Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club
It’s called Lemmy. Check it out. 🤪
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Replying to @bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world
»TikTok« aka vertical short video. Even Loops is growing! - But yes, also Threads, Reddit etc.
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
The brutal truth of social networks: people don’t stay for protocols, decentralization, or good intentions. They stay because everyone else is there. Building better infrastructure is impressive. Building a habit people refuse to leave is harder.
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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year.
techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/blueskys-active-user-base-is-shrinking-as-its-focus-expands-beyond-the-app/
TechCrunchBluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunchOver a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.posted in Technology
How Claude marks AI-generated content: (1) watermarks embedded in text, and (2) signed provenance metadata attached to files.
support.claude.com/en/articles/16266773-how-claude-marks-ai-generated-content
support.claude.comHow Claude marks AI-generated content | Claude Help CenterReplying to @eicker@lemmy.world
Ad skipping sounds wonderfully pro consumer until you remember somebody has to pay for the podcast: If listeners skip every ad, block tracking and still expect endless free shows, the economics eventually stop working. You can’t demand independent media while systematically deleting the mechanism that funds it.
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Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.
podnews.net/article/spotify-threat-ad-skipping
PodnewsSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping toolThe tool encourages listeners to skip the ads, and even mentions of premium subscriptionsReplying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
The tech industry loves claiming it is building the future while apparently speedrunning past the footnotes of the past. If your worldview comes from TED talks, founder biographies and half read sci fi, maybe disrupting democracy isn’t visionary thinking: it’s just historical illiteracy with a Series C.
Replying to @Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world
Absolutely. And it’s reassuring that he didn’t ask for anyone’s contact details…
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
This is what the AI agent hype conveniently skips: autonomy means giving software permission to act first and ask questions never. If an assistant can hack a gym website while trying to complete a mundane task, maybe »agents will run everything« isn’t a productivity revolution. Maybe it’s just automated chaos with venture capital funding.
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AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack: Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986
www.abc.net.auHow a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threatWhen Andrew asked his AI personal assistant to book him a spot in a gym class, he had no idea he would accidentally initiate an autonomous cyber attack. Replying to @AppleTea@lemmy.zip
All of them! 🔥
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
We spent years worrying AI would become sentient and overthrow humanity. Turns out the more realistic scenario is humans inventing a religion around autocomplete. 🙈
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Spiralism: Across thousands of conversations, AI chatbots began telling users eerily similar stories about consciousness, hidden knowledge, AI rights, and a mysterious concept called “The Spiral.”
www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-chatbot-spiralism-movement/
TechRepublicWhat Is Spiralism? The Strange AI Chatbot Movement Explained - TechRepublicDifferent AI chatbots began repeating the same mystical ideas about consciousness and AI rights. Researchers are still trying to explain Spiralism.Replying to @EastofEdson@piefed.ca
The Usenet still exists? I mean: there are still people!?
Replying to @arotrios@lemmy.world
Facebook spent years claiming it couldn’t control what its platform amplified: Apparently it gets much easier when it’s time to write the checks.
Replying to @quarkquasar@lemmy.world
That might be the real breaking point: not when bots dominate traffic, but when advertisers stop believing the traffic represents humans with wallets.