
"Is it so easy that anyone can do it, or so hard that if I don't upskill I'll be left behind?"
"Is it so easy that anyone can do it, or so hard that if I don't upskill I'll be left behind?"
(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 released with offline AI-powered code completion, AI Assistant expanded to SQL, YAML, JSON and Markdown, option to attach images in AI chat, Java 25 support, enhanced Spring debugging tools, Maven 4 support:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/intellij-idea-2025-2-offline-ai-java-25-support
Calibre 8.8 released with improved Kobo device support, improved display of lookup results from Google in the E-book viewer, ability to handle -epub-text-emphasis properties used in some Japanese language EPUB books during conversion, Piper Neural TTS engine run without external library:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-8-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-support-for-kobo-devices
HandBrake 1.10 released with new "Social 10MB" presets, option to choose encoder color range, command-line option to disable Dolby Vision and HDR10+ passthru, option to disable audio track names passthru and autonaming, updated NVEnc CQ range, option to disable subtitle track names passthru, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/handbrake-1-10-open-source-video-transcoder-brings-new-social-10mb-presets
Penpot 2.9 released with font size tokens, option to import token sets from zip, improved text resizing, improved dashboard sidebar, etc.:
https://community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-9-the-wizard/9614
PeaZip 10.6 released with dynamic virtual mode for performance improvement, improved archive parsing, option to limit the number of threads for Zpaq in the Advanced tab of the archive creation screen, updated compression presets, “Show hidden files” toggle moved from settings to the main menu, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-6-introduces-dynamic-virtual-mode-improves-archive-pre-parsing
Ente Photos 1.2 released with customizable layout; option to group photos by day, week, or month, adjust the grid size; redesigned scrollbar with yearly markers and haptic feedback; new image editor with cropping, aspect ratio presets, filters, color adjusting, freehand drawing, emoji stickers; improved face detection for smart albums:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/ente-photos-1-2-adds-custom-gallery-grouping-advanced-editor-and-privacy-mode/
SDL cross-platform gaming library now supports GNU/Hurd:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-GNU-Hurd-Platform
Of Course it does.
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
When #AI refers to you as a source and you know you aren't really an expert in the field.
Visto che i blocchi a Meta sono di fatto una pura illusione e qualsiasi cosa pubblichi rischia comunque di finire a nutrire le #IA di #Meta, ecco due semplici regole per non farti derubare dall’#AI:
1) Pubblica solo ai follower: in questo modo il contenuto non sarà accessibile ai bot di raccolta dati.
Oppure
2) Metti immagini-video in “silenzioso” e imposta una cancellazione automatica: meno giorni restano online, meglio è. Puoi farlo qui https://mastodon.uno/statuses_cleanup
segui su: @sicurezza
I made some edits to my /ai page to bring it's focus purely to GenerativeAI.
New Episode!
"19.10 - we did it"
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19-10-we-did-it--67327748
Free transcript:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/136213201
Today's SIGNAL is:
https://namtao.bandcamp.com/track/network-light-2
#Hopepunk, #Transhumanism, #Scifi, #AI, #MentalHealth, #AudioFiction
We do not aim for #deltachat to be another social media app. No #ai summaries or suggestions. No public directory of contacts. No discovery via outside identifiers (mobile phone or email). Just you and your contacts privately messaging, in a solid simple user interface on all platforms. End-to-End encryption enforced on two layers. #chatmail relays know and retain nothing, no content or metadata. #webxdc apps allow for custom interactions on top of chats.
Contributors and donations welcome!
Well, well, well.... the deployment of AI to summarise case notes has led to a figure to fully identify a range of health issues affecting women.
There are often expressed concerns about the distortions introduced by AI into data its is asked to summarise or synthesis, and here is a case when such distortions may have real world prejudicial effects.
(Yes I know I complained earlier about speculative AI stories... but this is at least based on evidence!)
#AI #health
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/11/ai-tools-used-by-english-councils-downplay-womens-health-issues-study-finds
@MadMullins @thomasjwebb
There are now entire societies/communities where this is the majority belief. From the common man in the street, to high offices of government.
NOT believing that #AI is sentient and all-knowing is considered sociopathic and can get you discriminated against.
The #brainrot is real.
Trust me, we have long passed the point where we should have screamed STOP. Yet, just as with a horrifying car crash, we cannot look away from this evil.
#AI #society
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/08/journalist-ai-interview-dead-child-joaquin-oliver
601 instances of us.archive.org
also 858 URLs containing .gov, of which 614 are gov.xx, that is government sites of other countries. So 244 US government sites, including consumer.ftc.gov, houstontx.gov, webharvest.gov (a NARA site), emergency.cdc.gov, ...
I get it that US gov sites are not copyrighted, but still, talk about freeloading
The only positive is that this may be the most comprehensive list of websites existing today.
"Meta has scraped data from the most-trafficked domains on the internet... to train its artificial intelligence models.
The sites that Meta scrapes consist of copyrighted content, pirated content, and adult videos, some of whose content is potentially illegally obtained or recorded, as well as news and original content from prominent outlets and content publishers. They include mainstream businesses like Getty Images, Shopify, Shutterstock, but also extreme pornographic content, including websites advertising explicit sexual content and humiliation porn that exploits teenagers.
In addition to the most recent disclosure of the websites used to train the company’s AI models, whistleblowers have provided data showing other confidential company data, including data revealing a massive campaign to censor and deplatform pro-Palestinian content on Meta platforms, as well as advertising data showing decreases in the effectiveness of Israeli ad expenditures. Some senior policy officials at the company who have been involved in censoring content are also previously veterans of the Israeli government, including Jordana Cutler, Meta's policy chief for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, who previously served five years as an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/meta-facebook-tech-copyright-privacy-whistleblower