Notices by Mike Elgan (mikeelgan@mastodon.social)

Oh, shut the fuck up, The Sun.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/31726857/artificial-intelligence-better-writing-poems-shakespeare/

Deep Throat brought down Nixon, too. https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-blow-job-oral-sex-microphone-rally/

Halloween 2024

Donald Trump’s bible racket tells you everything you need to know about Trump:

They cost Trump $3 each; he sells them for $60.

These “God Bless the USA” bibles are made in China.

They contain the Constitution, BUT, without the amendments that abolish slavery, provide equal protection under the law, establish the right to vote regardless of race, establish women’s right to vote and presidential term limits.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-china-32a80611605d4052d8238064bbcace4c

New MIT research has found that AI-edited photos can reliably induce false memories of events personally experienced.

The scientists called them "synthetic human memories."

https://machinesociety.ai/p/new-ai-trick-synthetic-human-memories

New AI trick: 'synthetic human memories' https://machinesociety.ai/p/new-ai-trick-synthetic-human-memories

New Lincoln Project video mentions Silicon Valley “mastermind” Peter Thiel “Bitcoin bro” Marc Andreessen as two of the people who have bought Donald Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-ntQRLMyA

Using AI to bypass reason https://machinesociety.ai/p/using-ai-to-bypass-reason

Apple embraced Meta’s vision, and Meta embraced Apple’s. (I'd better explain this.) https://elgan.com/apple-embraced-metas-vision-and-meta-embraced-apples

I'm hearing rumors that Taylor Swift may endorse Kamala Harris at the DNC tonight.

Man this dude looks depressed and defeated. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-economic-indicators-could-spell-trouble-for-trump-campaign-106c25b0

There's something wrong with this story. So... Iran hacked the Trump campaign, stole compromising emails and leaked them to three US media outlets, who chose not to publish. Uh... So why hasn't Iran responded by leaking more widely? https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-leak-media-wikileaks-e30bdccbdd4abc9506735408cdc9bf7b

New Yorker cartoon of the moment: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-august-13th-musk-boosts-trump

Cost of a data breach: The healthcare industry
https://www.securityintelligence.com/articles/cost-of-a-data-breach-healthcare-industry/

Phrase of the moment: "billionaire troll" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-kamala-harris-deepfake-1235069564/

AI meme of the moment:

Headline of the moment: "Strawberry truck overturns on California freeway, creates jam" https://inshort.geartape.com/strawberry-truck-overturns-on-california-freeway-creates-jam/

Google released Gemini, and pulled it because it produced black nazis. Google released AI Overviews, and pulled it because it says put glue on pizza. Google releases major products and doesn't seem to know they're disasters. How does Sundar Pichai still have a job?

On Memorial Day weekend in the US, grateful Americans remember heroes who gave their lives defending our nation. Today Eric Trump endorsed this sock puppet account saying the Trump family "gave up everything." In fact, no member of the Trump family has ever served in the military. Donald was drafted, but his rich daddy got him a deferment.

Trump's piece-of-shit "social network" is valued the same as American Airlines. Gimme a break. https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trumps-media-company-shares-jump-ahead-backdoor-nasdaq-debut-2024-03-26