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Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California’s top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. But in reality, many of the messages that may have swayed the powerful regulatory agency to scrap the plan were generated by a platform that is powered by artificial intelligence.
Public records requests reviewed by The Times and corroborated by staff members at the South Coast Air Quality Management District confirm that more than 20,000 public comments submitted in opposition to last year’s proposal were generated by a Washington, D.C.-based company called CiviClick, which bills itself as “the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform.”
A Southern California-based public affairs consultant, Matt Klink, has taken credit for using CiviClick to wage the opposition campaign, including in a sponsored article on the website Campaigns and Elections. The campaign “left the staff of the Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) reeling,” the article says.
Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton
Dove acquistare la chiave di Windows 11 Pro?
Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”
OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub
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Senators Launch New Effort to Ban Federal Elected Officials Profiting from Prediction Markets
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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup
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Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space
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I replaced a $120/year micro-SaaS in 20 minutes with LLM-generated code
Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues
China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine
Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/59925291
The system can function in air with 20% humidity or less. But these 1,000 liter a day machines are not small, at around shipping container size.
OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
Sam Altman says “the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety.”
Not 24 hours ago, he seemed to back Anthropic “supporting our warfighters” as long as two “red lines” weren’t crossed, though his tepid support was laden with five instances of “I think” and one “mostly.”
The two “red lines” in question:
- Domestic mass surveillance
(presumably, foreign mass surveillance is ok) - Autonomous weapons
(likely because they would be held legally liable for misfires)
YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to science
Ho acquistato una chiave di Windows 11 Pro online: ho bisogno di consigli!
Amazon’s AWS reports outage after UAE data centre struck
AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data
‘World’s largest battery’ to provide 100-hour iron-air storage for Google data center
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Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites
HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules
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The Petrov Paradox
Death by a thousand slops
Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/59925975
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Sam Altman: Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network.
Ethical alternative to Canva?
Airbus is preparing two uncrewed combat aircraft from Kratos for first flight with a European mission system
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OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
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"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens
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