Leben (Life aka misc)
Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ And ‘Asdfg’
Last summer, a cop with the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department used Flock’s surveillance search engine to look for a license plate across more than 19,000 cameras in 1,558 cities and towns. The cop’s stated reason for the search, according to a record of Flock’s system, was “LMAO.” The cop Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
No Rolling Power Outages for California Since 2020 – Thanks to 17,000 MW of New Battery Storage
“Californians just made it through the hottest August on record without having to endure any rolling power outages,” reports the Los Angeles Times. In fact, the state hasn’t implemented rotating power outages since 2020. Because “Over the last few years, California has quietly but dramatically increased the resiliency of its Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls For AI Slowdown
The chief executive of Anthropic called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology. Dario Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic to focus on securely and carefully building A.I., Read more…
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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice At 2,357 Degrees Celsius
Scientists have now demonstrated one of the weirdest forms of ice yet — under preposterous pressures up to 2.3 million atmospheres, and tremendous temperatures up to 2,630 kelvins (2,357 degrees Celsius, or 4,274 degrees Fahrenheit). […] In their new experiments, a team led by physicist Alexis Forestier of the French Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
UK Government Rejects ‘Kill Switch’ Idea For Dangerous AI
The UK government has rejected proposals for an emergency AI “kill switch,” arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do little if the same systems remained available or were developed elsewhere. The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the UK to switch off an AI model Read more…