KSAT: Seguin police address false serial killer posts on social media. “The Seguin Police Department turned down online rumors of a potential serial killer in the city. Seguin police said on Sunday there are posts on Facebook that are spreading fear and misinformation in the community.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/ksat-seguin-police-address-false-serial-killer-posts-on-social-media/
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Engadget: Amazon’s AI lead says technical issues are holding back Alexa AI. “Amazon had been planning to roll out a new Alexa powered by generative AI in October 2024, but that obviously didn’t happen. According to reports that came out back then, the company pushed back its new voice assistant’s release to sometime this year. Now, a new report by The Financial Times says the company still […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/engadget-amazons-ai-lead-says-technical-issues-are-holding-back-alexa-ai/
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The Open Notebook: Using Open Data to Sharpen Science Stories. “Many reporters are familiar with the idea of using data to bring nuance and depth to a story. They may draw from public government data, such as census data or COVID-19 dashboards, for example. But, as my team’s research suggests, journalists aren’t widely utilizing the vast troves of freely accessible data that researchers […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/the-open-notebook-using-open-data-to-sharpen-science-stories/
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BBC: Composer Arnold Schoenberg’s archive destroyed in LA fires. “At least 100,000 scores by the pioneering 20th century Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg have been destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. The sheet music was kept at his family’s music production company – which burnt down in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood last week.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/bbc-composer-arnold-schoenbergs-archive-destroyed-in-la-fires/
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AFP: Meta not ending fact-checks outside US yet, fails to appease Brazil. “Meta told Brazil it would not yet end fact-checks outside the US, but its attempts to clarify its new social media policies fell flat Tuesday as the Latin American nation slammed measures which promote a digital Wild West.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/afp-meta-not-ending-fact-checks-outside-us-yet-fails-to-appease-brazil/
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Ars Technica: The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer. “DeepSeek has quickly upended markets with the release of an R1 model that is competitive with OpenAI’s best-in-class reasoning models. But some have expressed worry that the model’s Chinese origins mean it will be subject to limits when talking about topics sensitive to the country’s government. The team […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/ars-technica-the-questions-the-chinese-government-doesnt-want-deepseek-ai-to-answer/
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KVUE: What we can VERIFY about Google Maps satellite images featuring the word HELP. “Screenshots of a Google Maps aerial view of an industrial storage yard in Los Angeles have gone viral online because they appear to show the words ‘HELP’ and ‘TRAFICO’ written on the ground. These posts have led to speculation of a possible human trafficking operation.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/kvue-what-we-can-verify-about-google-maps-satellite-images-featuring-the-word-help/
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University of Central Florida: UCF Helps Develop AI Tool That May Assist Underserved Hospitals. “As the fields of healthcare and technology increasingly evolve and intersect, researchers are collaborating on the best ways to use emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to care for patients. This includes using AI to assist in collecting and deciphering diagnostic data among […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/university-of-central-florida-ucf-helps-develop-ai-tool-that-may-assist-underserved-hospitals/
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Tom’s Hardware: Facebook flags Linux topics as ‘cybersecurity threats’ — posts and users being blocked. “Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics, sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts locked or limited when posting Linux topics. Major open-source operating system news, reviews, and discussion site DistroWatch is at the center of the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/toms-hardware-facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked/
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NiemanLab: How young Kenyans turned to news influencers when protesters stormed the country’s parliament . “According to the study, platforms like Instagram and TikTok have become the most precious battlegrounds for attention, with alternative outlets such as the Nairobi Gossip Club (NGC) emerging as the leading news distributors during the protests and overshadowing traditional media […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/niemanlab-how-young-kenyans-turned-to-news-influencers-when-protesters-stormed-the-countrys-parliament/
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Tom’s Hardware: Sam Altman said startups with only $10 million were ‘totally hopeless’ competing with OpenAI, DeepSeek’s disruption says otherwise. “Sam Altman’s comments on the prospects of startups hoping to break through in the AI business may have come back to bite him. Several posts on X (and probably other platforms) ridicule the OpenAI boss and co-founder’s dismissal of potential […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/toms-hardware-sam-altman-said-startups-with-only-10-million-were-totally-hopeless-competing-with-openai-deepseeks-disruption-says-otherwise/
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Central Europe Support: Moldova Expresses Solidarity with Ukraine in Preserving Cultural Heritage. “Moldova’s Culture Minister Sergiu Prodan and Ukraine’s Deputy Culture Minister Mykola Tochytckyi recently discussed the critical state of Ukraine’s cultural heritage, severely impacted by Russia’s ongoing war. During a phone conversation, Tochytckyi highlighted the widespread destruction caused […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/central-europe-support-moldova-expresses-solidarity-with-ukraine-in-preserving-cultural-heritage/
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Gothamist: NYPD execs’ social media posts were ‘irresponsible and unprofessional,’ city investigators say. “The nation’s largest police department faced scrutiny last year from city lawmakers and activists for an increasingly combative culture. This included posts some of the NYPD’s executive staff made on X, formerly known as Twitter, last year toward a judge, members of the public, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/gothamist-nypd-execs-social-media-posts-were-irresponsible-and-unprofessional-city-investigators-say/
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University of New Mexico: New Mexico Rare Arthropod Resource website launches to help conserve arthropod species. “This site, located at nmrare.org, is designed to educate and inform users about rare, endemic, and threatened arthropod species in New Mexico. The platform aims to compile information on these small, unique, and poorly known species so that land managers, conservationists, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/university-of-new-mexico-new-mexico-rare-arthropod-resource-website-launches-to-help-conserve-arthropod-species/
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Gizmodo: Quartz’s New AI Slop Is Regurgitated AI Slop. “The Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, a generative AI writer, has churned out 20 stories today so far. To do this it digests the news from a wide range of sources, including local news affiliates, Reuters, and NPR broadcasts, before regurgitating it back in a flaccid form. Some of its sources are themselves generated using AI. So AI slop […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/gizmodo-quartzs-new-ai-slop-is-regurgitated-ai-slop/
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Route Fifty: California is investigating OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company. “As part of what it described as an ongoing investigation, the California attorney general’s office has sought answers from OpenAI about its reported plan to convert to a for-profit corporation and how it intends to transfer assets out of its existing nonprofit.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/route-fifty-california-is-investigating-openais-conversion-to-a-for-profit-company/
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Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/unplatform/
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McMaster University:
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/mcmaster-university-mcmaster-researchers-develop-new-publicly-accessible-ai-tool-to-help-scientists-find-new-antibiotics/
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Eurogamer: Can a Steam profile be a real memorial for a lost life?. “Just over two years ago, a friend of mine died in their sleep. It was unexpected. Let’s call them Ash, although it’s not their real name. They were incredibly funny, emotionally open, and kind. And because Ash and I were friends on Steam, I know exactly how many days it’s been since they died, just like I know what they were […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/27/eurogamer-can-a-steam-profile-be-a-real-memorial-for-a-lost-life/
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The Conversation: Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media. “Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence – such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of charity and saying special prayers – Pope Francis introduced a new option: a call to fast from the internet and social media. His official […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/27/the-conversation-tool-of-faith-or-digital-distraction-catholic-church-offers-indulgences-to-faithful-who-fast-from-social-media/
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