They say they provide “anonymous access to popular AI models, including GPT-4o mini, Claude 3, and open-source Llama 3.1 and Mixtral”

So it seems to be a bit of everything.

Yeah I was disappointed by DDG when I first saw their AI crap, but fortunately they let you turn it off completely.

I would tend to agree. I feel the same way about Amazon Logistics. The whole packaging and delivery side of Amazon should be brought under the USPS so every driver gets a fair wage and job protections. USPS already delivers so much of their stuff anyway, and Amazon shouldn’t be in control of the marketplace and the whole shipping process and infrastructure.

OpenAI is relying on all of human knowledge to build their product, regardless of whether or not it falls under copyright protection, so while the government doesn’t need more power, it’s still probably the best positioned to regulate this stuff, and that’d be much easier if they had direct control.

Ugh that’s shameful, and super disappointing. But thanks, I hadn’t seen a poll on American Jews as recent as April so I’d bet those numbers haven’t changed much. Seems the Jews I’m around have a very different relationship with Israel than the majority.

Netanyahu is to blame for making the situation worse, and for actively working against a ceasefire, but I think it’s important to point out that the majority of Israelis appear to support his actions in Gaza. It’s definitely an Israeli issue and a Netanyahu issue.

For those who don’t know (there are probably a few) Bernie is Jewish, and his opinions better reflect the rest of us Jews than the crazies on the right (and left) and in Israel. I don’t have stats, but every American Jew I’ve talked to about this has been morally outraged and frankly mortified by Israel’s actions. We understand how it looks to the rest of the world. Don’t let the antisemitism arguments (usually pushed by Christians btw) fool you. Bernie is on the right side of this issue, as usual.

This was so predictable. It seems they only care about profits now, and also positioning themselves to be a monopoly, so they really haven’t been compatible with the non-profit model for a while. Especially since they just raised more than $6 billion.

It’s truly amazing to me that a “non-profit” that has disingenuously represented itself from day one, and is based almost entirely on the theft of intellectual property that would get normal individuals prosecuted out the ass, can continue to rake in absurd amounts of cash. I really dislike this company.

That’s really upsetting. I tend to forget that the healthcare industry in the US has to rely on cold hard calculations like this in the background. It really takes the person out of the patient.

Emergency doctors should have some kind of qualified immunity like what cops have, but the opposite, really, because it should protect them from prosecution when they make a medical decision that results in someone’s life being saved. The law shouldn’t even be a consideration when someone is dying in front of you and you have the ability to save them.

Hospitals and healthcare workers are not getting enough scrutiny on this issue. Ultimately, the fault lies with Trump and the Supreme Court. They made the policy change which has led to the preventable deaths of women. But it’s also true that it is a doctor’s job to help people, and waiting until women are near death to provide treatment because they fear legal exposure is antithetical to the job that every reasonable person expects them to do.

I understand that being a doctor is hard, and that they are faced with incredibly difficult decisions every day. But if a woman is bleeding out in front of you, it’s literally your job to try to save her, immediately. Waiting for her to get worse, for even a minute, is immoral and not what patients expect of their doctors.

Yeah, my impression was that they were probably searching the houses of his whole immediate family, and luckily found this filth. Then again it’s the FBI, so I wouldn’t put anything past them.

Voice of America is a news organization, funded by the US Congress, with a long and storied history. It is primarily intended for an international audience, which is why many Americans haven’t heard of it.

It used to be a highly effective way to communicate quality radio journalism to parts of the world that don’t have a free press, though I believe it has also been used for propagandistic purposes, as well as a way to specifically counter Nazi propaganda during the war. In general, it is held in pretty high regard as a news source, despite being funded by the government.

Yeah, it’s pretty wild.

records indicate that four men ultimately arrived at the state-run National Bank of Egypt and carried away bags containing nearly $10 million in bundles of $100 bills. The money represented “what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency.” Source

Talk about suspicious…

Wait, I never used snapchat, so I could be totally off base, but don’t Snapchat messages get automatically deleted? Isn’t that the whole point? Haven’t they already been caught deceiving users into thinking their deleted photos are actually gone? This just seems so gross.

Oh for sure, and by all accounts she’s really solid. He does still own the company though, so that’s definitely something.

I don’t think there’s a nice way to say it, so I’ll just say it: she appears to be quite bad at her job.

This is actually pretty impressive. Despite my issues with privatizing these things, and all of Elon’s bullshit, their EV suits are really nice…

100%

I instantly respect people who admit they were wrong about something, anything really, big or small, but especially when it’s about someone’s guilt or innocence. It shows true strength and integrity.

ProPublica has been absolutely nailing it lately. Their Supreme Court reporting is unparalleled, but in general they do investigate journalism better than just about anyone.