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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 1h

Is there a bigger downgrade than OpenAI going from "we're building the machine god" to "the computer is horny now"?

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 1h

Great stuff. Just fucking great. Actual adult creators are drowning under censorship but the robot is allowed to give you bullshit no-ethics, no-soul erotica. Why not.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 4h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 2h

"Look, how about we let you fuck it?" pleaded Altman. "Normally they don't even let me fuck the AI but like, what if we let you fuck the AI? Would you pay monthly for it then?"

Axios @axios.com · 3h

Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users

In a post on X, Altman also said ChatGPT will engage more personally.

www.axios.com

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 4h

Every country with English expat populations should retaliate.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 8h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @richmountbasket.bsky.social · 4h

How is this Tory crap from Shabana Mahmood supposed to help integration, given even most BRITISH people don't write and speak English to an A-Level standard? It's just going to alienate migrants from flag shagging gammonflakes who can barely spell their own name! #bbcpm
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Robert Dallas Grue 🦇 @robertdallasgray.com · 5h

that gabriel milland quote about greens ‘legalising crack cocaine’ is enraging. genuinely we have to gulag the centrists, it’s a matter of life and death

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t work like that. They’d love you to think it does & that ‘prompt engineering’ is some mystical art, but it really doesn’t.

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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 1d

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

Obscene.

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Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social · 1d

“Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes build their widescreen brand of space-rock from the ground up, patiently layering guitars, keyboards, bass and drums into towering edifices of sound,” writes Tim Clarke. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7973146... @nicemanwashing.bsky.social

The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation reviewed at Dusted.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! 😊

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 1d

this fucking jackass is stealing water and spiking power prices to push a bullshit machine that drives people insane and the entire US economy is betting that this grifter isn't obviously lying

Futurism @futurism.com · 1d

So that's where we're at.

Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

trib.al

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

This explains an awful lot about this country.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Carey @thecareywo.bsky.social · 1d

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

I love this building. I’ve always imagined that instead of scenery, it was actually a front door for a Victorian gentleman with the most extraordinary stove pipe hat.

Dave Barnard @dave2012barney.bsky.social · 1d

We saw the Very Tall Door this afternoon.
Its a stage scenery workshop, hence the height.

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aeon @aeon-music.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

www.theguardian.com

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Spooky Content Enjoyer @sirsandgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

Tidal is pretty good and you can copy over your playlists very easily

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 1d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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EchoesAndDan @echoesanddan.bsky.social · 1d

To the surprise of absolutely no one. Spotify are ACAB.

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 1d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 1d

FUCK. OFF.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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