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Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
this article explains the need for caution when dealing with AI chatbots... they are sometimes incapable of telling the truth. (NB see end of article for links to similar.)
OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has admitted (based on its own study) there’s no way to stop false information being presented as truth due to the way generative AI works. Explaining why large language models “hallucinate”, the researchers wrote: Like students facing hard exam questions, large language models sometimes guess when uncertain, producing plausible yet incorrect statements instead of admitting uncertainty.
·theconversation.com·
Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline | Tom's Hardware
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline | Tom's Hardware
Scary stuff, seems you need to put "smart devices" on a separate wifi network, because the company might be either incompetent or untrustworthy.
·tomshardware.com·
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline | Tom's Hardware
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds | Tom's Hardware
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds | Tom's Hardware
·tomshardware.com·
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds | Tom's Hardware
Timewise & Mood Tracker
Timewise & Mood Tracker
POMODORO web app with mood tracker - very good setup to be honest, and responsive developer, even tho it's kind of not in active development
·timewise.adarcher.app·
Timewise & Mood Tracker