10. The baby announcement
At the end of a meeting, a colleague asked their boss to stay on the line for a couple of minutes. The colleague then confidentially shared the great news that they were expecting a baby, and they and their boss talked about a few next steps to plan for parental leave. The AI notetaker then sent out notes to everyone who had attended the meeting with the headline, “Colleague Is Having a Baby.”
19. The equipment
I recently saw a ~$50,000 piece of industrial equipment damaged and taken out of commission for about a month because Google AI search told a worker that the tightening torque of a screw was 50 ft*lb instead of 50 in*lb.
This resulted in them over-tightening the screw by a factor of 12, which unfortunately didn’t strip the threaded hole (which would have been a smaller problem) but instead warped a bearing assembly that required a full rebuild at considerable difficulty and expense.
The kicker is that the correct torque value was clearly printed in the service manual that is stored in the machine.
1. The fake initiative
Our execs usually send out a hype email right before the annual employee morale survey, emphasizing wins from the past year, basically trying to put people in a positive frame of mind.
Last year’s included the announcement of a major new program we knew employees really wanted. But it was a bit surprising, because it fell in an area my team was responsible for, and we were out of the loop, despite advocating strenuously for this over the years. So I went to the exec to a) convey enthusiasm for his newfound dedication to launching this program and b) ask what support he needed from my team/get us involved again. It turned out the program wasn’t launching at all; he had just asked AI to edit the email to make it sound more exciting and appealing, and it had done so by … launching my initiative.
16. The scam
We work with a lot of small businesses just starting up, and as a result are asked to recommend professional services often. Knowing this, a client passed on a discreet warning about the bookkeeping firm we’d recommended to them. They had issues with their accounting software, Quickbooks, and called for help. It was right when Google started providing AI summaries for everything, and apparently their account rep pulled the phone number for Quickbooks’ support out of the AI summary, rather than off the website.
You can probably guess where this is going. The number wasn’t legit, but instead put him in contact with a scammer who’d managed astroturf their way into the AI summary. The account rep gave the scammer full access to our client’s accounting software before he realized his error. Our client didn’t share a lot of details about the damages — I got the sense that they were saying very little because they were planning legal action — but they wanted to let us know so we wouldn’t recommend them again.
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12.11.2025 20:47 — 👍 565 🔁 246 💬 4 📌 8
Está claro que quien tenga un súper pc de entrada no va a tener interés en esto. Si buscan otro nicho, deberían tirar el precio.
12.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
La mejor baza de éxito de las steamachines sería tener un precio de derribo. Valve puede subvencionar el coste del hardware y además pueden copiar la “técnica Nintendo” de no sacar un bicho súper puntero técnicamente sino uno que mueva bien los juegos y ya. El catálogo ya lo tienen.
12.11.2025 21:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
11.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 9636 🔁 2651 💬 78 📌 106
WTF
11.11.2025 17:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tiene gracia porque es verdad.
10.11.2025 15:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Y ADEMÁS LA ROSALÍA NO HACE QUE SE CAIGAN EL 80% DE LAS WEBS CUANDO CANTA ME CAGO EN TODO YA
10.11.2025 13:02 — 👍 172 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 0
I died in that tower.
08.11.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rami diciendo verdades, una vez más
01.11.2025 15:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fuck Rockstar
31.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Going from Bloodmangler to Adult Sea Cucumber is always rough
(Popular Reddit post about the two types of boss in Silksong)
27.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
La magia del mercado
26.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quién es Kobayashi?
24.10.2025 12:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Y por eso algunas tiendas te siguen vendiendo manuales de d&d 3ª a precio completo sin descuento 😂
22.10.2025 08:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
La clave está en que el público al que se dirigen las editoriales son señores que se pueden permitir dejarse el dinero en manuales para desquitarse de los que no pudieron comprar en el pasado. El mercado ha aceptado que los precios han subido, y ya está.
20.10.2025 16:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Y aún así, es un temazo.
18.10.2025 17:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. This app only exists for apple. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.
17.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 8585 🔁 4608 💬 31 📌 278
Pura comedia de acción.
14.10.2025 21:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tiene razón Natalie con esto. Me ha pasado eso mismo, por esas mismas razones.
12.10.2025 10:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No me veo capaz. Es por coleccionismo.
11.10.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Silksong no es difícil. Es solo que está hecho por HIJOS DE LA GRAN PUTA.
04.10.2025 22:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Imagina haber estudiado, tener un máster en Historia, trabajar en delivery porque no encuentras curro de lo tuyo, y un día descubres esto. Lo siento tantísimo.
01.10.2025 07:16 — 👍 304 🔁 110 💬 13 📌 5
This only happens to you once
26.09.2025 19:39 — 👍 21752 🔁 4251 💬 350 📌 181
Terrorism case against Kneecap found dropped, reports the Guardian.
Israel's methodology remains to pressure governments & legislation & corporations to panic act against people speaking against genocide, make maximum noise about the accusations of terrorism or antisemitism as if they are a conviction, and then silence the noise of the eventual vindication.
26.09.2025 12:43 — 👍 266 🔁 53 💬 4 📌 3
Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian
Similar sentiment.
22.09.2025 10:32 — 👍 109 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
Otra cosa es que al no querer definir algunas razas (perdón, especies) como malignas se estén metiendo en un jardín absurdo y pernicioso, claro.
22.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Estoy de acuerdo pero insisto en que atribuir esto al d&d “actual” es de viejos gritando a la nube. D&D siempre tuvo al guerrero elfo clónico de nivel tal. Al jugar se despeja todo eso.
22.09.2025 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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It is likely a misunderstanding, as Hollow Knight: Silksong has not yet been released, so no one has any achievements for it. While Silksong was the most wishlisted game on Steam for a long time and highly anticipated, it did not launch in September 2025 as suggested by the current date; rather, it was delayed indefinitely.
There are achievements for the first Hollow Knight game, but these are not related to Silksong.
What happened with Hollow Knight:
Silksong?
• High Anticipation: Hollow Knight: Silksong was one of the most anticipated games, especially after the immense popularity of the first Hollow Knight game.
• The Delay: The game was delayed indefinitely by developer Team Cherry, who
oh yeah that makes sense, thx
22.09.2025 08:27 — 👍 98 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 2
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