Jerry Lane

Morning survey of the land from this ole puds.

ye olde social contract really is gone, isn't it?

Zero shock here.

X moves to restrict Grok-generated undressing images Elon Musk's platform X has announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised images of women and chil...

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Regardless of whether they actually do this, they need to be held accountable for all that has been done.

"There are 200 reports that are being investigated involving CSAM or CSAM-indicative," says Walsh - that's the scale of the investigation underway by gardaí.

I feel like I'm going crazy. Our leader just casually told us he can't stop illegal trade with another nation in case it impacts on the multinationals from another state that have set up residence here.
He can't enact the will of the Irish people because it will upset foreign billionaires #Spéirgorm

Seems to me that it used to be that *creating non-consensual intimate images of women and children* would be the sort of thing that Conservatives might publicly be against.

But what a world we inhabit.

X not responsible for child sexual abuse images, individual users are - Media Minister The minister argued that technology is moving too fast for laws to keep pace.

This minister seems to believe that the State has no responsibility with regards to preventing a company, based here in Ireland, from providing the tools by which child sexual abuse material has been generated by its own paid subscribers. A truly bizarre thing to say.

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If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.

Last year I wrote about how strange it is that Apple rates Grok as appropriate for kids 12+ in the App Store. I checked this morning in the wake of Grok's CSAM/nudification scandals and can report that ... Apple now rates Grok as appropriate for kids 13+.

Everything’s a lie, isn’t it?

Big nations can do as they please, without consequence. The UN Security Council doesn’t work. The USA do as they please, greed wins out, and I’m sure this will do nothing but embolden Putin & Co.

What a complete joke of a political system and horrible greedy world.

This plus Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s recent post on AI content etc really show these folks are winging it and asking everyone to buy in. Madness.

Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.

Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?

Happy New Year, Ciara. Hope 2026 is happy and healthy for you.

Petition to stop apps giving Year in Review content? I really don’t need to know what kind of LinkedIn user they think I am…

Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.

Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.

Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.

Friendly reminder that if you’re looking for a great modern Christmas movie to watch, Klaus is it.

Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts Microsoft has dropped its diversity and inclusion report

Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts. In my Notepad 📒 newsletter this week I cover Microsoft's D&I changes and reveal that LinkedIn has been testing an AI personal assistant for Microsoft execs. Live for subscribers now 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/838079/...

Court filing: LLMs are tools that “emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning.” Benjamin Riley, Large language mistake, The Verge https://www.theverge.com/aiartificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligenceneuroscience-problems [https://perma.cc/7EHD-PLLZ]. When an LLM overstates a holding of a case, it is not because it made a mistake when logically working through how that case might represent a “nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;” it is just piecing together a plausiblelooking sentence – one whose content may or may not be true.

Cool update to last week’s story on why language doesn’t equal intelligence: a Michigan judge cited it to justify imposing sanctions over a ChatGPT-assisted filing that mentioned real cases but misstated their facts. Congrats to author @benjaminjriley.bsky.social!

There are no bus options that get me into the office for an 8am start and the closest is a bus that I’d have to drive 15 minutes to get on. The bus from Ballybunion leaves at 6am and takes 2hrs 20m to get to Limerick bus station - at best. I finish at 4 and can be stuck on the dock road for 30-40m

And thereby (especially if working in Dublin) are forced to sit for hours upon hours in barely moving traffic just to get to an office.

Even in Limerick where I’m fortunate to only have a couple of days a week in office the traffic getting home can change a journey from 1hr or so to 2hrs or more.

Has something happened that I am seeing lots of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky lately?

You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.

Damning.

Can I lie down yet? Working a role full time and trying to find the time and energy for photography & art & surviving. It’s exhausting stuff really.

This was after he - a Roman Catholic priest - spoke about King Charles and the royal family for the difficult times the royal family has experienced lately.

It was a very surreal and loaded service. 😂

a brown dog is sitting on a blanket and looking at the camera with the words `` wait what ? '' ALT: a brown dog is sitting on a blanket and looking at the camera with the words `` wait what ? ''

Lads I was at mass this morning for a family months mind, the priest spent his post Gospel reflection talking about how the world is overrun with fascism and sectarianism, before finishing it off by saying you’re either with Jesus or against him…

😂

Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.

It's simply not great that the world's richest person is building an increasingly powerful model that worships him above every other person www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...

Have they, um... have they checked the school...?

Nerdy sidebar but Dropbox - in all of its simplicity - is such a joy to use for file management compared to Google Drive, etc.