March 31, 2023
Friday
Waiting on a Friend
Midjourney ends free trials of its AI image generator due to 'extraordinary' abuse | Engadget (engadget.com)
"Midjourney is putting an end to free use of its AI image generator after people created high-profile deepfakes using the tool."
And they're surprised by this? Really? Give me a break.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Blocked In Italy: Privacy Watchdog (barrons.com)
"...no legal basis to justify the mass collection and storage of personal data for the purpose of 'training' the algorithms underlying the operation of the platform."
Italy is taking an interesting angle on guard railing AI—privacy.
GM is ditching CarPlay in all future EVs and teaming up with Google instead (9to5mac.com)
"This change, the report explains, will help GM 'capture more data on how consumers drive and charge EVs.'"
Future GM owners just became the product.
Our next vehicle will have CarPlay, which means it won't be a GM.
We had an early airport mission this morning, making a run to TPA to pick up Pat, Denny, Pam, and Debbie. I love everything pretty much everything about that airport. Details matter, and they seem to have figured that out. This is the cell phone waiting lot, complete with a big board that would fit right into a casino sports book, restrooms, and vending machines. It puts the lot at Detroit to shame, which is clearly an afterthought that has become a no-thought.
(Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida)