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Re:Claude: System Prompts on Sunday August 16, 2026 @10:11AM (#49320267)
So YES if you're using Cowork or Chat
Re:Claude: System Prompts on Sunday August 16, 2026 @10:07AM (#49320231)
So the people using the Claude consumer chat products pay for them via usage...

That's not any better. It's actually worse.

Re:Claude: System Prompts on Sunday August 16, 2026 @10:04AM (#49320196)
Fable was great. For some reason it has been terrible for the past week. wtf is going on?
Re:Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts on Thursday August 13, 2026 @02:21AM (#49282359)
Of course they do. They've already mined the web, books, media. The brain is the last frontier and the most lucrative.
I'm shocked...

You cannot easily regulate a generation that understands technology better than the regulators do.

In what way did OpenAI lose it's "AI Crown"?

I use both and like both.

It won't work.

Most of the media you see in the near future (if not already) is going to be at least AI assisted. They're going to be overloaded by reports of AI generation not labeled as AI.

I'm also curious, what about AI assisted media? If a company writes a full article, then uses AI to edit it a bit, does that need to be labeled?

Re:OpenAI is shutting down Atlas on Monday July 27, 2026 @07:06AM (#49067805)
Not surprising. They haven't mentioned it for months. I assume they want users to use the in-app browser instead.
Wow, how convenient that the "community" ranked your own site the "best service"...
Re:GPT-5.6 on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:50AM (#48860785)
Both.
Re:GPT-5.6 on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:25AM (#48860422)
It's working great for me.

I generally prefer OpenAI. I usually start projects with Codex; I love the plan we created. Then, after about 2 hours of working, back and forth, etc.I realize it's drifting HARD, or getting stuck on relatively simple things.

Once I get frustrated enough, I sometimes start over with Anthropic. Anthropic has been better (for me at least) to work with from start to finish.

I have the $200/month plan for each of them. (And I used to have the $250/month plan for Gemini... lol?)

Both Fable and Sol are good and definite improvements. I don't have a favorite yet. It's too early to tell.

The biggest difference I'm noticing is usage.

Anthropic is like a used car salesman. Not allowed to do a basic check on your own car (website), they'll scrape every penny possible out of you. Low limits, high api prices, trying to keep everything in their system.

OpenAI is like a cool but aloof dad. Go ahead and borrow his car, shoot, he'll even pay for your gas every once in a while. He'll answer your 5th question drunk, forgetting what you asked. But, at least he's a nice drinker that buys the group shots.

I have to watch my Fable usage, and I'm sure as hell not going to pay API prices. I don't have to watch/worry about my Sol usage even in Ultra.

But, 1 thing I'm noticing using Sol Ultra (on fast mode) is that it's slowing WAY down after a bit. I work the opposite of peak times so that's not it.

It takes a while to recover. You'll probably need to wait until the next core algorithm update. They usually do 4/year. They just did one last month.
Re:Grok 4.5 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @11:20PM (#48840574)
There was a study done a week or 2 ago. Grok was surprisingly THE most neutral. Like close to 50/50 neutral.
Re:This week's 13 most interesting new big tech patents on Monday July 06, 2026 @02:44AM (#48801379)
Google Ads in AI Loading Screen Metas new patent listens to you all day to tailor your feed Samsung patents A robot vacuum that picks up your socks instead of eating them Nvidias noise-cancelling GPU And 9 more
Re:Odin, Wikipedia and Engagement Farming on Saturday July 04, 2026 @02:02AM (#48783002)
Agreed, plus they're weirdly political/politically biased in how a lot of topics are covered.
Re:Odin, Wikipedia and Engagement Farming on Saturday July 04, 2026 @01:52AM (#48782958)
Yep, good point.
Re:Odin, Wikipedia and Engagement Farming on Saturday July 04, 2026 @01:50AM (#48782952)
Same, I understand the editors/admins can't be experts on every topic but just because THEY don't think something is notable doesn't mean most people don't either.
You didn't read the article...

It's tracking OTHER nearby devices such as Bluetooth devices, wifi devices etc. It's not just reporting the phone data, it's reporting any other devices near your phone.

Though, I agree the title could have been more specific.

Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:51PM (#24585791)
It just so happens that in your scenario the college makes more money by 'taking responsibility'.
Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:42PM (#24585750)
That's even more ridiculous.

The people in your scenario that are most at risk are roaming the same area freely, so the solution is to ban the least at risk people?

The same people who are the least likely to follow the prohibition?

If you want to protect the most at-risk people and the only way to do it is to divide the high-risk & low-risk the far more logical route would to ban the high-risk people.

Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:33PM (#24585704)
Or, the exact opposite. College campuses aren't exactly known for dense populations of people the most at risk (people over 70.)

College campuses are the best possible location for herd immunity to take place.

Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:29PM (#24585668)
What's the point though? There were 2 options. Pay the equivalent of $10 USD or dig graves. AKA make poor people dig graves.

Plus, the article says it was only 8 people which won't have any actual impact.

I can't imagine any rational person thinking this would be effective. "Oh, I'm digging a grave for someone who has lived 3x more than me." If that were successful nobody would smoke, drink, eat bad food.

Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:15PM (#24585567)
I disagree.

18-22 year old's in college are self-contained for the most part. They're around people their own age, not known for intermingling with senior citizens etc.

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