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Re:The DOP vs. Google on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:22AM (#37496394)
a landmark antitrust case that started yesterday
Re:Airchat: Anonymous Communications on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @09:18AM (#37391228)
Airchat operates by using Fldigi (a program that uses your computers sound card as a two way data modem)
Re:Khan Academy Courses for Caltech Admission on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:57AM (#37350909)
Sal Khan has done it again. Thank god for him and schoolhouse.world and khanacademy.org and everything else he has done for this world.
Re:11 years since Voyager 1 on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:33PM (#37265464)
August 25 marks 11 years since the mission.

This is a good read by Edward C. Stone

Re:Russia's Moon landar had technical glitches on Monday August 21, 2023 @01:43PM (#37212859)
Luna-Glob lander and Luna 25 refer to the same lunar landar.
Re:Meta prohibits Department of Defense to use Llama2 on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:44AM (#37174356)
Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Meta said this

"We have decided not to make Llama 2 available for defense use, as we believe that the risks of misuse outweigh the benefits. We are committed to ensuring that our technology is used in a responsible and ethical manner, and we believe that this decision is in line with that commitment."

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/12/metas-adversarial-threat-r...

Re:Meta prohibits Department of Defense to use Llama2 on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:44AM (#37174354)
They actually took the contract involving 'project maven' as soon as meta pulled out.
Re:Meta prohibits Department of Defense to use Llama2 on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:34AM (#37174278)
I saw this tweet from someone at the DoD discussing how stupid it was that the USA governement cannot use Llama2 technology but the CCP can. I searched up the use policy and it seems correct. What do you all think??

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