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Both the operator of the AI agent and whomever released it. I'm sure the user agreement that companies agree to would shift the blame onto the operator but I feel that both should be held accountable.

This really is just a tool and courts should treat it as such.

What a mess. I can't see myself ever relying on WP again after all this.
Was this written by AI? What is a load-bearing statement?
How do you know you haven't seen bitrot? What rsync arguments do you use to error out when an old, untouched file suddenly changes?
Re:Google Chrome Installed a 4GB AI Model on Your PC on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:42PM (#48807136)
Don't be so dramatic. Firefox on macOS is perfectly usable.
Most Americans don't profit. A very small few do.
Re:EFF is leaving X on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:59PM (#47710010)
He did it twice and knew exactly what he was doing. The crowd he was in front of ate it right up.
Re:Veracrypt Project Update on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @06:15AM (#47688055)
Or more likely, some automated security system flagged popular but suspicious apps for further review.
The government is sued all the time.
Re:Stop Sloppypasta on Monday March 16, 2026 @07:43AM (#47397735)
How do you know the scripts aren't AI generated?
Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court on Saturday February 21, 2026 @08:50AM (#47100847)
Blanket tariffs were a terrible idea. And the advisors that told Trump he could successfully start a gun fight with just his pointed finger in his pocket should scare us all.

No adults in the room to stop him.

Count me out of a society that uses LLMs to make rulings. The dystopia of having to find a lawyer who is best at promoting the "unbiased" judge sounds like a hellscape.
This screams E911 compliance than stalker-ware but I could definitely be wrong.

I know E911 was a big deal in the telephony world and since Teams is a phone service, this makes sense.

I don't like it but it makes sense.

A company that produces a wireless mouse that charges upside down really does not care about user experience.
Re:Former US Vice-President Cheney Dies on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @08:16AM (#45810680)
I don't think his legacy was the reason him or his daughter were kicked out of the Republican party.

It was solely due to speaking out against Trump.

No but if there are no billionaires to buy up our media and politicians maybe we can start making positive changes in this country.
Is that a bad thing?
I mean usually it is pretty hard to determine fault since most presidents don't make gigantic changes early in their presidency.

Tarrifs on the whole world is a pretty large smoking gun.

I must have imagined the hang Mike Pence chants. You know his kids were in the building, huddling in a secure location and could hear those chants. They probably also saw the noise they made for him during subsequent news reports.

The capital police saved lives that day and prevented assassinations. Some of those officers died from injuries sustained by the attack on America.

I saw the video live. It was violent with the intent to attack America when it is at its weakest, during the transition of power.

Pardoning those people was a big green light signal to do it again.

Re:The life-changing Sarah Paine framework on Saturday September 06, 2025 @07:01PM (#45153710)
I don't feel like Lex does anywhere near the prep that Dwarkesh does for the Sarah Paine interviews.
Re:Ditching GitHub (2024) on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:45PM (#44826818)
Bury the lede is the correct phrase. Otherwise I think you are spot on.
Re:Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun? on Thursday March 27, 2025 @08:10AM (#43492755)
Is that a change? George Lucas certainly brought his politics around Vietnam to Star Wars. The 70s were a very radical and political time for movies
I think you'll find if you do a little research that Republicans use the idea of trickling down to justify their tax cuts. They even make the CBO change their accurate models to "dynamic scoring" models to help sell those tax cuts.
It will never stop being amazing seeing the actors that bring the Simpsons to life.
Re:Wol: Wake up your devices with a single command or click on Thursday January 23, 2025 @05:42PM (#42808831)
I had an IR remote that was set up to wake my Kodi box on button press. Seems very doable.

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