This is exactly what anyone the least bit conversant in machine learning could have told you. Many already have. "AI" in it's present incarnation is a scam, a cheap party trick at best. Execs pouring billions into it are fools chasing an illusion out of fear that some other exec might get "there" first. They won't.

...but the U.S. is most certainly trapped in a black hole.

Actually, I block Google Analytics, and you can too! Simply install uBlock Origin and GA gets blocked by default.

Didn't ask for it, don't want it. An excellent reason to never use Chrome or any other Google product.

There is one person responsible for the downfall of HP. Her name is Carly Fiorina. Don't forget it.

If you're going to a protest or anywhere close to one, leave your cellphone home. If you think you must carry it, power it down completely, but be aware that just by having it on your person you are inviting the authorities to use its contents as evidence against you.

Clearly upgrading from a lost, murderous sailor (Odysseus) to a goddess of war and wisdom who sprang fully armored from Zeus's head (Athena), things are still not working out for Intuitive. Odd, that.

The liability potential of this tool is limitless. Couple it with a team of corporate lawyers using AI to write their briefs defending the inevitable malpractice suits and Microsoft has the opportunity to turn a $16 billion investment into a loss of at least double that. Congratulations Microsoft, I think you've found a winner!

Agreed. My one try at scuba diving cured me of any desire to enter an environment where I have no control over the basic necessities for staying alive minute to minute. Maybe with years of training and working up to it step by step, but at 70 that's not going to happen.

I'd need to see the original EXE and re-run the process to understand what exactly was done. The commentary in the generated code leads me to think that the LLM may have generated the Python code from a block of comments in VB program, not the program itself. Another possibility is that this exact VB program was translated by a human at some time in the past and that that translation found its way into the LLM's training data. As the old saw goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Pizza! Generously Sliced! Coupled with insanely high ticket prices, filthy seating, obnoxiously loud customers, cell phones constantly in use, and indifferent projection and sound, the 15 to 30 minutes of pre-roll ads are the icing on the cake that says, "Meh, I'll watch at home."

Gen 8 or later Intel Core CPUs have TPM embedded in the processor. It's called Intel PTT and has all of the capabilities of TPM 2.0.

A friend brought by a new laptop he'd purchased from an ebay seller at a bargain price, wondering why it would hang while trying to complete the Windows 11 setup. I did a little investigation and discovered that this was "normal" behavior when attempting to setup Windows 11 on an unsupported CPU. The CPU in the laptop was a low-end Intel chip that was on the list of unsupported CPUs, yet the laptop builder had shipped it with Windows 11 pre-installed. I installed Windows 10 which worked, but at the end of the day the laptop is a miserably slow piece of junk with a laughably horrid keyboard, trackpad, and display.

Between ebay bottom feeders, outdated and/or underpowered Intel CPUs, and Windows 11, all I can say is "caveat emptor".

Exactly the point I came here to make. Due to the security risks inherent in QR codes, I never, ever, scan them. I know I have other options, but seriously Google, do you really hate your customers so much that you will further normalize use of one of the more risky technologies out there.

until we stop losing money. What could possibly go wrong with this plan? Get a clue Mark, more targeted advertising with a crispy AI shell is not going to turn Mozilla around. It's a crying shame, too. Without Mozilla, the web is dead to me.