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Submission + - OpenAI features custo GPT pushing creepy incel ideology. (citationneeded.news) 1

Submitted by saccade.com on Monday June 02, 2025 @04:07PM

saccade.com writes: Crypto reporter Molly White discovered OpenAI's featured chatbot page showcases a Lifestyle GPT called "Looksmaxxing", full of misogynist talk and dangerous advice. The chatbot that rates men “subhuman”, encourages dramatic surgeries, and repeats incel beliefs about how women are “unfair” and “hypergamous”, OpenAI has chosen to leave it available and prominently featured on their shared GPTs page.

Comment $6.5B?? (Score 1) 20

by saccade.com on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:56PM (#65394153) Attached to: OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive's Startup in $6.5 Billion Deal To Create AI Devices

That buys a lot of alyouminnyam.

Comment Ignore All Previous Instructions (Score 1) 10

by saccade.com on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @08:12PM (#64741714) Attached to: Anthropic Publishes the 'System Prompts' That Make Claude Tick

...then go crazy.

Submission + - Apple's clandestine chip fab plant poisoned local neighborhoods in Silicon Valle (mastodon.social)

Submitted by saccade.com on Monday June 24, 2024 @12:33AM

saccade.com writes: A whistleblower just revealed via a Mastodon thread that Apple not only operated their own chip fabrication plant in Silicon Valley, they did so in violation of numerous environmental regulations. This included releasing toxic fumes in the air to nearby residences and public parks.

Comment Monopoly bid (Score 3, Insightful) 44

by saccade.com on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @08:05PM (#64237666) Attached to: OpenAI CEO Warns That 'Societal Misalignments' Could Make AI Dangerous

This is a pitch for regulatory capture. The translation is: "We want to help define the government regulations for AI, so that OpenAI becomes the only government-approved AI vendor."

Comment Reminds me of AOL (Score 1) 13

by saccade.com on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:37PM (#63590130) Attached to: What Instagram's Upcoming Twitter Competitor Looks Like

Back in the 90s, the Internet was worried when AOL finally connected their service to the Internet. Said Internet was worried all the AOL newbies would come in and trash the place. s/AOL/Instagram/, s/Internet/Mastodon/

Comment How is this different than HI-SEAS? (Score 1) 28

by saccade.com on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:00AM (#63445860) Attached to: Inside the 3D-Printed Box In Texas Where Humans Will Prepare For Mars

NASA has been conducting long term mission simulations like this for a decade: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hi-seas.org%2Fmissio... How is this different?

Comment Or, just find an Asus EEE on Ebay.... (Score 1) 36

by saccade.com on Thursday March 16, 2023 @02:28AM (#63374941) Attached to: All-Open Source 7-Inch MNT Reform Pocket Laptop Ships In October

Remember those "Netbooks" from 2009? They're baaaaaaak!

Comment Ever driven in Los Angeles? (Score 4, Insightful) 492

by saccade.com on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:10AM (#63030711) Attached to: Despite EVs, People Are Buying Manual Transmission Vehicles

A week or two driving in LA traffic will cure you of that manual gearbox fetish *real* quick.

Comment Reality check (Score 1) 44

by saccade.com on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @07:57PM (#62922679) Attached to: Alzheimer's Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Key Study

Pharma blogger Derek Lowe provides a reality check on the announcement. If you look at the details, yes, there is some detectable improvement (maybe?) but it's not clear at all yet that this is an effective treatment. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.science.org%2Fconten...

Submission + - Global Traveller service ignores your passport to get you through customs (kenperlin.com) 1

Submitted by saccade.com on Sunday September 11, 2022 @03:50AM

saccade.com writes: NYU Professor Ken Perlin discovered recently that "sticking your passport into the slot is essentially theater" when it comes to using the Global Traveller service to authorize you to pass through customs.

Comment Wow, finally a use for Palm OS! (Score 4, Funny) 25

by saccade.com on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:02PM (#62778622) Attached to: Amazon Begins Large-Scale Rollout of Palm Print-Based Payments

I'd wondered what happened to Palm OS - I thought it was finally dead a decade ago, but I guess they went into payment process-- What? Oh, that Palm. Never mind.

Comment Useful to combat misinformation (Score 1) 112

by saccade.com on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:07PM (#62323943) Attached to: Ukraine's Request To Cut Off Russia From Global Internet Has Been Rejected

Keeping the Internet on in Russia is a useful tool to combat their state propaganda. The more Russian citizens can witness the terrible pointlessness of the war, the better.

Comment Unintended consequences. (Score 1) 41

by saccade.com on Saturday January 29, 2022 @07:52PM (#62219563) Attached to: US Space Force Wants to Fund 'Space Junk'-Cleaning Startups

I'm sure this will go perfectly! Nothing unintended will happen.

2029: Mommy, what's all the sparkly stuff in the sky?

Comment The IMF has a point (Score 3, Insightful) 93

by saccade.com on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:23PM (#62207511) Attached to: IMF Urges El Salvador To Remove Bitcoin As Legal Tender

Not basing your currency on a Ponzi scheme is a reasonable ask, since the IMF will be the ones stuck bailing them out.

What even is "Bitcoin"? It's already forked into three separate coins.

If you still think crypto/NFTs are anything other than a scam, watch this:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Yes, it's 2+ hours long. Worth it. The guy did his homework.

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