GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit

Jul01
by on July 1, 2022 at 9:45 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence, Opinion


The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit community of open-source advocates, today announced its withdrawal from GitHub in a scathing blog post urging members and supporters to rebuke the platform once-and-for-all. Up front: The SFC’s problem with GitHub stems from accusations that Microsoft and OpenAI trained an AI system called Copilot on data that was published under an open-source license. Open-source code isn’t like a donations box where you can just take whatever you want and use it in any way you choose. It’s more like photography. Just because a photographer doesn’t charge you to use one of their images,…

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These activists are taking SUVs off the road, one flat tire at the time

Jul01
by on July 1, 2022 at 2:51 pm
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How far would you go to save the planet?  Well, there’s a movement of activists aiming to make it impossible to own a huge, polluting 4×4 SUV in the world’s urban areas. So, they are taking out SUVs and their owners, flattening one tire at a time. I spoke to a representative via email, under the condition of anonymity because of “security risks.” Meet The Tyre Extinguishers Their method is simple: they deflate a car tire. They hope that this  “will turn the minor inconvenience of a flat tire into a giant obstacle for driving massive killer vehicles around our…

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How quantum batteries could lead to EVs that go a million miles between charges

Jun30
by on June 30, 2022 at 7:54 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence


The automotive industry has a ‘million-mile’ dream for electric vehicles, but it’s a boring one. They want to build a battery capable of being recharged over and over as many times as it takes to reach a million miles without losing its ability to retain a charge. Yawn. We’re more interested in the cutting-edge quantum physics version of a million-mile battery: one that can last a million miles between charges. This would effectively eliminate the need for the bulk of vehicle operators to ever charge their batteries. Even heavy-use owners could just pop into the shop for routine maintenance every…

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