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The anti-AI thread

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Google said this week that its research on a new compression method could reduce the amount of memory required to run large language models by six times.

SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron shares fell as investors fear fewer memory chips may be required in the future.
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www.cnbc.com

A Google AI breakthrough is pressuring memory chip stocks from Samsung to Micron

SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron shares fell as investors fear fewer memory chips may be required in the future.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

Samsung shares have risen nearly 200% over the last year while Micron and SK Hynix are more than 300% higher.
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128GB DDR5 was $415.99 on 4-SEP-2025. $2,140 today:

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Crazy how what little left of our privacy just keeps being chipped away. I consider my online life separate from my real life and more and more it seems they are trying to combine the two. Even sites that ask for phone number I'm not a fan of at all.

It's one thing if platforms do this, you can just choose to not use it, but I do think eventually the government will just force it.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Crazy how what little left of our privacy just keeps being chipped away. I consider my online life separate from my real life and more and more it seems they are trying to combine the two. Even sites that ask for phone number I'm not a fan of at all.

It's one thing if platforms do this, you can just choose to not use it, but I do think eventually the government will just force it.
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On the back end of things...there is no privacy. Everything we use & every environment we engage in tracks us. Even cars are just the worst:

cbn.com

Your Car Is Spying on You. Automobiles Have Become a 'Privacy Nightmare'

Modern automobiles are technological marvels offering many options for car buyers. Privacy is not one of them.
cbn.com cbn.com

www.notebookcheck.net

This privacy flaw lets anyone track you using signals from your car's tire pressure sensors

A widespread safety mandate has inadvertently created a massive privacy vulnerability, allowing anyone with inexpensive radio equipment to track the movement patterns of vehicles.
www.notebookcheck.net www.notebookcheck.net

Social media reveals waaaay too much:

PhantomBuster

phantombuster.com phantombuster.com

Data brokers are the new 1984:


After a 2015 change to the law, federal agencies are not supposed to collect data on U.S. citizens in bulk. But some found a workaround to requesting warrants by simply buying the data instead.
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epic.org

The 33 Data Brokers Selling US Data to Foreign Actors, According to California

<p>On March 24, California released an updated registry of data brokers—companies in the business of collecting, inferring, aggregating, and selling people’s data</p>
epic.org epic.org

Anonymous Bitcoin? Hah!


Everything is old tech at this point:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1jmx2kr/satellite_from_2012_is_able_to_track_cars_with

Go track thirty thousand satellites (and space debris!) in real-time 3D, with twenty layers of NASA satellite imagery going back in time:

orbitsmith.net

OrbitSmith — Space Debris Tracker

Track 30,000+ objects in Earth orbit in real-time 3D. Visualize orbital paths, conjunction alerts, and debris density with live Space-Track data.
orbitsmith.net orbitsmith.net

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Sora officially cancelled by OpenAI:

slate.com

Sam Altman Is Finally Admitting Something No One Else Wants To

OpenAI’s abrupt shutdown of Sora reveals the A.I. boom might be a lot more fragile than it looks.
slate.com slate.com

In perspective:

* Really neat technology
* Was zapping them upwards of $15 million a DAY
* America-based datacenters cannot be price-competitive for video

Yikes:


What really happened:

Seedance 2.0 came out from China with better quality at a cheaper price. New AI tools come out every day & all anyone cares about is quality, convenience, and price, so brand loyalty doesn't exist at all:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037142586335351060

Or just run LTX 2.3...at home...for free:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037368669638988243
 
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