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Over half of LLM-written news summaries have “significant issues”—BBC analysis

Ars Technica

Now, the BBC is trying to quantify the scale of this confabulation problem, at least when it comes to summaries of its own news content. In an extensive report published this week , the BBC analyzed how four popular large language models used or abused information from BBC articles when answering questions about the news.

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‘The bad news is, this was fake’: The tear-jerking story of author Barbara Miller was a marketing stunt, influencer says

Fast Company Tech

Hundreds of commenters pledged to buy the book and attend her next signing. The bad news is that this was fake, he said in his own video. The bad news is that this was fake, he said in his own video. The good news is the book is selling. but it gets me every time, one user commented underneath Cahn’s video.

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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Ars Technica

Google has been investigating the problem, and the news isn't good. Read full article Comments Users started piping up over the past several weeks, posting on the Google support forums , Reddit , and other social media that their treasured Timeline data had gone missing.

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Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”

Ars Technica

Huang explained the rationale behind these new products in a news release , saying, "AI has transformed every layer of the computing stack. It stands to reason a new class of computers would emergedesigned for AI-native developers and to run AI-native applications." Read full article Comments

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

In other news, have you seen Barbra Streisand's house? She is also temporarily barred from making any "disparaging, critical, or otherwise detrimental comments" about Meta, and has been instructed to retract any such comments she has previously made. Mashable has reached out to Meta for comment.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. For the first time, readers could comment and share their opinions publicly on a piece of online content.

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Facebook is introducing more News Feed options, including who can comment on your posts

TechSpot

Mark Zuckerberg’s social network announced today that users would be given the power over who can comment on their posts. The options consist of Public, Friends, or only those profiles and pages that have been tagged.

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