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[–] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago

We also use facial recognition to check that the developer working on your code is the same one Natasha picked.

Truly AI technology is enabling new frontiers... in abusive work environments.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Of course, it has long been known that some private investors would buy shares in any company just because its name contains letters like “.com” or “blockchain”. However, if a company invests half a million in an ".ai" company, shouldn't it make sure that the business model is actually AI-based?

Maybe, if we really wanted to replace something with AI, we should start with the VC investors themselves. In this case, we might not actually see any changes for the worse.

Edit: Of course, investors only bear part of the blame if fraud was involved. But the company apparently received a large part of its funding in 2023, following reports of similar lies in as early as 2019. I find it hard to imagine that tech-savvy investors really wouldn't have had a chance to spot the problems earlier.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The Register said in its Builder.AI obit that the company is really into making its devs use AI coding. lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

> gets half a million invested in them by microsoft
> gets a friend to do audits
> gets one proper audit
> fucking dies

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I were a half-a-billion-dollar scam I would simply not have audits taps forehead

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Cryptocurrencyexecs after reading this : "we have a code red, a code red, the public has figured it out, abort abort!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

i love awful systems so much