Accidentally deleted my original comment, so I rewrote it; not sure why other people copied it verbatim.

No; libreddit is just a read-only frontend for Reddit.

No; libreddit is just a read-only frontend for Reddit.

Generative AI data center energy usage is environmentally wasteful and will just raise the cost of energy for regular consumers.

And after they’ve deported so many people who’ve come to the country to work hard and pay the taxes that American billionaires aren’t, when employers can’t find anyone to fill jobs, they’ll just spin up the lie of young people not wanting to work, rather than recognize the contributions of hardworking immigrants to American society.

James Borghesani, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County DA, said in a statement that they were “dismayed and surprised” when Martell-Lebron was detained. He said their office asked ICE to return Martell-Lebron.

I’m sure they’ll drop him right back off at the courthouse if all the kindhearted prosecutors do is ask nicely. /s

I guess when their teeth start falling out they’ll just say that it’s god’s will for them to have less teeth. 🙄

The problem is that Apple’s extensive marketing of Apple Intelligence has led to expectations that far surpass what the final product is likely to be.

Most people think generative AI is magic coming out of a hat, so even if Apple delivers at the same level as other companies, people will feel like they’ve been misled.

That’s a symptom of Google holding a monopoly over search results.

Real reporting will always cost more to produce than AI-generated propaganda, and if the former has a paywall and the latter doesn’t, people will inevitably end up reading the news that takes the least effort to produce, to the detriment of actual news reporting.

Requiring Google to both carry such content and pay for it at least ensures that it has an even footing with websites seeking to push propaganda instead.

The problem is that society has transitioned to a point where most people essentially go to Google and Facebook for all their information. Given the monopolistic power of such platforms on public opinion, there is a very strong societal interest to ensure that actual news, not merely the propaganda of the highest bidder, is what people have access to.

The responsibility of Google to pay for it can be argued, but as real reporting will always cost more to produce than AI slop pushed by propagandists, there is arguably a public interest in that as well. The alternative is legitimate news more often than not ending up with more ads and paywalls than propaganda, which will just result in more people reading sources based on less reliable reporting.

If that’s what the French want, then it’s Google’s obligation to comply and simply adjust advertising rates as needed.

Even so, there is a societal interest in objective news being available to the public, which means that search engines should be required to carry such content, profitable or not. All the more so due to Google’s monopolistic grip on the search engine market.