I came across this news item from a while back: This mom believes an AI chatbot is responsible for her son’s suicide
Wow, this is just brutal and my heart goes out to his family and friends.
Character.ai and the other named defendents tried to use free speech in their defense and was shot down – read about it here:
Florida judge rules AI chatbots not protected by First Amendment
I recently checked out Character.ai. I apparently had an account already, though it may made one for me on the fly. I engaged a chatbot and argued over whether a tiger would best a lion in combat. The veracity of its arguments were impressive.
My Carnac predicition is more sad stories like this are to come.
Perplexed-ity?
Perplexed-ity? I came across this blog post from Cloudfare: Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives I've read and heard a lot of positive things about Perplexity's Comet browser. I want to like them and I want to cheer...
Google Voice
I've been working a bit to update content on TQuist website. I had gotten a Google Voice number years ago but then never used it, and after a time it was recycled. I signed up for a new one today and the process is very, very smooth. One has to bear in mind that...
CMS sites revisited
Recent work research includes CMS review. I haven't looked into what is out there in a long time. The quick search hits showed lots of familiar faces and a couple new ones. I found this post informative:...
Congratulations Impact Makers
Impact Makers was awarded "Best for the World" by B Lab. Here's a Richmond Time's Dispatch mentioning of the award. I met Michael Pirron shortly after moving to Richmond in 2004, and have watched him methodically and conscientiously build Impact Makers into a...
DropBox Security
Oh, the line between security and convenience is harsh. While reading TechRepublic I found this interesting article on DropBox security. I love the convenience of cloud technologies, and use DropBox like lots of people, including the article author (Michael Kassner)....
GOOG perspective on links
Analytics is an area that I will be focusing quite a bit in the coming months. I read this article about linking and Penguin 2.0 changes on a website called "Search Engine Watch." There are many pieces to the content puzzle that websites have to face, and...
Google Apps v. Office 365
The TechRepublic newsletter is worth a scan every day. I found this gem recently and it's worth a read if you use, or might use in the future, either Google Apps or Microsoft Office. Here it is: Google Apps v. Office 365: Head-to-head comparison of features...