[–] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is, of course, their insane attempt to regulate access to information that will ultimately be the stepping stone they use to justify banning VPNs, computers without government controls, and so on.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    That would be indescribably based, but then they'd have to answer awkward questions from constituents on their way to work, and they'd just call it a security issue (and they wouldn't even be wrong, it would make it trivial for foreign powers to assassinate politicians that oppose their goals).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago*

    I always hoped I'd see his parasitic empire collapse, but I didn't think it could actually happen. It's not guaranteed, yet, but it's not looking good for ol' Larry Lawyer-up.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Today, I asked Gemini to play my Lofi playlist (my car has smart bullshit 'cause EV) to help my kid relax during a road trip, and it started playing music from the Rocket League soundtrack (and no, it wasn't the lofi releases).

    I remember when Google Assistant came out more than a fucking decade ago and it was vastly more capable of correctly interpreting speech, but they just kept cutting its capabilities to save on compute.

    Now, Gemini is just as fucking dumb right out of the gate, but you can pay Google a monthly fee to get the "better" version, which I'm sure will only be better for a little while until they make it dumb too and introduce a higher tier to bilk us some more.

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