Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Researchers also found that more than half of citations didn’t rank in top 100 for term Welcome to the age of ouroboros. Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs), which now often appear at the top of organic search results, are drawing around 10 percent of their sources from documents written by ... other AIs, acc… #theregister #IT
After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus Powered by plutonium, running on pure stubbornness It is almost half a century since Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a mission to study Jupiter, Saturn, and the atmosphere of Titan. It continues to send data back to Earth.… #theregister #IT
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service Opinion  China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were this week reportedly overheard chatting about the possibility that organ transplants might help them achieve immortality.… #theregister #IT
No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease Insider builds have them now. Everyone else will have to employ other methods Hands on  Writers rely on the humble em dash (—) and en dash (–) to add flavor and function to their sentences. But typing these characters, which are slightly longer than a hyphen, has been a challenge in Windows… #theregister #IT
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley If an employer asks you do to this, demand a trial run so you can learn the rules of this strange new world A startup called Job Bolt has created AI avatars that conduct job interviews. The Register couldn't help but give it a try and can report that it's an unnerving experience.… #theregister #IT
OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety California, Delaware AGs blast ChatGPT shop over chatbot safeguards The Attorneys General of California and Delaware on Friday wrote to OpenAI's board of directors, demanding that the AI company take steps to ensure its services are safe for children.… #theregister #IT
US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid South Korean government protests as workers left up s**t creek The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arm of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it executed its largest single-site raid to date, detaining 475 people at the Hyundai–LG battery plant under construction in Georgia.… #theregister #IT
Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features Unavoidable AI has developers looking for alternative code hosting options Among the software developers who use Microsoft's GitHub, the most popular community discussion in the past 12 months has been a request for a way to block Copilot, the company's AI service, from generating issues and pull requests in code repo… #theregister #IT
If Broadcom is helping OpenAI build AI chips, here's what they might look like Whatever happened to that Baltra thing Tan and crew were helping Apple cook up? Analysis  OpenAI is allegedly developing a custom AI accelerator with the help of Broadcom in an apparent bid to curb its reliance on Nvidia and drive down the cost of its GPT family of models.… #theregister #IT
FCC plans to kill Wi-Fi on school buses, hotspots for library patrons Chair Carr calls E-Rate expansions unlawful, Ted Cruz warns of online risks for kids The US Federal Communications Commission may soon pull funding for free Wi-Fi on school buses and in libraries after Chair Brendan Carr declared two Biden-era expansions unlawful and proposed eliminating them.… #theregister #IT