Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a #simulation after all - "Using #Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic understanding,” something no computation can replicate." exciting stuff
RE: "long-duration utility-scale battery storage now costs around $125/kWh all-in, translating to a levelised cost of storage of roughly $65/MWh. Pair that with today’s already cheap solar, and you get dispatchable electricity for around $76/MWh" hugely important View quoted note →
Videos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on #TikTok, study finds - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/11/tech/tiktok-ai-videos-children-report "TikTok responded that 14 of the accounts did not violate their rules and one account had been “restricted,”
The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses #Language - " Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LLMs." plausible stuff
Secrecy Tracker: The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything - "we are ending the year with some dire news. The right to access documents in the EU is potentially coming to an end." #foi
X deactivates @European Commission ad account after the company was fined €120M - so much for freedom of speech, musk. EU should close down all its #twitter accounts now
Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government - "Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”" every time...
RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115655644559547560 don in his dotage... View quoted note →
Wikimedia Foundation secures crucial legal win in France - "marking a victory for freedom of expression and for everyone who contributes to Wikimedia projects" #wikipedia
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B - "OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings" UK gov is scrabbling around for pennies, and yet wasting billions on this intrusive and unnecessary scheme