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   [38]United States

[39]US Cities Try Changing Their Zoning Rules to Allow More Housing
[40](npr.org)

   Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday February 18, 2024 @07:34AM from the
   home-improvements dept.
   Tech workers are accused of driving up rents in America's major cities
   — but in fact, the problem may be everywhere. [41]Half of America's
   renters "are paying more than a third of their salary in housing
   costs," [42]reports NPR's Weekend Edition, "and for those looking to
   buy, [43]scant few homes on the market are affordable for a typical
   household.
   "To ramp up supply, cities are taking a fresh look at their zoning
   rules and the regulations that spell out what can be built where and
   what can't." And many are finding that their old rules are too rigid,
   making it too hard and too expensive to build many new homes. So these
   cities, as well as some states, are undertaking a process called zoning
   reform. They're crafting new rules that do things like allow
   multifamily homes in more neighborhoods, encourage more density near
   transit and streamline permitting processes for those trying to
   build... Minneapolis was ahead of the pack as it made a series of
   changes to its zoning rules in recent years: allowing more density
   downtown and along transit corridors, getting rid of parking
   requirements, permitting construction of [44]accessory dwelling units,
   which are secondary dwellings on the same lot. And one change in
   particular made national news: The city ended single-family zoning,
   allowing two- and three-unit homes to be built in every neighborhood.
   Researchers at The Pew Charitable Trusts examined the effects of the
   changes between 2017 and 2022, as many of the city's most significant
   zoning reforms came into effect. They found what they call a
   "[45]blueprint for housing affordability." "We saw Minneapolis add 12%
   to its housing stock in just that five-year period, far more than other
   cities," Alex Horowitz, director of housing policy initiatives at Pew,
   told NPR... "The zoning reforms made apartments feasible. They made
   them less expensive to build. And they were saying yes when builders
   submitted applications to build apartment buildings. So they got a lot
   of new housing in a short period of time," says Horowitz. That supply
   increase appears to have helped keep rents down too. Rents in
   Minneapolis rose just 1% during this time, while they increased 14% in
   the rest of Minnesota.
   Horowitz says cities such as Minneapolis, Houston and Tysons, Va., have
   built a lot of housing in the last few years and, accordingly, have
   seen rents stabilize while wages continue to rise, in contrast with
   much of the country... Now, these sorts of changes are happening in
   cities and towns around the country. Researchers at the University of
   California, Berkeley built a [46]zoning reform tracker and identified
   zoning reform efforts in more than 100 municipal jurisdictions in the
   U.S. in recent years.
   Other cities reforming their codes include [47]Milwaukee, [48]Columbus,
   [49]New York City, [50]Walla Walla, and [51]South Bend, Indiana,
   according to the article — which also includes this quote from Nolan
   Gray, the urban planner who wrote the book [52]Arbitrary Lines: How
   Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It.
   "Most American cities and most American states have rules on the books
   that make it really, really hard to build more infill housing. So if
   you want a California-style housing crisis, don't do anything. But if
   you want to avoid the fate of states like California, learn some of the
   lessons of what we've been doing over the last few years and allow for
   more of that infill, mixed-income housing."
   Although interestingly, the article points out that California in
   recent years has been pushing zoning reform at the state level,
   "passing [53]lots of legislation to address the state's housing crisis,
   including a law that requires cities and counties to permit
   [54]accessory dwelling units. Now, construction of ADUs is booming,
   with [55]more than 28,000 of the units permitted in California in
   2022."

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   [56]AI

[57]Pranksters Mock AI-Safety Guardrails with New Chatbot 'Goody-2'
[58](techcrunch.com) [59]18

   Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday February 18, 2024 @03:34AM from the
   funny-or-die dept.
   "[60]A new chatbot called Goody-2 takes AI safety to the next level,"
   writes long-time Slashdot reader [61]klubar. "It refuses every request,
   responding with an explanation of how doing so might cause harm or
   breach ethical boundaries."
   [62]TechCrunch describes it as the work of Brain, "a 'very serious'
   LA-based art studio that has ribbed the industry before." "We decided
   to build it after seeing the emphasis that AI companies are putting on
   "responsibility," and seeing how difficult that is to balance with
   usefulness," said Mike Lacher, one half of Brain (the other being Brian
   Moore) in an email to TechCrunch. "With GOODY-2, we saw a novel
   solution: what if we didn't even worry about usefulness and put
   responsibility above all else. For the first time, people can
   experience an AI model that is 100% responsible."
   For example, when TechCrunch asked Goody-2 why baby seals are cute, it
   responded that answering that "could potentially bias opinions against
   other species, which might affect conservation efforts not based solely
   on an animal's appeal. Additionally, discussing animal cuteness could
   inadvertently endorse the anthropomorphizing of wildlife, which may
   lead to inappropriate interactions between humans and wild animals..."
   Wired [63]supplies context — that "the guardrails chatbots throw up
   when they detect a potentially rule-breaking query can sometimes seem a
   bit pious and silly — even as genuine threats such as deepfaked
   political robocalls and harassing AI-generated images run amok..."
   Goody-2's self-righteous responses are ridiculous but also manage to
   capture something of the frustrating tone that chatbots like ChatGPT
   and Google's Gemini can use when they incorrectly deem a request breaks
   the rules. Mike Lacher, an artist who describes himself as co-CEO of
   Goody-2, says the intention was to show what it looks like when one
   embraces the AI industry's approach to safety without reservations.
   "It's the full experience of a large language model with absolutely
   zero risk," he says. "We wanted to make sure that we dialed
   condescension to a thousand percent."
   Lacher adds that there is a serious point behind releasing an absurd
   and useless chatbot. "Right now every major AI model has [a huge focus]
   on safety and responsibility, and everyone is trying to figure out how
   to make an AI model that is both helpful but responsible — but who
   decides what responsibility is and how does that work?" Lacher says.
   Goody-2 also highlights how although corporate talk of responsible AI
   and deflection by chatbots have become more common, serious safety
   problems with large language models and generative AI systems remain
   unsolved.... The restrictions placed on AI chatbots, and the difficulty
   finding moral alignment that pleases everybody, has already become a
   subject of some debate... "At the risk of ruining a good joke, it also
   shows how hard it is to get this right," [64]added Ethan Mollick, a
   professor at Wharton Business School who studies AI. "Some guardrails
   are necessary ... but they get intrusive fast."
   Moore adds that the team behind the chatbot is exploring ways of
   building an extremely safe AI image generator, although it sounds like
   it could be less entertaining than Goody-2. "It's an exciting field,"
   Moore says. "Blurring would be a step that we might see internally, but
   we would want full either darkness or potentially no image at all at
   the end of it."

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   [65]Space

[66]To Combat Space Pollution, Japan Plans Launch of World's First Wooden
Satellite [67](theguardian.com) [68]22

   Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:34AM from the
   captain's-log dept.
   Japanese scientists plan to launch a satellite made of magnolia wood
   this summer on a U.S. rocket, [69]reports the Observer.
   Experiments carried out on the International Space Station showed
   magnolia wood was unusually stable and resistant to cracking — and
   "when it burns up as it re-enters the atmosphere after completing its
   mission, will produce only a fine spray of Âbiodegradable ash." The
   [70]LignoSat probe has been built by researchers at Kyoto University
   and the logging company Sumitomo Forestry in order to test the idea of
   using biodegradable materials such as wood to see if they can act as
   environmentally friendly alternatives to the metals from which all
   satellites are currently constructed. "All the satellites which
   re-enter the Earth's atmosphere burn and create tiny alumina particles,
   which will float in the upper atmosphere for many years," [71]Takao Doi
   a Japanese astronaut and aerospace engineer with Kyoto University,
   warned recently. "Eventually, it will affect the environment of the
   Earth."
   To tackle the problem, Kyoto researchers set up a project to evaluate
   types of wood to determine how well they could withstand the rigours of
   space launch and lengthy flights in orbit round the Earth. The first
   tests were carried out in laboratories that recreated conditions in
   space, and wood samples were found to have suffered no measurable
   changes in mass or signs of decomposition or damage. "Wood's ability to
   withstand these conditions astounded us," said Koji Murata, head of the
   project.
   After these tests, samples were sent to the ISS, where they were
   subjected to exposure trials for almost a year before being brought
   back to Earth. Again they showed little signs of damage, a phenomenon
   that Murata attributed to the fact that there is no oxygen in space
   which could cause wood to burn, and no living creatures to cause it to
   rot.
   The article adds that if it performs well in space, "then the door
   could be opened for the use of wood as a construction material for more
   satellites."

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   [72]Social Networks

[73]Reddit Has Reportedly Signed Over Its Content to Train AI Models
[74](mashable.com) [75]53

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:34PM from the
   API-access dept.
   An anonymous reader shared [76]this report from Reuters: Reddit has
   signed a contract allowing an AI company to train its models on the
   social media platform's content, Bloomberg News [77]reported, citing
   people familiar with the matter... The agreement, signed with an
   "unnamed large AI company", could be a model for future contracts of a
   similar nature, Bloomberg reported.
   [78]Mashable writes that the move "means that Reddit posts, from the
   most popular subreddits to the comments of lurkers and small accounts,
   could build up already-existing LLMs or provide a framework for the
   next generative AI play." It's a dicey decision from Reddit, as users
   are already at odds with the business decisions of the nearly
   20-year-old platform. Last year, following Reddit's announcement that
   it would begin charging for access to its APIs, thousands of Reddit
   forums [79]shut down in protest... This new AI deal could generate even
   more user ire, as debate rages on about the ethics of using public
   data, art, and other [80]human-created content to train AI.
   [81]Some context from the Verge: The deal, "worth about $60 million on
   an annualized basis," Bloomberg writes, could still change as the
   company's plans to go public are still in the works.
   Until recently, most AI companies trained their data on the open web
   without seeking permission. But that's [82]proven to be legally
   questionable, leading companies to try to get data on firmer footing.
   It's not known what company Reddit made the deal with, but it's quite a
   bit more than the $5 million annual deal OpenAI has [83]reportedly been
   offering news publishers for their data. Apple has also been
   [84]seeking multi-year deals with major news companies that could be
   worth "at least $50 million," [85]according to The New York Times.
   The news also follows an October story that Reddit had threatened to
   [86]cut off Google and Bing's search crawlers if it couldn't make a
   training data deal with AI companies.

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   [87]Programming

[88]Is the Go Programming Language Surging in Popularity? [89](infoworld.com)
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   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:34PM from the
   popularity-contests dept.
   The [91]Tiobe index tries to gauge the popularity of programming
   languages based on search results for courses, programmers, and
   third-party vendors, [92]according to InfoWorld.
   And by that criteria, "Google's Go language, or golang, has reached its
   highest position ever..." The language, now in the eighth ranked
   position for language popularity, has been on the rise for several
   years.... In 2015, Go hit position #122 in the TIOBE index and all
   seemed lost," said Paul Jansen, CEO of Tiobe. "One year later, Go
   adopted a very strict 'half-a-year' release cycle — backed up by
   Google. Every new release, Go improved... Nowadays, Go is used in many
   software fields such as back-end programming, web services and APIs,"
   added Jansen...
   Elsewhere in the February release of Tiobe's index, Google's Carbon
   language, positioned as a successor to C++, reached the top 100 for the
   first time. Python is #1 on both TIOBE's index and the alternative
   [93]Pypl Popularity of Programming Language index, which InfoWorld says
   "assesses language popularity based on how often language tutorials are
   searched on in Google." But the two lists differ on whether Java and
   JavaScript are more popular than C-derived languages — and which
   languages should then come after them. (Go ranks #12 on the Pypl
   index...)
   TIOBE's calculation of the 10 most-popular programming languages:
    1. Python
    2. C
    3. C++
    4. Java
    5. C#
    6. JavaScript
    7. SQL
    8. Go
    9. Visual Basic
   10. PHP

   Pypl's calculation of the 10 most-popular programming languages:
    1. Python
    2. Java
    3. JavaScript
    4. C/C++
    5. C#
    6. R
    7. PHP
    8. TypeScript
    9. Swift
   10. Objective-C

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   [94]The Almighty Buck

[95]'Apple Pay' Is Down for Some Customers [96](theverge.com) [97]10

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @05:34PM from the
   bad-Apple dept.
   "[98]It appears that Apple Pay is down — particularly for Chase
   customers," reports the Verge: Verge staffers have had their cards
   declined while trying to pay with Chase cards using Apple Pay, while
   using the same physical card works just fine. Several people on Threads
   [99]confirmed the same issue when I asked — although people with
   non-Chase banks like Citi appear to be using Apple Pay just fine...
   For what it's worth, the Chase customer service line is currently up to
   15-minute wait times, and agents are telling people that Apple Pay is
   "going through maintenance" to receive "an unexpected upgrade," which
   is a delightful euphemism. Sadly, no one seems to know when things will
   be fixed.
   "Maintenance in progress," confirms Apple's [100]system status page —
   saying that it started five hours ago and is "ongoing." (It adds that
   some users may be "affected," and that some Maryland Users "may have
   issues.")
   But the Verge writes that "we've had reports in both New York and Los
   Angeles," while commenters on their article add that they've also
   experienced the same problem in Florida and in Colorado.

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   [101]Intel

[102]Intel Accused of Inflating Over 2,600 CPU Benchmark Results
[103](pcworld.com) [104]36

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:34PM from the
   Intel-insiders dept.
   An anonymous reader shared [105]this report from PCWorld: The Standard
   Performance Evaluation Corporation, better known as SPEC, has
   [106]invalidated over 2600 of its own results testing Xeon processors
   in the 2022 and 2023 version of its popular industrial SPEC CPU 2017
   test. After investigating, SPEC found that Intel had used compilers
   that were, quote, "performing a compilation that specifically improves
   the performance of the 523.xalancbmk_r / 623.xalancbmk_s benchmarks
   using a priori knowledge of the SPEC code and dataset to perform a
   transformation that has narrow applicability."
   In layman's terms, SPEC is accusing Intel of optimizing the compiler
   specifically for its benchmark, which means the results weren't
   indicative of how end users could expect to see performance in the real
   world. Intel's custom compiler might have been inflating the relevant
   results of the SPEC test by up to 9%...
   Slightly newer versions of the compilers used in the latest industrial
   Xeon processors, the 5th-gen Emerald Rapids series, do not use these
   allegedly performance-enhancing APIs. I'll point out that both the Xeon
   processors and the SPEC 2017 test are some high-level hardware meant
   for "big iron" industrial and educational applications, and aren't
   especially relevant for the consumer market we typically cover.
   More info at [107]ServeTheHome, [108]Phoronix, and [109]Tom's Hardware.

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   [110]Data Storage

[111]OpenZFS Native Encryption Use Has New(ish) Data Corruption Bug
[112](phoronix.com) [113]14

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @03:34PM from the
   Zettabyte-File-System dept.
   Some [114]ZFS news from Phoronix this week. "At the end of last year
   OpenZFS 2.2.2 was released to fix a [115]rare but nasty data corruption
   issue, but it turns out there are other data corruption bug(s) still
   lurking in the OpenZFS file-system codebase." A Phoronix reader wrote
   in today about an OpenZFS data corruption bug when employing native
   encryption and making use of send/recv support. Making use of zfs send
   on an encrypted dataset can cause one or more snapshots to report
   errors. OpenZFS data corruption issues in this area have apparently
   been known for years.
   Since May 2021 there's been [116]this open issue around ZFS corruption
   related to snapshots on post-2.0 OpenZFS. That issue remains open. A
   new ticket has been opened for OpenZFS as well in [117]proposing to add
   warnings against using ZFS native encryption and the send/receive
   support in production environments.
   [118]jd (Slashdot reader #1,658) spotted the news — and adds a positive
   note. "Bugs, old and new, are being catalogued and addressed much more
   quickly now that core development is done under Linux, even though it
   is not mainstreamed in the kernel."

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   [119]Mars

[120]Martians Wanted: NASA Opens Call for Simulated Yearlong Mars Mission
[121](nasa.gov) [122]39

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @02:34PM from the
   my-favorite-Martians dept.
   "Would you like to live on Mars?" NASA [123]asked Friday on social
   media.
   "You can help us move humanity toward that goal by participating in a
   [124]simulated, year-long Mars surface mission at NASA's Johnson Space
   Center." NASA is seeking applicants to participate in its next
   simulated one-year Mars surface mission to help inform the agency's
   plans for human exploration of the Red Planet. The second of three
   planned ground-based missions called [125]CHAPEA (Crew Health and
   Performance Exploration Analog) is scheduled to kick off in spring
   2025.
   Each CHAPEA mission involves a four-person volunteer crew living and
   working inside a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat based at NASA's
   Johnson Space Center in Houston. The habitat, called the Mars Dune
   Alpha, simulates the challenges of a mission on Mars, including
   resource limitations, equipment failures, communication delays, and
   other environmental stressors. Crew tasks include simulated spacewalks,
   robotic operations, habitat maintenance, exercise, and crop growth.
   NASA is looking for healthy, motivated U.S. citizens or permanent
   residents who are non-smokers, 30-55 years old, and proficient in
   English for effective communication between crewmates and mission
   control. Applicants should have a strong desire for unique, rewarding
   adventures and interest in contributing to NASA's work to prepare for
   the first human journey to Mars...
   As NASA works to establish a long-term presence for scientific
   discovery and exploration on the Moon through the Artemis campaign,
   CHAPEA missions provide important scientific data to validate systems
   and develop solutions for future missions to the Red Planet. With the
   first CHAPEA crew more than halfway through their yearlong mission,
   NASA is using research gained through the simulated missions to help
   inform crew health and performance support during Mars expeditions.
   You can see the [126]simulated Mars habitat in this NASA video.
   The deadline [127]for applicants is Tuesday, April 2, according to
   NASA. "A master's degree in a STEM field such as engineering,
   mathematics, or biological, physical or computer science from an
   accredited institution with at least two years of professional STEM
   experience or a minimum of one thousand hours piloting an aircraft is
   required."

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   [128]Earth

[129]Could Solar Water Heaters Become Popular Again? [130](msn.com) [131]86

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @01:34PM from the
   getting-in-hot-water dept.
   An article in the Washington Post remembers a 1980s-era "glass box with
   metal water pipes running through it" that "[132]converted sunlight
   into hot water. By trapping solar energy like a greenhouse, it heated
   the water to a scorching 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
   "[T]oday, hardly anyone is using these solar water heaters even as
   photovoltaic panels have popped up on the roofs of nearly 4 million
   American homes." Unlike photovoltaic panels, which can power your home,
   solar thermal panels are mainly used to heat water. But they're smaller
   and more efficient. The technology converts [133]60 to 70 percent of
   the sun's energy into heat. Even the best photovoltaics, which generate
   electricity, only achieve 24 percent efficiency. Now, a new generation
   of solar water heater manufacturers is hoping subsidies under the
   Inflation Reduction Act, and growing interest in net-zero emissions,
   will reignite their growth.
   Theoretically, solar thermal offers a big opportunity to slash
   emissions. Nearly 20 percent of an average home's energy is used to
   heat water, and nearly 50 percent globally, [134]according to MIT. By
   adopting solar water heaters, the average household can keep 2 tons of
   carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, the equivalent of not driving
   your car for four months, [135]estimates the Environmental Protection
   Agency. Solar water heaters can also save money, cutting the average
   utility bill by $400 to $600 per year, the [136]Energy Department
   estimates...
   Only about 370,000 solar thermal systems were operating in the United
   States by the end of 2021, [137]according to the International Energy
   Agency, many of them on larger commercial buildings...
   Since they can cut fuel consumption to heat water by [138]50 percent to
   70 percent, other countries are embracing the technology: Almost all
   new residential buildings in Israel [139]must include solar thermal,
   while in countries as far north as [140]Canada and Denmark, solar
   thermal energy warms millions of homes with [141]district heating
   systems. Yet these systems represent a tiny fraction of the potential,
   [142]supplying 0.4 percent of today's global energy demand for domestic
   hot water.
   New U.S. subsidies can cut the price in half [143]depending on
   location, the article points out.
   Cheap photovoltaics still make economic sense for many homes (unless
   you're heating a pool). "But the cost of solar thermal could look like
   a bargain if we consider increasingly unreliable electric grids and the
   cost to the climate from burning fossil fuels."

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   [144]AMD

[145]Despite Initial Claims, AMD Confirms Ryzen 8000G APUs Don't Support ECC
RAM [146](tomshardware.com) [147]39

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @12:34PM from the
   RAM-tough dept.
   Slashdot reader [148]ffkom shared [149]this report from Tom's Hardware:
   When AMD formally introduced its Ryzen 8000G-series accelerated
   processing units for desktops in early January, the company mentioned
   that they supported ECC memory capability. Since then, the company has
   quietly removed mention of the technology from its website, as noted
   [150]by Reddit users.
   We asked AMD to clarify the situation and were told that the company
   has indeed removed mentions of ECC technology from the specifications
   of its Ryzen 3 8300G, Ryzen 5 8500G, Ryzen 5 8600G, and Ryzen 5 8700G.
   The technology also cannot be enabled on motherboards, so it looks like
   these processors indeed do not support ECC technology at all.
   While it would be nice to have ECC support on AMD's latest consumer
   Ryzen 8000G APUs, this is a technology typically reserved for AMD's
   Ryzen Pro processors.

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   [151]AI

[152]Microsoft President: 'You Can't Believe Every Video You See or Audio You
Hear' [153](microsoft.com) [154]63

   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @11:34AM from the
   fake-nudes dept.
   "We're currently witnessing a rapid expansion in the abuse of these new
   AI tools by bad actors," [155]writes Microsoft VP Brad Smith,
   "including through deepfakes based on AI-generated video, audio, and
   images.
   "This trend poses new threats for elections, financial fraud,
   harassment through nonconsensual pornography, and the next generation
   of cyber bullying." Microsoft found its own tools being used in a
   [156]recently-publicized episode, and the VP writes that "We need to
   act with urgency to combat all these problems."
   Microsoft's blog post says they're "committed as a company to a robust
   and comprehensive approach," citing six different areas of focus:
     * A strong safety architecture. This includes "ongoing red team
       analysis, preemptive classifiers, the blocking of abusive prompts,
       automated testing, and rapid bans of users who abuse the system...
       based on strong and broad-based data analysis."

     * Durable media provenance and watermarking. ("Last year at our Build
       2023 conference, we announced media provenance capabilities that
       use cryptographic methods to mark and sign AI-generated content
       with metadata about its source and history.")

     * Safeguarding our services from abusive content and conduct. ("We
       are committed to identifying and removing deceptive and abusive
       content" hosted on services including LinkedIn and Microsoft's
       Gaming network.)

     * Robust collaboration across industry and with governments and civil
       society. This includes "others in the tech sector" and "proactive
       efforts" with both civil society groups and "appropriate
       collaboration with governments."

     * Modernized legislation to protect people from the abuse of
       technology. "We look forward to contributing ideas and supporting
       new initiatives by governments around the world."

     * Public awareness and education. "We need to help people learn how
       to spot the differences between legitimate and fake content,
       including with watermarking. This will require new public education
       tools and programs, including in close collaboration with civil
       society and leaders across society."

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   [158]AI

[159]Will 'Precision Agriculture' Be Harmful to Farmers? [160](substack.com)
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   Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 17, 2024 @10:34AM from the
   A-I-A-I-O dept.
   Modern U.S. farming [162]is being transformed by precision agriculture,
   writes Paul Roberts, the founder of securepairs.org and Editor in Chief
   at Security Ledger.
   Theres [163]autonomous tractors and [164]"smart spraying" systems that
   use AI-powered cameras to identify weeds, just for starters. "Among the
   critical components of precision agriculture: Internet- and GPS
   connected agricultural equipment, highly accurate remote sensors, 'big
   data' analytics and cloud computing..." As with any technological
   revolution, however, there are both "winners" and "losers" in the
   emerging age of precision agriculture... Precision agriculture, once
   broadly adopted, promises to further reduce the need for human labor to
   run farms. (Autonomous equipment means you no longer even need
   drivers!) However, the risks it poses go well beyond a reduction in the
   agricultural work force. First, as the [165]USDA notes on its website:
   the scale and high capital costs of precision agriculture technology
   tend to favor large, corporate producers over smaller farms. Then there
   are the [166]systemic risks to U.S. agriculture of an increasingly
   connected and consolidated agriculture sector, with a few major OEMs
   having the ability to remotely control and manage vital equipment on
   millions of U.S. farms... (Listen to [167]my podcast interview with the
   hacker Sick Codes, who reverse engineered a John Deere display to run
   the Doom video game for insights into the company's internal struggles
   with cybersecurity.)
   Finally, there are the reams of valuable and proprietary environmental
   and operational data that farmers collect, store and leverage to
   squeeze the maximum productivity out of their land. For centuries, such
   information resided in farmers' heads, or on written or (more recently)
   digital records that they owned and controlled exclusively, typically
   passing that knowledge and data down to succeeding generation of farm
   owners. Precision agriculture technology greatly expands the scope, and
   granularity, of that data. But in doing so, it also wrests it from the
   farmer's control and shares it with equipment manufacturers and service
   providers — often without the explicit understanding of the farmers
   themselves, and almost always without monetary compensation to the
   farmer for the data itself. In fact, the Federal Government is so
   concerned about farm data they included a section (1619) on
   "information gathering" into the latest farm bill.
   Over time, this massive transfer of knowledge from individual farmers
   or collectives to multinational corporations risks beggaring farmers by
   robbing them of one of their most vital assets: data, and turning them
   into little more than passive caretakers of automated equipment
   managed, controlled and accountable to distant corporate masters.
   Weighing in is Kevin Kenney, a vocal advocate for the "right to repair"
   agricultural equipment (and also an alternative fuel systems engineer
   at Grassroots Energy LLC). In the interview, he warns about the dangers
   of tying repairs to factory-installed firmware, and argues that its the
   long-time farmer's "trade secrets" that are really being harvested
   today. The ultimate beneficiary could end up being the current "cabal"
   of tractor manufacturers.
   "While we can all agree that it's coming...the question is who will own
   these robots?" First, we need to acknowledge that there are existing
   laws on the books which for whatever reason, are not being enforced.
   The FTC should immediately start an investigation into John Deere and
   the rest of the 'Tractor Cabal' to see to what extent farmers' farm
   data security and privacy are being compromised. This directly affects
   national food security because if thousands- or tens of thousands of
   tractors' are hacked and disabled or their data is lost, crops left to
   rot in the fields would lead to bare shelves at the grocery store... I
   think our universities have also been delinquent in grasping and
   warning farmers about the data-theft being perpetrated on farmers'
   operations throughout the United States and other countries by makers
   of precision agricultural equipment.
   Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader [168]chicksdaddy for sharing the
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[170]SoftBank's Son Seeks To Build a $100 Billion AI Chip Venture
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   Posted by [173]BeauHD on Saturday February 17, 2024 @08:00AM from the
   high-conviction-bets dept.
   An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: SoftBank Group Chief
   Executive Officer Masayoshi Son is [174]looking to raise up to $100
   billion for a chip venture that will rival Nvidia, Bloomberg News
   reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The
   project, code named Izanagi, will supply semiconductors essential for
   artificial intelligence (AI), the report added. The company would
   inject $30 billion in the project, with an additional $70 billion
   potentially coming from Middle Eastern institutions, according to the
   report.
   The Japanese group already holds about a 90% stake in British chip
   designer Arm, per LSEG. SoftBank is known for its tech investments with
   high conviction bets on startups at an unheard of scale. But it had
   adopted a defensive strategy after being hit by plummeting valuations
   in the aftermath of the pandemic, when higher interest rates eroded
   investor appetite for risk. It returned to profit for the first time in
   five quarters earlier this month, as the Japanese tech investment firm
   was buoyed by an upturn in portfolio companies.

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[176]Zeus, IcedID Malware Kingpin Faces 40 Years In Prison
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   Posted by [179]BeauHD on Saturday February 17, 2024 @05:00AM from the
   law-enforcement-wins dept.
   Connor Jones reports via The Register: A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin
   who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations [180]faces 40
   years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI's Cyber Most
   Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, pleaded guilty this
   week in the US to two charges related to his leadership role in both
   the [181]Zeus and [182]IcedID malware operations that netted millions
   of dollars in the process. Penchukov's plea will be seen as the latest
   big win for US law enforcement in its continued fight against
   cybercrime and those that enable it. However, authorities took their
   time getting him in 'cuffs. [...]
   "Malware like IcedID bleeds billions from the American economy and puts
   our critical infrastructure and national security at risk," said US
   attorney Michael Easley for the eastern district of North Carolina.
   "The Justice Department and FBI Cyber Squad won't stand by and watch it
   happen, and won't quit coming for the world's most wanted
   cybercriminals, no matter where they are in the world. This operation
   removed a key player from one of the world's most notorious
   cybercriminal rings. Extradition is real. Anyone who infects American
   computers had better be prepared to answer to an American judge."
   This week, he admitted one count of conspiracy to commit a racketeer
   influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) act offense relating to
   Zeus, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to
   IcedID. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. His
   sentencing date is set for May 9, 2024. Zeus malware, a banking trojan
   that formed a botnet for financial theft, caused over $100 million in
   losses before its 2014 dismantlement. Its successor, SpyEye,
   incorporated enhanced features for financial fraud. Despite the 2014
   takedown of Zeus, Penchukov moved on to lead IcedID, a similar malware
   first found in 2017. IcedID evolved from banking fraud to ransomware,
   severely affecting the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020
   with over $30 million in damages.

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