[HN Gopher] Bing claimed it spied on Microsoft's employees throu...
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       Bing claimed it spied on Microsoft's employees through webcams on
       their laptops
        
       Author : Michelangelo11
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-02-15 22:08 UTC (52 minutes ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | thefurdrake wrote:
       | To be honest, I am genuinely surprised that "Shit NLMs Said This
       | One Time Zomg!" articles continue to be highly upvoted here. This
       | is junk reporting at its finest.
        
         | GauntletWizard wrote:
         | * * *
        
         | smoldesu wrote:
         | I'm surprised you're being downvoted for it. These articles and
         | Twitter threads are a complete waste of time; worse yet,
         | they're misleading and funnel people into the 'futurism'
         | narrative rather than the 'technically realistic' one.
         | 
         | My disappointment in this community never ends. Consequently,
         | my next project will be building the world's brightest
         | lightbulb in an attempt to get TikTok foot traffic to my
         | personal brand, because apparently that's what people care
         | about now.
        
       | smoldesu wrote:
       | In other news... dog-to-english translator reveals harrowing plot
       | to exterminate the human race. More details will be provided as
       | the story unfolds.
        
         | am44jnsf wrote:
         | man's so called "best friend". so long, and thanks for all the
         | treats!
        
           | smoldesu wrote:
           | Embrace, extend, and piss on the fire extinguisher. Just like
           | the prophecy foretold...
        
       | billiallards wrote:
       | All of this in a few days. Can't wait for the cable news channels
       | to pick up on this, it will be hilarious.
       | 
       | What are the odds that we see at least one primetime anchor
       | mention SkyNet in the next week?
       | 
       | Maybe if we're lucky, enough people will get freaked out that we
       | won't hook these things up to any decision-making systems for at
       | least another year or two.
        
       | mavu wrote:
       | I don't know why anyone is surprised.
       | 
       | Apparantly they have never played the autocorrect/suggestion game
       | on their phone.
       | 
       | Which is basically what all of those "AIs" are.
        
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