Something Big Is Happening #4
Open-source projects increasingly pushing back on AI, the enshittification continues and everybody is so fixated about deploying more AI that nobody is asking for, while the planet is literally burning.
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In today's issue we'll cover a broad range of topics.
#1 More open-source projects are outright banning AI-based contributions
There has been a lot of discussion lately in this field, and as you'll see, even a project owned by one of the biggest boosters of AI has decided to not accept any AI-generated contribution. How telling!
#2 Enshittification continues as more companies find very stupid ways to deploy AI
Companies are so desperate to find AI use cases that they're pushing the boundaries of decency in many new creative ways
#3 How's the planet doing?
We'll look at the most recent news on the unsustainability front of GenAI and the insane race to data centre build-up
#4 Positive Vibes
As usual, we'll look at a couple of positive news to remind us we can do something about all this.
This is a packed issue, so let's get straight into it!
