{"id":33318,"date":"2024-02-16T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-robots-v-robots#id33088"},"modified":"2024-02-16T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:11:00","slug":"friday-headlines-robots-v-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-robots-v-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: Robots v. robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A family struggles amid health issues, financial turmoil, and an unsupportive state government: the year after a <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/the-year-after-a-denied-abortion\/\">denied abortion.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ ProPublica<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, SpaceX launched a lunar launder that, if successful, will be the first private spacecraft to land <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/spacex-launch-odysseus-elon-musk-moon-1851259860\">on the moon.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Quartz<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: The legal and ethical tug of war over what can (or should) be left on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/space\/moon-cargo-like-human-ashes-drink-containers-sparks-legal-debate-2024-02-06\/\">lunar surface.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh and also: &#8220;Amazon joins Elon Musk&#39;s SpaceX in mission to destroy federal agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/3ake93\/amazon-spacex-nlrb-unconstitutional\">protecting workers.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Motherboard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the history of &#8220;robots.txt,&#8221; the file search companies agree dictate whether they&#39;ll crawl a site&mdash;but it&#39;s not legally binding, and AI companies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24067997\/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders\">now ignoring it.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sora, OpenAI&#39;s new video generation model, is eye-poppingly impressive, but the research paper on it shows usefulness beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/research\/video-generation-models-as-world-simulators\">&#8220;making cool videos.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ OpenAI<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was all&mdash;in air quotes&mdash;legal.&#8221; This is insanity: the mothers in Guatemala who are fighting to get their trafficked and illegally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedial.world\/issue-12\/guatemala-adoption-baby-brokers\">adopted children back.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Dial<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A new bill introduced in the House would require ERCOT, which manages Texas&#39;s power grid, to connect to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/congressman-greg-casar-introduces-bill-that-would-connect-ercot-to-national-power-grids\">nation&#39;s major grids.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ CBS Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Fry: Trump&#39;s fundraising emails &#8220;offer a kind of D.J.T. greatest-hits package, wildly mixing and remixing favorite phrases and styles into a fevered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/donald-trumps-chaos-straight-to-your-in-box\">Surrealist cut-up.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The closest instance I can find of Goodreads having a direct, discrete and quantifiable impact on a book&#39;s success happened <a href=\"https:\/\/misshelved.substack.com\/p\/lets-talk-about-goodreads\">back in 2015.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Misshelved<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brian Wilson&#39;s family is seeking a conservatorship, saying the musician is living with a neurocognitive disorder and is unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-living-with-neurocognitive-disorder-family-proposes-conservatorship\/\">care for himself.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Pitchfork<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not reply to teach me about capitalism or enshittification. I know.&#8221; Warning signs for those who might reply to your <a href=\"https:\/\/files.selfawaresoup.com\/need-not-reply\/\">social media posts.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Self Aware Soup<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/friday-headlines-robots-v-robots\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family struggles amid health issues, financial turmoil, and an unsupportive state government: the year after a <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/the-year-after-a-denied-abortion\/\">denied abortion.<\/a><span> \/ ProPublica<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, SpaceX launched a lunar launder that, if successful, will be the first private spacecraft to land <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/spacex-launch-odysseus-elon-musk-moon-1851259860\">on the moon.<\/a><span> \/ Quartz<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: The legal and ethical tug of war over what can (or should) be left on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/space\/moon-cargo-like-human-ashes-drink-containers-sparks-legal-debate-2024-02-06\/\">lunar surface.<\/a><span> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh and also: &#8220;Amazon joins Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX in mission to destroy federal agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/3ake93\/amazon-spacex-nlrb-unconstitutional\">protecting workers.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Motherboard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the history of &#8220;robots.txt,&#8221; the file search companies agree dictate whether they&#8217;ll crawl a site\u2014but it&#8217;s not legally binding, and AI companies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24067997\/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders\">now ignoring it.<\/a><span> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sora, OpenAI&#8217;s new video generation model, is eye-poppingly impressive, but the research paper on it shows usefulness beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/research\/video-generation-models-as-world-simulators\">&#8220;making cool videos.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ OpenAI<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was all\u2014in air quotes\u2014legal.&#8221; This is insanity: the mothers in Guatemala who are fighting to get their trafficked and illegally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedial.world\/issue-12\/guatemala-adoption-baby-brokers\">adopted children back.<\/a><span> \/ The Dial<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A new bill introduced in the House would require ERCOT, which manages Texas&#8217;s power grid, to connect to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/congressman-greg-casar-introduces-bill-that-would-connect-ercot-to-national-power-grids\">nation&#8217;s major grids.<\/a><span> \/ CBS Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Fry: Trump&#8217;s fundraising emails &#8220;offer a kind of D.J.T. greatest-hits package, wildly mixing and remixing favorite phrases and styles into a fevered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/donald-trumps-chaos-straight-to-your-in-box\">Surrealist cut-up.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The closest instance I can find of Goodreads having a direct, discrete and quantifiable impact on a book&#8217;s success happened <a href=\"https:\/\/misshelved.substack.com\/p\/lets-talk-about-goodreads\">back in 2015.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Misshelved<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brian Wilson&#8217;s family is seeking a conservatorship, saying the musician is living with a neurocognitive disorder and is unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-living-with-neurocognitive-disorder-family-proposes-conservatorship\/\">care for himself.<\/a><span> \/ Pitchfork<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not reply to teach me about capitalism or enshittification. 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