●Stories
●Firehose
●All
●Popular
●Polls
●Software
●Thought Leadership
Submit
●
Login
●or
●
Sign up
●Topics:
●Devices
●Build
●Entertainment
●Technology
●Open Source
●Science
●YRO
●Follow us:
●RSS
●Facebook
●LinkedIn
●Twitter
●
Youtube
●
Mastodon
●Bluesky
Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system
Forgot your password?
Close
wnewsdaystalestupid
sightfulinterestingmaybe
cflamebaittrollredundantoverrated
vefunnyunderrated
podupeerror
×
180679056
comment
bymspohr
2026 @12:02PM
(#65954592)
Attached to: OpenAI Releases Prism, a Claude Code-Like App For Scientific Research
This will no doubt make it easy for fraudsters to compose junk science papers.
Just give its AI a prompt such as: "Write a science paper about how seed oils are bad for my health."
It will quickly produce a fake paper with references that will appear legit at some level of inspection.
180679042
comment
bymspohr
2026 @11:57AM
(#65954580)
Attached to: 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found
Humans (homo sapiens) are late arrivals who inherited almost everything from earlier hominids and from lots of other animals who learned to use tools millions of years ago.
180678846
submission
Submitted
by
mspohr
January 28, 2026 @11:18AM
mspohr writes: /i When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free.
Today, the British computer scientist’s creation is regularly used by 5.5 billion people – and bears little resemblance to the democratic force for humanity he intended.
Since Berners-Lee’s disappointment a decade ago, he’s thrown everything at a project that completely shifts the way data is held on the web, known as the Solid (social linked data) protocol. It’s activism that is rooted in people power – not unlike the first years of the web.
This version of the internet would turbocharge personal sovereignty and give control back to users.
Berners-Lee has long seen AI – which exists only because of the web and its data – as having the potential to transform society far beyond the boundaries of self-interested companies. But now is the time, he says, to put guardrails in place so that AI remains a force for good – and he’s afraid the chance may pass humankind by.
180660994
comment
bymspohr
26 @03:32PM
(#65950810)
Attached to: Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?
Without copyright law , everybody can tinker with any software.
180660968
comment
bymspohr
26 @03:26PM
(#65950796)
Attached to: Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?
And free software would be free to copy and distribute all of that proprietary software.
180660102
comment
bymspohr
26 @12:05PM
(#65950296)
Attached to: New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet 'Open Slate' Announced by Brax Technologies
They are planning:
Native Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto Linux and others)
We’re working directly with Linux integrators and chipset partners to ensure proper mainline Linux support, rather than one-off ports that break over time. The intent is long-term OS viability, even beyond the lifecycle of any single operating system or company.
180660038
comment
bymspohr
26 @11:53AM
(#65950256)
Attached to: Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?
Bingo!
The GPL uses copyright law to preserve the right to share and prevent people from locking up free software behind paywalls.
If there was no copyright law, the GPL wouldn't be necessary.
180626514
comment
bymspohr
026 @03:59PM
(#65938122)
Attached to: Energy Costs Will Decide Which Countries Win the AI Race, Microsoft's Nadella Says
Ireland just did this.
New data centers have to bring their own power.
180623740
comment
bymspohr
026 @03:16PM
(#65937996)
Attached to: Energy Costs Will Decide Which Countries Win the AI Race, Microsoft's Nadella Says
Solar, wind and batteries are much cheaper and more reliable than big power plants.
180620546
comment
bymspohr
026 @11:51AM
(#65937354)
Attached to: The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old
What is the point of this science experiment?
We already know that pitch is slow. Are the experimenters also slow?
180620530
comment
bymspohr
026 @11:49AM
(#65937340)
Attached to: The Fastest Human Spaceflight Mission In History Crawls Closer To Liftoff
Looks like NASA has adopted the move fast and break things method of development under pressure from Trump.
I don't think this will end well.
180620500
comment
bymspohr
026 @11:42AM
(#65937312)
Attached to: Energy Costs Will Decide Which Countries Win the AI Race, Microsoft's Nadella Says
This points to the stupidity of these AI companies.
Instead on installing the cheapest form of energy (solar, wind, batteries), they are doing stupid things like opening coal, gas, and nuclear plants.
Or... are they just looking for subsidies from the government taxpayers and ratepayers?
180620492
comment
bymspohr
026 @11:39AM
(#65937306)
Attached to: Ukraine To Share Wartime Combat Data With Allies To Help Train AI
It looks like Ukraine has become the world leader in AI/Robotic/Drone warfare technology.
They didn't ask for this role and would surely have like to have avoided it but since they're in this mess, they seem to be making the best of it.
180617282
comment
bymspohr
26 @07:21PM
(#65935914)
Attached to: Netflix Wants Plots Explained Multiple Times Because Viewers Are on Their Phones, Matt Damon Says
I just watched the latest movie from Damon on Netflix.
No phone to help me understand the plot.
Just a dumb movie with a confused plot and random surprise twists and turns which only served to confuse things further.
I'm still not sure what the movie was about and I'm surely not going to waste time looking it up.
180615370
comment
bymspohr
26 @12:28PM
(#65934928)
Attached to: Hundreds Answer Europe's 'Public Call for Evidence' on an Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy
Anyone with half a brain is fleeing the US.
« Newer
Older »
Slashdot Top Deals
●(email not shown publicly)
●
Submitted a Story That Was Posted
●
Got a Score:5 Comment
●
Member of the 10100 Digit (binary) UID Club
●
More junk papers
●
Animals have been making tools forever
●
Re:One problem...
(Score:2)
●
Re:One problem...
●
Re:I use a Linux tablet
●
slashdot (submissions)
●
insightful (submissions)
●
interesting (submissions)
●
notthebest (submissions)
●
troll (comments)
●
Tim Berners-Lee wants us to take back the Internet
●
Digital Sovereignty in Europe
●
Malicious compliance?
●
HAL 9000
●
Why Signal's post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
Slashdot
●
Submit Story
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law.
-- Roy Santoro
●FAQ
●Story Archive
●Hall of Fame
●Advertising
●Terms
●Privacy Statement
●About
●Feedback
●Mobile View
●Blog
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
Copyright © 2026 Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved.
×
Close
Working...
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
Copyright © 2026 Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved.
×
Close
Working...