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EU tech chief sounds alarm over dependence on foreign tech
Relying on foreign tech “can be weaponized against us,” says Commission’s Henna Virkkunen.Eliza Gkritsi (POLITICO)
Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that
Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.
windowscentral.com/microsoft/w…
#Microsoft #Windows11 #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #encryption #technology #software #dystopia
🖥️ Hallucination Stations: On Some Basic Limitations of Transformer-Based Language Models
"We show that LLMs are incapable of carrying out computational and agentic tasks beyond a certain complexity, and further that LLMs are incapable of verifying the accuracy of tasks beyond a certain complexity."
Sikka, Varin and Sikka, Vishal (2025) 'Hallucination Stations: on some basic limitations of Transformer-Based Language models,' arXiv (Cornell University) [Preprint]. doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.07….
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #Technology #Tech #ComputerScience #Research #Preprint #Academia
Hallucination Stations: On Some Basic Limitations of Transformer-Based Language Models
In this paper we explore hallucinations and related capability limitations in LLMs and LLM-based agents from the perspective of computational complexity.arXiv.org
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world.
By Bill Chappell
npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-56850…
#science #technology #womeninstem
"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”
I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- @pluralistic
theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
#Tech #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #StockMarket #Business #News #World #SciFi
