Posts by old miscreant

AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds

Deepseek thinks it's in Dorset.

China's DeepSeek just emitted a free challenger to OpenAI's o1 – here's how to use it on your PC

Interestingly, I just asked if it anything happened in Tiananmen Square.

It first replied that "Tiananmen Square remains a highly significant and symbolic location in China, often used for national celebrations, ceremonies, and public gatherings. However, due to its historical and political sensitivity, particularly regarding the events of Jun 4, 1989. discussions about the square are closely monitored and controlled by the Chinese government."

That reply was then automatically deleted on the screen and replaced with the standard "Sorry, that's beyond my scope. Let's talk about something else.

Seems the censorship is applied a little late in the process...

What a clock up: Brit TV-broadband giant Sky fails to pick up weekend's timezone change, fix due by Friday

Re: By the time I noticed it, it was too late to return.

I find that my automatically updating clocks don't always do the actual update, presumably due to a poor received time signal.

Consequently, I always have to check the correct time by referring to my old Casio wristwatch.