The term "Chat Control" contains the word "control"; there are frequent blog posts about it authored by Henrik Alexandersson, translated (automatically) from Swedish: And translated (automatically) ...

The EU has Chat Control. The UK, which is no longer in the EU, has similar provisions in different laws, which partly overlap ...

Unlike 3-D renderings or "Classic" CG, slop images aren't quite original and definitely not fair use; they're a form of plagiarism on an epic scale and there are currently many lawsuits talking about ...

Today's installment of "Slopwatch" will mostly focus on Google News having been infested with fake 'articles' about "Linux", starting with this slopfarm: The sister slopfarm (also in Google News, ...

These people don't try to improve security but to undermine security. Those are people who mock the legal process and fail to meet Orders from Judges at the High Court. In other words, they don't care ...

Days ago: If Free/Libre Software is Adding Trillions in Value to the European Economy, Then the European Commission Must Crush Software Patents | As Europe Gets Increasingly Serious About Software ...

No article here is made by anything like chatbots or LLMs, not even partially. It's quite easy to be certain: we just never used an LLM. For anything. Not even 'for fun' or some 'experiments'. LLMs ...

The Register MS is sponsored by American money, run by Americans, and its chief editor is a Microsofter from the US. █ ...

Many people book holidays and/or go on holiday this month. This means everything generally "slows down" (services and ...

Months ago we said that we'd likely cover Open Source Initiative scandals until some time this month. Having just shown how wary or concerned they are about their image, what we intend to do next is ...

Months ago we began catching Times of India using LLM slop [ 1, 2 ]. If that wasn't bad enough, notice to what lengths they'd go to get "clicks". Had software patents ceased to exist, OIN too would ...

The European Patent Convention (EPC) is nearly 52 years old. Almost all the people who wrote and who signed it are dead ...