#2598 28.01.2024 21:02 AP

The Register: Apple redecorates its iPhone prison to appease Europe

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as a bicycle for the mind. But he failed to let that metaphor shape his greatest achievement, the iPhone, which has become a shackle for the soul.

The iPhone is a computer; you just can't use it as one most of the time because it's a closed system. You're not free to install software that Apple has not approved, unless you "jailbreak" the device – the very term suggesting unlawful transgression rather than a right that follows from ownership.


#2548 05.01.2024 21:57 AP

Netzpolitik.org: AMS erntet Hohn mit neuem KI-Chatbot

Der österreichische Arbeitsmarktservice hat einen auf ChatGPT basierenden „Berufsinfomat“ eingeführt. Der Bot soll zu Berufsbildern informieren. Stattdessen erweist er sich als Lehrbuch-Beispiel dafür, welche Schwächen eine Behörde in Kauf nimmt, wenn sie solche Systeme einsetzt.

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