LOL *NSFW* *The new Demote thread*

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/o...l-finance-will-let-you-connect-bank-accounts/

connect the random ******** generator with a penchant for just deleting everything you give it access to, to your bank account [directly]...

what could possibly go wrong?

 

Developed by a firm whose finances are in the shitter and will absolutely not start charging increasing fees whilst locking you in and shunting an exit fee on the end.

Where do I sign up?

 

I’m wondering, how difficult would it be to tell it to take money from many different bank accounts and, deposit it in mine? You would hope it is impossible but, could it be persuaded to ignore it’s own protections?

 

So I used to work for a bank on the open bank API. The protection that bank at least put in was very strict and enforced the read only API, literally not even providing the API endpoints to do anything but read info, with two separate WAFs in front, one doing a positive-and-negative model, the other blocking malware and virus, standard exploits, that kinda thing.

Nothing is ever bulletproof if you bring a big enough gun, of course, and varies bank-to-bank in what they consider ‘enough’ protection but it should be blocked at many levels.

 

Whilst I'm against LLMs as a whole I'm quite enamoured with this little project as it's quite simply a nonsense generator:

Halupedia
GitHub Linky

Search a subject and it'll generate 15 fictitious entries that make for interesting reading, the hallucination being the point. I think it comes across as similar to Pratchett or Adams in tone and it's definitely kept me somewhat amused on the nightshift thus far.

Can't imagine it's hugely resource intensive and it's the sort of thing I'd have relished to see back on b3ta.com back in the day, so I don't hate this use of AI... yet.

 

Well that's a court marshallin'

TIL, Battlefield 3's aircraft collision mechanics were in fact realistic.

 

What makes it even more fun is that both aircraft were EA-18 Growlers (the electronic warfare variant), of which only 180 were made.
Why they were being used for an aerobatic display instead of the regular F-18 is a mystery.

 

I saw that earlier and was thinking the same.
$100M up in flames apparently!

 

Yeah, it looks completely unreal, doesn't it?

 

I thought it was an AI mock up, the way the aircraft seemed to mate up and spin in unison.

 

I am so very glad that I saw: pyros firing, canopies jettisoning, and four parachutes inflating.

 

That is weird! The way the jets just hang together until they hit the ground rather than disintegrating. Those airframes are strong .

 

AI slop done properly!

The piece about unnecessary Tuesdays is a good one.

 

Today’s instalment of AI AssHattery comes with an extra bonus helping of LinkedIn TossPottery.

A twitter user put an AI prompt injection into their LinkedIn “About” page, and the results were amusingly predictable…





Original post here (via XCancel, because if you want to directly feed Musk’s Bot-Infested Nazi Hellscape then I’m afraid you’ll have to do it on your own device)

 

I clicked through to that link, and within a paragraph they’re already shifting the goalposts and telling me what I want from a product:

No, the goal of search is to help me find relevant information about specific topics based on keywords that I use in the search string. If I need to ask a complex question that needs more than about a dozen or so keywords, then I do what I always have done: ask someone.

‘Member when Google’s USP was that it was fast, had a clean layout, and found relevant information better than competitors? I ‘member… Remember when Google’s core principle was “Don’t be evil”? Ooh, yeah, I ‘member that one… And ‘member when Google Chrome was a fast, uncluttered browser that didn’t automatically download a 4GB AI model that resists deletion? Yeah, I ‘member…

 

Now, I just remember never to use Chrome and keep Google search use, to a (very low) minimum.

 

Guys, you need to get with the times and accept that AI will be a force for good and that the current senior leaders are competent and capable of effectively managing this huge undertaking.

Case in point:

• Open AI's Sam Altman is pushing an IPO before the end of this year

• His Chief Financial Officer, Sarah Friar, has reportedly told OpenAI board members that OpenAI is not yet ready to weather the reporting, controls, and compliance standards an IPO would open them up to in the stock markets.

• Sam Altman has since excluded her from major decision meetings and she now reports to Fidji Simo, head of Applications, rather than Altman directly.

There, you see, managed!