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RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116609310065016685

“One approach, proposed by Google Research, is what you might call a “token auction.” In this model, advertisers don’t buy ad slots on a page. Instead, they bid, token by token, on the actual text the model generates. Each advertiser brings their own LLM, and an auction mechanism decides whose model gets to influence the next word. The output is a weighted blend of competing interests, shaped by who’s willing to pay more.”

Affirmation: I have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put me to sleep.

OK, a •lot• of replies need this reponse:

Yes, of •course• they will start ignoring robots.txt etc as soon as they think it hurts their business. Of course.

It is important to •force that fight•, rather than just capitulating in advance.

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The systemd project has announced that to comply with Canada's proposed Bill C-22, systemd will incorporate a mechanism to automatically install the government's public key into the `authorized_keys` configuration of every sshd server.

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