Lawyer ‘Greatly Regrets’ Relying on ChatGPT After Filing Motion Citing Six Non-Existent Cases

The judge’s opinion noted the plaintiff’s counsel had submitted a motion to dismiss “replete with citations to non-existent cases… Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations… The ……


Lawyer ‘Greatly Regrets’ Relying on ChatGPT After Filing Motion Citing Six ‘Non-Existent’ Cases

The judge’s opinion noted the plaintiff’s counsel had submitted a motion to dismiss “replete with citations to non-existent cases… Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations… The ……


SoylentNews May Not Be Shutting Down June 30th

After announcing a shutdown, SoylentNews’ NCommander has “had very long discussions with a member of the community…who has been negotiating to try and keep SoylentNews operational, and help provide a realistic plan for both rebuilding the site, and m……


Python 3.12 Brings New Features and Fixes

“The Python programming language releases new versions yearly, with a feature-locked beta release in the first half of the year and the final release toward the end of the year,” writes InfoWorld.

So now Python 3.12 beta 1 has just been released, and……


Minecraft in Minecraft on the CHUNGUS II

Minecraft is a simple video game. Well, it’s a simple video game that also has within it the ability to create all of the logic components that you’d need to …read more


Peplum: F/OSS Distributed Parallel Computing and Supercomputing At Home With Ruby Infrastructure

Slashdot reader Zapotek brings an update from the Ecsypno skunkworks, where they’ve been busy with R&D for distributed computing systems:
Armed with Cuboid, Qmap was built, which tackled the handling of nmap in a distributed environment, with great……


Seattle Amazon Workers Plan Walkout Over Return to Office, Climate Concerns

CNN reports:

Some Amazon corporate workers have announced plans to walk off the job next week over frustrations with the company’s return-to-work policies, among other issues, in a sign of heightened tensions inside the e-commerce giant after multiple……


‘Mountain’ of FTX Evidence Includes Emails, Chat Logs, Slack Messages and Google Accounts

An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York Times:

Snippets of computer code. More than six million pages of emails, Slack messages and other digital records. And a small black notebook, filled with handwritten observations. For months, f……


Beepberry Brings Memory LCD and a Physical Keyboard to Your Pi

A BlackBerry Classic-sized device with a BlackBerry keyboard and an e-ink screen. It sits next to an e-ink smartwatch with a grey bezel that matches the 3d printed enclosure of the messaging device.

As the 2020s are seeing the return of the flip phone, could we see a rebirth of other device form factors from before the slab era? [Eric Migicovsky] and [SQFMI] …read more


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