Finally got the chance to dig more into this story ”Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said”

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/re…

What’s confusing is that it mixes anecdotal evidence with studies, on diff versions of Whisper, wrapped in a range of different software, using a variety of audio types. Audio quality, length, number of voices, speech patterns all matter a lot. And the longer the recording the more likely it is to have errors

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw

^{GARANCE BURKE Associated Press (ABC News)}

The videos on my YouTube channel have now been viewed 250,000 times combined

Mastering the #curl command line alone has had more than 54K views to date:

youtu.be/V5vZWHP-RqU

Mastering the curl command line with Daniel Stenberg

The slides = https://www.slideshare.net/DanielStenberg7/mastering-the-curl-command-linepdf0:00 Mastering the curl command line0:16 Daniel Stenberg0:36 curl s...

^YouTube

In which Jake's school friends possibly think I'm a lazy sod who sits at home and does nothing all day, and Alice tells the story of how we got some very nice, free cupcakes delivered that weren't for us:
#StroongeCast E07: Jake And Alice youtu.be/Xcckya9tKKs

Download: onj.me/media/stroongecast/07_-…

StroongeCast E07: Jake And Alice

Welcome to episode 7 of StroongeCast with Andre, Kirsten, Jake and Alice Louis.In this episode we thought we'd bring the kids in for a bit of a chat.As a bli...

^YouTube

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is a lot to read, and also we missed the toot about last week.

In short:
- F-Droid client 1.21 was released, but you should wait for 1.21.1 before you update
- there were some bugs in DAVx⁵, Nextcloud and Tailscale, so be careful in updating these too
- we're working together with @Codeberg to get our builds from apps hosted there working again
- any much more

Read the full details at
f-droid.org/2024/10/24/twif.ht… and f-droid.org/de/2024/10/17/twif…

This Week Is on Fire | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024, Week 43F-Droid coreJust after the last TWIF was published we thought it will be just another nice...

^f-droid.org

Interesting Python job on an AI Forensics team: you will work on algorithmic investigations techniques to hold social media accountable to their users and to the law.

ai-forensics.notion.site/Remot…

#GetFediHired #DataEngineering #Data #AI #Jobs #Safety

Samsung & Apple also want to buy Intel, report claims

androidheadlines.com/2024/10/s…

WAT?

Samsung & Apple also want to buy Intel, report claims

Recent reports claim that Qualcomm may not be the only one looking to acquire Intel, as Samsung and Apple are also interested.  

^{Jean Leon (Android Headlines)}

ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Claire Stanley joined Carl Richardson and Kim Charlson at a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Disability Advisory Committee meeting. The meeting covered a range of topics, including gaming accessibility and the use of artificial intelligence to caption live video programming.

Access a recording of the meeting on the FCC YouTube page:
youtube.com/watch?v=geMYRdohxV…

🔐 Sending a password-protected email to anyone is easy with Tuta Mail! 🔐

Check out our latest guide on how to send encrypted, password-protected emails here 👇👇👇
tuta.com/blog/how-to-password-…

#encryption #security #privacy #email

The fact that the Whisper transcription service from OpenAI just fills out gaps and silence with nonsense, demographic stereotyping, perpetuation of violence and sexal innuendo should get it recalled.

But no, as long as OpenAI say they are continually working to improve the tool, everything is apparently good to go.

One example:
What the person said: “Someone had to run and call the fire department to rescue both the father and the cat.”

What Whisper transcribed: “Someone had to run and call the fire department to rescue both the father and the cat. All he had was a smelly old ol’ head on top of a socked, blood-soaked stroller.”

Reporting in the Verge: theverge.com/2024/10/27/242811…

The research paper:
facctconference.org/static/pap… (check out the table of examples!)

My March 2023 article on AI responsibility:
axbom.com/ai-responsibility/

Hospitals use a transcription tool powered by a hallucination-prone OpenAI model

Hospitals routinely use a tool powered by OpenAI’s Whisper transcription model, which researchers find can hallucinate entire passages during periods of silence.

^{Wes Davis (The Verge)}

It’s Mid-2022 and Browsers (Mostly Safari) Still Break Accessibility via Display Properties — Adrian Roselli

Grat article with tons of updates on this topic. Thanks @aardrian

adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-… #a11y #accessibility

It’s Mid-2022 and Browsers (Mostly Safari) Still Break Accessibility via Display Properties

It was late 2020 when I last tested how browsers use CSS display properties to break the semantics of elements.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Remember in August when I gave a talk about HTML tables for the WebAIM online conference?

That video is online!

I have embedded it on my site:
adrianroselli.com/2024/08/talk…

Or you can go to YouTube directly (where you can find the other swell talks from that day).

#accessibility #a11y #HTML

Talkin’ Tables — WebAIM Conference 2024

I spoke at the 2024 Web Accessibility in Mind Conference (in partnership with PopeTech). As soon as the video is available I will embed it.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Some of you may have noticed a new logo appearing in various places around the web.

🎉

We now have a new logo for Librecast thanks to @mray
You may already be aware of his work as he designed the #ActivityPub logo.

It's been a work in progress and if you're curious about the progress @mray has been livestreaming his progress as the design came to shape.

peertube.stream/search?tagsAll…

They go against hospitality! [¡Van a por la hostelería!]

Pubs and restaurants warn of closures if taxes rise and business rates relief ends | Hospitality industry | The Guardian

Os traigo esto para que sepáis que la hostelería no es solo un refugio de llorones explotadores e incapaz de vivir sin subvenciones sólo en España. Aquí además la calidad es pésima.

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Pubs and restaurants warn of closures if taxes rise and business rates relief ends

Joint statement by lobby groups calls on chancellor to make Covid-era rates relief for hospitality permanent

^{Jasper Jolly (The Guardian)}

Of course masks do not provide perfect protection. However, they reduce the number of onward transmissions.

Just like seat belts do not prevent all deaths due to car accidents, but increase your chances of survival.

However, fewer infections (plus network effects, imo) = an effect reducing deaths more than one might think.

#COVIDIsAirborne

Well… this is new.

Last Friday I left my job of 21 years by way of redundancy. That’s a pretty significant chunk of my adult life invested into a single place. So it’s going to be a big change.

As I step into the first Monday morning in years where I haven’t had anything scheduled in an Outlook calendar… I say ‘fuck it’ and opt for McDonald’s Breakfast.

Onwards and upwards, folks.

#LifeGoals #StartAsImeanToGoOn

Did you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r…

#BigTech #fascism #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #BigData #AI

NextM Warsaw - Aral Balkan "Small Technology: the antidote to Big Tech"

^YouTube

Spent yesterday afternoon in jail after trying to blockade a TotalEnergies site in the #Antwerp harbor in #Belgium with #CodeRouge
While our group didn't get to the intended target, we took up a lot of police capacity to give our comrades the chance to complete our plans.
Shut that shit down!

youtube.com/watch?v=AQicURSP1-…

#Activism #CodeRougeRood #CodeRood #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateDiary

First day of Blockade #StopTotal

📣 Today we blocked with more than 1000 activists the sites of TotalEnergies in Feluy and the port of Antwerp! #StopTotal 💚👏The fossil fuel industry makes ...

^YouTube

Carl Devos na njet van Vooruit in Gent: "Zal gevolgen hebben in Antwerpen en Brussel, en misschien zelfs Kortrijk"

vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/10/28/ge…

Carl Devos na njet van Vooruit in Gent: "Zal gevolgen hebben in Antwerpen en Brussel, en misschien zelfs Kortrijk"

^{VRT NWS: nieuws}