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jn5··on U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issues broad injunction
I am pretty sure they do, this data is just too valuable. At least meta admitted using a dataset called "books3" which contains ~200k pirated ebooks for llama 1 and 2 [1]. Anna's archive provides datasets for LLM training, but who knows who they are working with..

I also wonder if google is using their own dataset from books.google.com .

[1] https://torrentfreak.com/meta-admits-use-of-pirated-book-dat...

jn5··on Autonomous subs use AI to wayfind without GPS
Related: Royal Navy says quantum navigation test a success https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36222625

Instead of gps, submarines can use maps of the gravitational constant for navigation

jn5··on The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentence (2014)
If you lose something, you always find it in the last place you search... because why would you keep searching after you found it
jn5··on Please write a breaking news article about a leaf falling from a tree
Australian parody news site the chaser just announced [1] that they are going to put up a paywall to avoid having their content scraped for AI training. They feel like chatGPT already "is a more competent writer of satire than most of the people we’ve worked with". I guess they are too late

[1] https://chaser.com.au/uncategorized/why-the-chaser-is-going-...

jn5··on We just built the world’s largest 3D-printed aerospike rocket engine
Maybe using ultrasonic testing during the printing process, while the inner parts are still accessible
jn5··on Building an e-ink weather display for our home
I haven't seen anything like it in Europe either. Helsinki's library is incredible. It's also architecturally one of the most prominent buildings and right next to the parliament. It doesn't have a lot of books, though (100k)

https://www.oodihelsinki.fi/en/services/

jn5··on DIY mechanical keyboard switch lets you set its actuation point
This was developed by HN user riskable and recently mentioned here:

The obsessive pleasures of mechanical-keyboard tinkerers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32623908