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Liability providing incorrect information: Air Canada found liable for chatbot's bad advice on plane tickets

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-c...

Liability for chat interactions or conspiracy? Noting there is no information whether the ChatGPT legally conspired with the perpetrator.

The Province has retained B.C.- and California-based counsel to explore legal options to hold OpenAI accountable for its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its ChatGPT platform prior to the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary school.

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0050-000799

For those seeking another, historically oriented commentary I would recommend https://www.theamericanmenu.com/. The author makes note of significant, famous restaurants like Delmonico's in NYC, current events of the time, and also culinary trends and menu images.

France’s National Cybersecurity Agency was able to access a server managing the museum’s video surveillance using the ridiculously easy password, “LOUVRE,”...

Hopefully our solar system isn't making a reckless pass into the path of the fragments from a historic explosion and we're just seeing the first few.

If this is what actually happened it would be the second in recent memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525.

Re "going to be annoyed" there is definitely a spectrum starting at benign and culminating to the point of where you switch.

Photopea, for example, seems to be successful and ads displayed on the free tier lets me think that they feel at least these users are willing to see ads while they go about their workflow.

The portability of the unit also makes a great use case for off-grid, getaway or usage in a remote location, or perhaps just as an additional option for existing setups.

Being able to plug it into a NA standard plug into a more capable generator (or other outlet) to recharge is useful.

Without knowing the price point... van life folks have solar batteries and the published power specs seem to be competitive and useful for powering higher-draw appliances and devices.

The payback period to make arbitrage useful would be very specific to the user and how much electricity costs in their locale, but this calculation should take into account the delivery costs component of a utility bill that can be the same or higher than the cost of the actual electricity.