Hacker News: nonprofiteer

What OpenAI did when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality

nonprofiteer — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:58:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/technology/openai-chatgpt-users-risks.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46030799

Points: 280

# Comments: 514

New comment by nonprofiteer in "She Is in Love with ChatGPT"

nonprofiteer — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:30:52 +0000

It seems like a natural thing for a therapist to say. It's fine for a random person on the internet to declare that "it's not a real relationship," but I don't think that's how therapists operate.

He Created Silk Road 2.0. Now He's a Crypto Entrepreneur

nonprofiteer — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:08:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/blake-benthall-silk-road-crypto.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41076449

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by nonprofiteer in "Automakers are sharing consumers' driving behavior with insurance companies"

nonprofiteer — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:30:27 +0000

Was it a Toyota?

Clearview AI being used to identify Capitol rioters

nonprofiteer — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:21:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/09/us/trump-biden#facial-recognition-clearview-capitol

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25703614

Points: 149

# Comments: 164

New comment by nonprofiteer in "I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score"

nonprofiteer — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:15:38 +0000

My go-to example of this scenario: https://splinternews.com/how-an-internet-mapping-glitch-turn...

I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants from My Life by Blocking Their IP Addresses

nonprofiteer — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:36:53 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19107814

Points: 43

# Comments: 8

How US military cartographers and bad digital mapping created a house of horrors

nonprofiteer — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:41:25 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/how-cartographers-for-the-u-s-military-inadvertently-c-1830758394

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18868064

Points: 18

# Comments: 0

Netgear advises people to keep “admin/password” as credentials for their routers

nonprofiteer — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:52:18 +0000

Article URL: http://fusion.net/story/362629/botnet-default-username-password/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12806130

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Top Verizon lawyer says it’s too easy to give your location information to cops

nonprofiteer — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:52:36 +0000

Article URL: https://fusion.net/story/357390/verizon-lawyer-phone-location-privacy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12703516

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Interesting Pokémon Go lawsuit: do we own the augmented reality around our home?

nonprofiteer — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:44:09 +0000

Article URL: https://fusion.net/story/332405/pokemon-go-lawsuit-jeffrey-marder/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12210297

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Proprietary algorithm that predicts future criminals okayed by Wisconsin court

nonprofiteer — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:32:32 +0000

Article URL: https://fusion.net/story/330672/algorithms-recidivism-loomis-wisconsin-court/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12182560

Points: 27

# Comments: 10

Man threw Molotov cocktails at StreetView cars because “Google was watching him”

nonprofiteer — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:16:34 +0000

Article URL: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/feds-upset-by-google-man-threw-molotov-cocktails-at-street-view-car-near-hq/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12046744

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Uber hired a robot to patrol its parking lot for $7/hour

nonprofiteer — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:24:52 +0000

Article URL: http://fusion.net/story/321329/knightscope-security-robot-uber-parking-lot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12040226

Points: 14

# Comments: 0

Facebook changes story, now says phone location not used to recommend friends

nonprofiteer — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:05:05 +0000

Article URL: https://fusion.net/story/319712/facebook-now-says-phone-location-not-used-to-recommend-friends/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11996017

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by nonprofiteer in "Facebook is using phone location to suggest new friends"

nonprofiteer — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:12:55 +0000

About 3 months after I started seriously dating someone, Facebook started prompting me to update my relationship status in my profile, despite the fact that we had not interacted on Facebook nor shared photos of one another there. Yet another reminder that Facebook knows way too much about my life.

How Trump’s troll army is cashing in on his campaign on Facebook

nonprofiteer — Tue, 17 May 2016 16:51:09 +0000

Article URL: http://fusion.net/story/302013/trump-troll-army-facebook-money/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11715136

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Hacker finds mobile app flaw that could have drained billions from bank

nonprofiteer — Tue, 17 May 2016 13:42:36 +0000

Article URL: https://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacker-finds-flaw-that-could-have-drained-25b-from-an-indian-bank

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11713523

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The race to make pu-238, the nuclear power source needed to keep exploring space

nonprofiteer — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:37:26 +0000

Article URL: http://fusion.net/story/298610/race-to-make-plutonium-238-nuclear-space-fuel/

Hacker News: nonprofiteer

What OpenAI did when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality

New comment by nonprofiteer in "She Is in Love with ChatGPT"

He Created Silk Road 2.0. Now He's a Crypto Entrepreneur

New comment by nonprofiteer in "Automakers are sharing consumers' driving behavior with insurance companies"

Clearview AI being used to identify Capitol rioters

New comment by nonprofiteer in "I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score"

I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants from My Life by Blocking Their IP Addresses

How US military cartographers and bad digital mapping created a house of horrors

Netgear advises people to keep “admin/password” as credentials for their routers

Top Verizon lawyer says it’s too easy to give your location information to cops

Interesting Pokémon Go lawsuit: do we own the augmented reality around our home?

Proprietary algorithm that predicts future criminals okayed by Wisconsin court

Man threw Molotov cocktails at StreetView cars because “Google was watching him”

Uber hired a robot to patrol its parking lot for $7/hour

Facebook changes story, now says phone location not used to recommend friends

New comment by nonprofiteer in "Facebook is using phone location to suggest new friends"

How Trump’s troll army is cashing in on his campaign on Facebook

Hacker finds mobile app flaw that could have drained billions from bank

The race to make pu-238, the nuclear power source needed to keep exploring space

DIY biohackers are using CRISPR to do genetic experiments in their home labs