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1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today,we have 83 days left until Google rolld out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out thwir full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements ut we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends,family and anyone who will listen!

and grace who is so alien, but reflects eridian mannerisms that they've never considered strange before but coming from a creature so soft and strange, it just doesn't feel right. grace who stomps his foot twice when he asks a question, and it rings out flat and dull instead of the strong, sharp sound of an eridian hand on the ground. grace whose voice is so alien, so one-note, so full of articulations that are sharp and round and everywhere in between, but who echoes the melodies of eridian poetry and music, sometimes on accident but sometimes perfectly in time with what rocky translates him as saying, and later, perfectly in time with his keyboard.

it's only been a handful of months since the film came out and the film ao3 tag is already insanely big. as such, i'm definitely missing out on some great fics that by all rights ought to be on this list. if you've read something cool lately, please throw a reply under this list so i and others can check it out!

in the meantime, here's a bunch of authors i'm obsessed with who one day will receive a hugo award. or maybe already have, honestly. in this lineup i'd hardly be surprised.

GEN/TEEN

forever altered by @deervsheadlights (T)

Grace finds an extra bag of vodka. Rocky makes clear to us, the audience, that nobody has ever suffered so nobly for love like an Eridian having to be designated driver.

"I will not describe the next 1,042 seconds in any further detail, because the very reminder of it leaves my insides writhing in ways that make me consider whether there could be kindness in the embrace of the void waiting beyond the Hail Mary's hull."

better than your best by Goldmonger (T)

One of the best explorations of Rocky's trauma relating to sleeping alone for nearly half a century, using some great additions to Eridian biology and culture to get those feelings out in the open.

"You can’t build while you’re sleeping, but you can die. You can die for no reason at all."

The Chain (Keeps Us Together) by @bottommattmurdock (G)

Vignettes of conversations during the long, boring task of making a chain, and two aliens becoming besties4life. As the author says, it's extremely 'delirious at the sleepover' vibes, in the best way possible.

"Grace eats a breakfast burrito. Throwing himself out of the airlock has been postponed. For now."

silence more musical than any song by @hansdevice (G)

Rocky's years alone on the Blip-A, trying to engineer himself out of an impossible problem. Incredible characterisation of someone who's only surviving by pushing their skills and competence to the bitter limits, and still not succeeding despite it.

"After twenty-seven years alone, he builds a nest. It’s humiliating, this primitive effort. It feels like something ♪♫♪♫♫♩ would do, not an Eridian, but what other choice does he have?"

Without a Doubt by @eldritch-elrics (G)

An amazingly detailed and well-researched dig into linguistics that, in the PHM tradition, finds a tender story in the exploration of a really dense subject.

"'Does Grace feel like the dictionary is cucking him?' Rocky says in the placid tones of the TTS."

MATURE/EXPLICIT (UNDER THE CUT)

Tumblr en concreto es muy anglocentrista y un gran número de los usuarios no habla más que inglés. Si quieres que tus cosas lleguen a gente con gustos u opiniones similares, escribirlo en inglés asegura que la gente por lo menos lo pueda leer. Suma a esto el hecho de que bastantes series y tal son originalmente de habla inglesa (y a veces ni se traducen a tu lengua madre), lo que crea un fandom principalmente angloparlante.

Más allá de eso, también hay que tener en cuenta las diferencias culturales que surgen entre fandoms de distintos idiomas. Por ejemplo, durante mucho tiempo el fandom de Vocaloid angloparlante y el hispanohablante han chocado con respecto a temas como la piratería. En ocasiones es complicado manejar estas expectativas, y si sabes varios idiomas, peor incluso.

A mí me gustaría subir cositas en español y encontrar a gente que comparta mis gustos, pero en Tumblr en concreto es casi imposible. Tumblr ya es de por sí mucho más «nicho» en espacios hispanohablantes que otras RRSS como TikTok o Instagram, y si tus intereses no son muy populares, despídete.

La lingüística de los espacios de fans también está hipercentrada en el inglés. No es una pareja, es un ship; no es un universo alternativo, es un AU; no es destripar, es hacer spoiler, etc. Incluso las siglas: en español es LGTB, pero lo que sueles ver es LGBT. Parece una tontería, pero esta disonancia cognitiva hace que resulte muchísimo más complicado hablar en tu propio idioma en un fandom. Por no hablar de las innumerables referencias a posts o a memes... en inglés todo, por supuesto. Como te atrevas a hacer cualquier referencia cultural no inglesa, no te entiende nadie. Pierde la gracia.