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Scientists in China have developed a more efficient form of solar desalination that uses 47.4% less energy than alternatives. After the first year of testing, the scientists believe that at scale it would be able to desalinate water more cheaply than producing bottled water.

f33lz._.b3tterz: "Al only spits out what is put in. it's a program, not a textbook.

i'm a server and i had a table that TOOK A PICTURE of the menu sent it to chat gpt AND ASKED IT WHAT LOOKED GOOD!!! JUST READ IT!! then instead of looking at the itemized receipt of what they ordered, including the total, they told chat gpt what they got AND ASKED IT WHAT THE TOTAL WOULD BE."

humanleaf1: "i work at a hardware store and let me tell you its getting to the point im ready to just let people set their houses on fire. like oh chatgpt said you need that outlet? sure. go for it."

girlpansies: "I have a regular that is exactly like this. Over the last year l've seen her dependency on chatgpt get atp kinda scary. It started off with her coming in a few times a month and filling up a bag full of skin and hair care and makeup based solely on chatgpt recommendations. Then she gendered it and tells me about how "she" scans this client's face daily and tells her "exactly what she needs" based on her skin and hair type and skin tone, etc.. This last time I saw this woman, she told me she's given chatgpt pretty much her entire biometric profile for the sake of helping her diagnose herself and pick out her medications....she says things like "she knows me so well" and it's so jarring."

mermsieruffles: "We had a customer and his wife show up in store ON BLACK FRIDAY and pitch a toddler level fit because GD ChatGPT told them we had a military discount. We do not and never have had a military discount! They kept saying they had seen it online, they were owed an additional 10% off their multi-hundred dollar espresso machine! We told them if they could find it on our website specifically they could have it. They left angry."

muleyo: "I work at a Café, and we've had customers come in a few times recently, telling us our listed hours online are wrong. And i was like,

"huh?? I'll have to double check" like, it's right on the website, right on google listing.

And then this last weekend, someone mentioned GOOGLE GEMINI! Saying "your website is different than what Google Gemini is saying, that's confusing". And i was floored. Like... MAYBE TRUST THE BUSINESSES WEBSITE, and not an ai generated prompt?? Huhhhh?? My boss, did the prompt once just to check wtf was up, and BOY did it just bs hours, had us as open on days we are closed, etc. And now i know, all of these people who've had issues are using ai. Like, so sad."

catandnova: "I work at a flower shop and had 2 ladies come in to get an arrangement. They came in with an Al generated photo of arrangements on an outdoor arch. I told them our arrangements will look different bc the flowers in the photo aren't real and the ones that are there are not the proper scale nor will they withstand this heat. So I go over alternatives w them. And her friend says to her "can u Al it, I can't imagine what it'll look like" :/"

bea_trician: "Ive had people at my day job go shopping with grocery lists written by Chatgpt. Like....is the bot supposed to know what's in your pantry?? Is it hallucinating products we don't actually sell?"

franken.twink: "I work in dme and had a guy come in asking for a resupply for his cpap with a list of made up item id's and part numbers. When I pointed it out and that we had like, his actual resupply list in our system, he just shrugged and said that's what chatgpt said he needed..just, bro"

tabbykisses: "i'm a hairstylist and often get clients coming | in asking me to give them a haircut identical to a chat-generated image. I have to explain that the haircut will never look identical to what they prompted because it isn't real; it's not a real hair texture, that's not how layers work - even stuff like how chat won't take into account their cowlicks or the density of their hair, etc. And every time it's met with stubbornness or hostility or the assumption that I can't do my job right because of this explicit case. it's ruining brains, it's making people codependent, and it's pissing me off"

temporalserpent: "I had this with some of the younger customers in my laundromat job where instead of reading the tags on their nicer clothes, they're relying on whatever ai app. So when they find out it ruined or shrank their clothes they get upset. There's so much hand holding I need to do cause they're just anxious wrecks who HAVE to use ai for simple shit."

The FDA has upgraded an egg recall issued last month to “Class I,” its highest risk level, as it warns the public that consuming the products could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

The recall of 1,589,577 dozen white-shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs was initially issued by Midwest Poultry Services in late July, which warned they might be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.

According to the company, the eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3 and have sell-by or best-by dates between July 20 and August 17. The recalled egg cartons have either the code P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian Dates between 157-184.

About two hours later I was permanently banned from r/MadeMeSmile for “self-promotion.”

I accepted that different communities have different rules.But then something even stranger happened.Soon afterward, a moderator from r/pics started going through my account. Not just the new post—many of my older painting posts disappeared as well. One after another. Then I was permanently banned there too.

Maybe it was the same moderator. Maybe it wasn’t. I honestly don’t know.

What surprised me wasn’t even the ban itself. It was realizing how much power individual moderators have over what millions of people are allowed to see. One decision can erase years of posts from a community and instantly cut off your ability to participate, even if those posts had been happily sitting there for months or years.I’m not saying moderators shouldn’t have rules. Communities need moderation.But it does make you wonder where the line is between protecting a community and allowing a single interpretation of the rules to completely reshape what people can share.

The funny part?

I wasn’t advertising anything in those posts. I wasn’t posting prices or asking anyone to buy anything. I was simply sharing my original paintings because I enjoy discussing art with strangers from around the world.

Anyway…

Here’s the painting that apparently caused all the trouble. 🎨

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.

After the incident, another video went viral showing what appeared to be that man getting a beating. The Maui Police Department said they had no record of any reports of disorderly conduct or assault related to the monk seal incident.