Schedule, times, TV for WNBA teams https://www.byteseu.com/1116733/ #affiliate #Automated #basketball #CBS #CBSCorp #Commerce #Contains #ContainsCommerceOrAffiliateContent #content #Corp #ESPN #ESPNInc #GPI629: #GPI629:AutomatedSportsStory #Inc. #mls #nbc #Neutral #News #or #Overall #OverallNeutral #Sports #SportsNews #story #WNBA #womens #WomensSports
#Microscope Upcycling: Transforming legacy microscopes into #automated #cloud-integrated #imaging systems:
-#OpenSource automation: X-Y positioning, focus stacking, image acquisition/storage
- cost: US $300
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00637
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #microscopy #Raspi #PiCam #Python #OpenCV #StreamDeck #GUI
“Canva co-founder #MelaniePerkins wrote to staff on May 5 to unveil #Canva’s official #AIGuidelines, two months after it axed the majority of its #TechnicalWriters division and directed #engineers to complete the bulk of their #tasks using #AITools.
The COACHES (weaselword for manager) said the company had recently directed them to *formally assess* the way employees, known internally as “Canvanauts”, use AI in their six-monthly PERFORMANCE reviews. They also said the company has #automated the #writing of these #reviews.
A company spokesperson denied these claims in a lengthy statement but said Canva does “ENCOURAGE” employees to “reflect on how they’re using AI in their work” on an informal basis and said they use an internal tool that assesses performance reviews against their internal metrics after a human has written the
(No dissent tolerated)
“We’re incredibly committed to helping our team thrive in this new era of AI. We’re making significant investments in upskilling across the entire company, with a strong focus on learning and experimentation,” the Canva spokesperson said.
“Our #investmentstrategy in this space aren’t about #replacing our TEAM’s #judgement, #creativity, or #craft, but scaling them so we can spend more time on the projects that move us closer to our mission and make a difference for our community,”
(Emphasis note on TEAM, not individuals)
For a consumer facing software company, the last place I’d be removing human input would be where the technology touches customers. The usability, instructions, reliability through Engineering, Art and crafting of a product.
Where do you cut? Accounting, excessive management (top & bottom) and back office. This is the difference between an accounting/MBA and an Engineering / consumer focused company.
No wonder the technical staff are looking at #Unions. JobBot unleashed by the *Boss Class* to replace technical staff. 
#WhiteCollar / #AI / #technical / #business / #Union / #TechUnion <https://archive.md/w4nlJ> / <https://www.afr.com/technology/canva-atlassian-employees-flock-to-unions-amid-ai-job-fears-20250520-p5m0rl>
https://www.europesays.com/uk/78964/ Deposit return schemes get UK administrator #abundance #automated #bavaria #bottle #BottlingPlant #Britain #Business #busy #CloseUp #ConveyorBelt #Efficiency #England #factory #freshness #Germany #GreatBritain #hygiene #InARow #indoors #Industry #merchandise #NoPeople #NorthernIreland #order #organization #preparation #ProductionLine #PurifiedWater #repetition #Scotland #SelectiveFocus #speed #stack #Technology #transparent #Transportation #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
“UK government wants to legalise automated police decision-making”
by Statewatch.org
“A proposed law in the UK would allow police decisions to be made solely by computers, with no human input. The Data Use and Access Bill would remove a safeguard in data protection law that prohibits solely automated decision-making by law enforcement agencies”
Not just #ChatControl.
Can't wait for #Orban, and consequently #Putin, to get hold of this:
»This will enable secure #automated exchanges of #fingerprints, #DNA profiles, #vehicle registration data, #facial images, and police #records through EU routers. At national level, Member States need to implement the Information Exchange Directive enhancing information exchange channels for seamless cross-border information flow, while ensuring their integration with Union-level systems, such as SIENA«
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025PC0148
So, AI's now the #superhero of #academia, spotting all the errors researchers missed while pretending to be smart 
. Meanwhile, humans everywhere breathe a sigh of #relief as they realize their PhDs are *finally* getting the #automated #proofreading they so desperately needed 
. Now if only #AI could also write the papers for them...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00648-5 #Research #HackerNews #ngated
Design and validation of a #frugal, #automated, #OpenSource solid-phase #peptide #synthesizer (#SPPS):
-#Raspi/#Python-controlled
-hardware cost: US $300 to $600
-yield: µmoles of peptide at a cost of ~$1/residue
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237473
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #chemistry #fluidics
The popular #Mastodon server botsin.space is now officially read-only. It will not have any new posts on it. It will be shut down completely early next year.
If there are any accounts on there that need a new home and are retro game/ tech/ media-themed, they’re welcome on https://retro-gaiden.com
Trump wants incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s #Tesla. A move that could cripple government’s ability to investigate & regulate safety of vehicles with #automated-#driving systems
#Musk spent more than quarter of billion dollars helping #Trump get elected
Removing crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which reported most of the crashes (> 1,500) to federal safety regulators under the program
Possible cause why #automated cars crash into #emergency vehicles #traffic #safety https://www.wired.com/story/emergency-vehicle-lights-can-screw-up-a-cars-automated-driving-system/
#inaugural Note, right?
I’m strill trying to get used to the ActivityPub terminology. Might implement some at one point.
The big #Quest is my #app, some kind of hand-held fulldive VR, totally #humanist -ethical- able to be held in your hands and be tangibly human. But fully #automated
I might include a picture for good measure:
#Automated anticipation of #disruptions in railway #maintenance pushes workers to displace & rethink their expertise & agency
Read the #ethnographic study of railway maintenance in Switzerland by @tobias_roehl: https://doi.org/mvhd
TOMORROW: Join CDT’s Ridhi Shetty for a panel discussion w/
Michael Akinwumi hosted by Home of VA , on how #Algorithms & #Automated decision-making can be biased & lead to housing discrimination. Join the virtual event (April 23rd) from 12-1:15 pm ET. https://cdt.org/event/103296/
#Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery #Stores
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116
“Though it seemed completely #automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 #people in #India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate #checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.”
Just learned that there’s a JavaScript-based screen reader driver for test automation called Guidepup.
Works with VoiceOver & NVDA (no Narrator or Orca/Linux support – but Orca is broken under Wayland so the latter, at least, is not surprising.)
Very cool! I look forward to the day that writing accessibility tests is as commonplace as writing unit tests.
Via @zeorin
Abdication of our #human responsibility is the greatest danger of #AI, in all its forms, past, current, and future.
The technology should always be considered and used as #tool wielded by people with rigorous #oversight and limited power.
That won't happen, and we will absolutely live in a world where critical decisions directly and indirectly affecting all but the #elite will be #automated.
Not only were #Huxley, #Orwell, and others prescient, so too was #Kafka.
A #surreal new world dawns.
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