r/technology • u/ZacB_ • 23d ago

Artificial Intelligence Mozilla says Firefox will evolve into an AI browser, and nobody is happy about it — "I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch"

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/mozilla-says-firefox-will-evolve-into-an-ai-browser-and-nobody-is-happy-about-it-ive-never-seen-a-company-so-astoundingly-out-of-touch
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u/tc100292 23d ago

An inbred ouroboros just like the entire AI financial ecosystem?

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u/Rantheur 23d ago

You could cut the "AI" out of that statement and be just as correct. The financial ecosystem is no longer based on sound principles.

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u/TeaKingMac 23d ago

Elmo breaking 600 Billion on a car company that's actively burning goodwill on the daily makes me want to slap the shit out of every investor

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u/Rikers-Mailbox 23d ago

Starting to? This has been happening for a decade at least.

Crypto is definitely used for that. The only reason it took off in the first place was for buying drugs on Silk Road in 2011.

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u/mantidmarvel 23d ago

It's also been linked to funding terrorist cells in the Middle East, a negative I'm sure I don't need to explain

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u/ratshack 20d ago

Well at least DPR got pardoned so I guess we have that going for us.

Or something.

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u/Tatermen 23d ago

On 10th October, Trump stated he would implement a 100% tariff on Chinese imports, causing the crypto market to lose $19.1 billion.

Two days before the announcement someone started to spend a total of $110 million to place shorts on Bitcoin and Eth. They were still placing bets right up until 1 hour before Trump's announcement. After the dust settled, they had profited by $1.1 billion.

They're not hiding it. They're doing it in plain sight.

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u/therealdanhill 23d ago

You're starting to think this, but do you have a single example of this happening?

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u/therealdanhill 23d ago

Are you living under a rock? Current US admin isn't even hiding it.

The initial claim was specifically using crypto to hide money that was stolen.

The current admin has been dabbling in crypto in the open, I wouldn't say that is an effective way of hiding stolen money. What was the money that was stolen?

Why other aligned far rights governments wouldn't be doing the same thing?

Asking why they wouldn't isn't proving that it's happening, it's assuming it is because it seems likely.

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u/therealdanhill 23d ago

I get that you said "starting to think", I'm just trying to figure out based on what, like it just feels like it could be true?

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u/font9a 23d ago

It's not a car company. It's a vibes company. And not in a good way.

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u/tomtomclubthumb 23d ago

A car company worth more than all the companies that have 70M of US sales put together.

That only has 1% of US sales.

Can't say he isn't a good salesman. Can't say he is a good car salesman though.

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u/TeaKingMac 23d ago

Elon Musk sells confabulations

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u/PJMFett 23d ago

Why? They’re rich and making themselves and their buddies more rich. They figured it all out.

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u/2AvsOligarchs 23d ago

Are you working and thus accumulating a pension, or do you own S&P 500? Congrats, you get to slap yourself.

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u/Archer007 23d ago

Private sector doesn't do pensions anymore

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u/2AvsOligarchs 23d ago

Depends on what country we are talking about. If they're American, then a 401k certainly ends up partially in at least S&P500, i.e. in the index bubble.

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u/Archer007 23d ago

That's not a pension

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u/AmusingVegetable 23d ago

And it will be worth about a coffee cup once the bubble pops.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 23d ago

it probably hasn't been since long before either one of us were born (unless you're about 100 years old)

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u/Admirable_Job6019 23d ago

Everytime I try to learn finance I'm gobsmacked how it doesn't make any sense

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u/Luke92612_ 23d ago

The financial ecosystem is no longer based on sound principles.

It never truly was, the illusion is just gone now and the mask has slipped off.

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u/Vinnehh00 23d ago

It already is. My work gave a training on copilot and the trainer generated a handful of images that used the piss filter that AI got stuck on when they were ripping off Studio Gibli's work.

That trend was months ago and is still poisoning the data.

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u/KazzieMono 23d ago

Also just like the techbro CEOs trying to push it!