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DOGE Is Replacing Fired Workers With a Chatbot (gizmodo.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency are attempting to enact what some experts have called the “largest job cut in American history“—but don’t worry, these geniuses have a solution to pick up the significant amount of slack caused by letting go of tens of thousands of domain experts and civil servants all at once: a chatbot.

According to Wired, DOGE has given about 1,500 employees at the US General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal real estate and oversees most government contracts, access to a proprietary chatbot called GSAi.

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Mastodon is working to add the controversial 'quote posts' feature | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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MacBooks, Chromebooks lead losers in laptop repairability analysis (arstechnica.com)
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Disney Plus begins crackdown against password sharing (www.techspot.com)
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HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments" (www.techspot.com)
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Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)
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Right-to-repair is now the law in California (www.theverge.com)
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/r/AccidentalRenaissance moderators have all resigned. The subreddit has permanently shut down and moved to Lemmy. (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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AccidentalRenaissance has no active moderators due to Reddit's unprecedented API changes, and has thus been privated to prevent vandalism.

Resignation letters:

Openminded_Skeptic - https://imgur.com/a/WwzQcac

VoltasPistol - https://imgur.com/a/lnHSM4n

We welcome you to join us in our new homes:

https://kbin.social/m/AccidentalRenaissance

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/accidentalrenaissance

Thank you for all your support!

Original post from r/ModCoord