This should go without saying, but don't use company devices for your personal stuff, whether they're private, public, or federal. Somebody is always watching, and some manager with a chip on their shoulder will be more than happy to avail themselves of the bossware inevitably installed on there.
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I’m running one of the R1 models locally on my M1 Max Mac and it can do data extraction way better than other free models that are small enough to run on the same hardware. It’s been a game changer in terms of accuracy and speed.
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The good stuff with no censorship can be only run locally anyway
that's nice.
Go a step further and ban ALL 'AI' from devices.
I mean, anyone remember when DoD banned furbies?
I don't get it. Why would DeepSeek supposedly get more downloads from the app store? It's not like it's any more interesting to consumers than other LLM apps. It was just notable for purportedly being cheaper to train. Something seems fishy.
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Ironic. Spyware gets replaced by other spyware (that is even less energy efficient).
A good AI chatbot is recognised by which authoritarian and capitalist governments want to ban it.
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