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  • Hacker News: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’

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    Source URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-2023-study-concluded-captchas-are-a-tracking-cookie-farm-for-profit-masquerading-as-a-security-service-that-made-us-spend-819-billion-hours-clicking-on-traffic-lights-to-generate-nearly-usd1-trillion-for-google/ Source: Hacker News Title: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study from UC Irvine critically evaluates Google’s reCAPTCHA v2, highlighting its inefficacy in preventing bot traffic while raising significant privacy concerns. The findings indicate that reCAPTCHA…

  • Chip Huyen: Common pitfalls when building generative AI applications

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    Source URL: https://huyenchip.com//2025/01/16/ai-engineering-pitfalls.html Source: Chip Huyen Title: Common pitfalls when building generative AI applications Feedly Summary: As we’re still in the early days of building applications with foundation models, it’s normal to make mistakes. This is a quick note with examples of some of the most common pitfalls that I’ve seen, both from public case…

  • Hacker News: Supporting Task Switching with Reinforcement Learning

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    Source URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642063 Source: Hacker News Title: Supporting Task Switching with Reinforcement Learning Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses the development and evaluation of a reinforcement learning-based Attention Management System (AMS) designed to improve multitasking performance through autonomous task switching. This novel research addresses critical challenges…