Slopwatch: The Issue Persists, But the Consensus in the Media Changes as Google Enrages It With LLM Plagiarism. . Google is ...

The OSI isn't unaware or apathetic towards our coverage. It's conscious and well aware of it. The OSI also must grapple with ...

"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, ...

Hours ago it started looking like this ("All" means Web search, "AI mode" means slop, not intelligence) ...

"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, ...

It would not be unprecedented to say that data you consider innocuous or useless today would, some day in the future, potentially be used to discriminate against you. That sort of thing happens all ...

That's sort of like appointing Waggener Edstrom as editor in chief of The Register MS. The previous editor of this publisher has meanwhile taken a job at GAFAM US. Stay classy.

LLMs as Attack Method Against Free Software and Programming. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2025, updated Aug 01, 2025. DDoS in "hey hi" (slop) clothing, set aside Microsoft ...

Search "Google News" (Gulag Noise) for almost anything Microsoft-related and what will you get? Paid-for spam for Office and Windows in IDG, though now there is even a fake article (they call it ...

There are things one can obey (the law for example) because it is common sense, but at the same time adopting a "lifestyle" recommended by "the system" isn't obligatory. People need to think "Outside ...

Remember what we said an hour ago about "Microsoft says" articles? That's not a problem that's limited to Microsoft. The "says" (or "sez") phenomenon extends to Microsoft's Scam Altman and Kapo-berg, ...

Google is attacking information, replacing it with low-grade "fast food". This is a disaster long in the making; all of GAFAM participate in it, including Apple. At least Apple admitted slop was ...