But only as it seems.

EU fines is a ladder system. First offence it can be around the 600m. Next one is % of their income worldwide (not profit).

Should they hit hard on the first offence? Maybe, but getting the first strike is not fun either with how this system works.

Im curious as how it makes it finacially impossible for improvements by actual translators?

And what improvements do you mean?

Okay, real talk guys. If there’s one thing LLM’s actually CAN do, its language and translation. The best ones are also great at context.

You sound a bit like people yelling at companies for laying off typewriter manufactures when the computer came along.

And we are in the technology community…

For sure. Their decision about OpenStreetMaps seems pretty wise.

Imagine if we end up a place, where this tarrif shitshow actually ends up with EU and the world being independent from big tech corps on Maps, Office (Word, Excel), Windows etc.

Sometimes all we need is a wake up call.

If Mozilla’s programs keep being more privacy friendly than Googles, then no.

If the enshitification continues, yes.

But something is bound to take Mozillas place, if they get worse, and that might be the best scenario.

Aah, the US.

The only place in the world where everyone knows the word ‘communism’ and nobody knows what it is.

Russia and China are not communism btw. :shocked Pikachu:

This is the way.

I for sure also want to access it on my Home Assistant, and it really can save alot of power to automate it. Even going down to 20C in the night, and make it going to 22C before anyone wakes up saves alot in a year.

But stay the fuck out of my data.

They call the product line ‘Nest’, because it’s where their data servers is getting nutrition from.

So Google is telling us, they cant make a product if there are standards or requirements for what they are doing?

That means whatever US customers are buying, theres something in it, that does something illegal in EU.

Same, good to find out though. Good thing is some phone manufatures will now actually have to do something about poor efficiency, if they want to sell more.

I always look at it when buying machines for my home, why not a phone.

How can you hate on smart homes, when it’s a concept in itself with 100 different use cases.

My home cuts of the power for my standby devices when I leave it and nobody’s there. It makes sure everything is locked at night. It literally saves me 100’s on heating.

My light dims and uses less power when the sun is down. Good for the eyes and the bill.

It can run my washing machine when power is cheapest.

So now, if it does all that, making sure less ressources are spent, both money and CO2, and privacy is good, then why on earth you even hate it, let alone have an opinion about it. Why you care?

It goes up if they dont comply. This is first offence since the law came into effect.

Maybe I know nothing, but my VPN always defaults to Netherlands in the EU.

Could it be that its just hosted there through some tunnel VPN or some shit?

I dont know how it works, so maybe its all wrong.

Exactly, and you dont need to be consistent in this case. You set examples for the biggest offenders, and then others would think twice.

Also, you need to qualify as a gate keeper to be in the lime light. EU is going for the biggest, not everyone at once.

And for the Amazon example: they are only big in some EU countries, and its not close to US popularity. They might not be a gate keeper here.

I think you would assume OpenAI and Microsoft had the backing for doing it though.

Great results. Would an AI build for this not be better, or is it just meant as a kind of benchmark for LLMs?

I dont think its irrelevant at all, but this is the Energy Department. They do different work.

EU should add the label you talk about for sure, but this is not the tree to bark at.

They will probably do somewhat the same. They only need battery capacity, idle test and stress test.

No different than any other electronic like washing machines, TVs etc, and then adding battery capacity.

I dont see how the energy label would need that.

Software is a different department, and EU is currently looking at making laws about unlocking the phones for alternative OS software, which seems like a much better approach.