jimmy@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agoMassive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impactedmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1384arrow-down1external-linkMassive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impactedmashable.comjimmy@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryantown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up165·16 days agoCharacter.ai being mentioned in the same line is a sign of the times.
minus-squaresimple@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·16 days agoThe people yearn for the digital anime waifus
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-216 days agoWhen you stop using a search engine and use AI-generated responses for everything, I guess having your LLM backends go down could qualify as having a disruptive functional impact.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoA disruption to disfunctional search engines does not sound bad.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·16 days agoIf you’re not running your waifu on a local machine she’s just a digital prostitute.
minus-squareinsomniac20k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoThe one downvote on this comment makes it like 20x funnier
minus-squareZeroCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·16 days agoWell, the actual headline is: Massive internet outage: Google services, Cloudflare, Spotify all down, users report Character.ai is only mentioned in the lengthy list of services that are down.
minus-squareryantown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 days ago Massive internet outage reported: Google, Cloudflare, Twitch all down It even swapped in Twitch when I read it at the time. Headlines be changing.
minus-squareUli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoAnd when I went there, it said Google, Cloudflare, and Frank’s Dildo Emporium all down, like of all the random sites, why pick FDE?
minus-squareUli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoIt’s a joke. I don’t think there’s really a website called Frank’s Dildo Emporium. But if there is, lmk.
minus-squaremelroy@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·16 days agoStill a very important service for many people who are alone.😢
minus-squareThe_Worst@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 days agoWhat is character.ai? Have I been living under a stone? When I visit the page I have to log in just to learn what it is?
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days ago… What’s ERP? Or don’t I want to know?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·16 days agoMy front-line guess is “Erotic Role Play” but I am not familiar with character.ai
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·16 days agoEnterprise resource planning
minus-squareblargle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoThat’s how I read it too at first- and as bad as ‘erotic role play’ with a LLM chatbot sounds, the other one is so much horribly worse.
Character.ai being mentioned in the same line is a sign of the times.
The people yearn for the digital anime waifus
When you stop using a search engine and use AI-generated responses for everything, I guess having your LLM backends go down could qualify as having a disruptive functional impact.
A disruption to disfunctional search engines does not sound bad.
If you’re not running your waifu on a local machine she’s just a digital prostitute.
The one downvote on this comment makes it like 20x funnier
Well, the actual headline is:
Character.ai is only mentioned in the lengthy list of services that are down.
It even swapped in Twitch when I read it at the time. Headlines be changing.
And when I went there, it said Google, Cloudflare, and Frank’s Dildo Emporium all down, like of all the random sites, why pick FDE?
Ai? Or a catch headline
It’s a joke. I don’t think there’s really a website called Frank’s Dildo Emporium. But if there is, lmk.
Still a very important service for many people who are alone.😢
What is character.ai? Have I been living under a stone? When I visit the page I have to log in just to learn what it is?
It’s LLMs for ERP
… What’s ERP? Or don’t I want to know?
I put on my robe and wizard hat
My front-line guess is “Erotic Role Play” but I am not familiar with character.ai
Enterprise resource planning
Erotic resource planning
That’s how I read it too at first- and as bad as ‘erotic role play’ with a LLM chatbot sounds, the other one is so much horribly worse.