There has been much research in recent months making LLMs give helpful and useful information. Unfortunately it is often wrong or inaccurate. Today I show how some simple tasks for radio amateurs are given back with incorrect information in Claude, ChatGPT and Bing AI assistant:
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Laravel is generally known to be compatible from minor release to minor release, but a recent update breaks many queries and has been reported by several coders!
Continue reading “Laravel update breaks Eloquent queries”Kv4p HT app brings 2-meter Ham Radio to Android Phones
If you have been involved in amateur radio groups you may have noted the new popular kv4p HT project that many have been talking about. This app and USBC-connected radio chip let you use your phone as a small ham radio handheld!
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Days ago, senator Warner reported on the major intrusion on American phone networks. In recent months, the group Salt Typhoon was found to have compromised various systems, including those involved with major political figures.
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AI and tools like ChatGPT and Bing Assistant, Claude etc. may have changed the way we work in many industries. I just recently found that asking obscure programming questions give some surprisingly useful or halfway working responses in Microsoft Bing assistant. But will it be what some consider an AGI – a general intelligence to match human thought or ingenuity?
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Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by the recent storms on the US West coast. Recently some live streams have highlighted the good work by the ham radio repeater operators and emergency nets:
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The Panhandle preparedness expo is coming up next weekend! What will you find at the preparedness expo?
Continue reading “Coming up at Panhandle Preparedness Expo!”Last day for SoME Voting!
If you have been participating in Summer of Math Exposition voting, remember this is the last full day of voting for the phase-2 voting portion of the contest!
Continue reading “Last day for SoME Voting!”Ranked-choice (Instant-runoff) Voting, Interactive Demo
In recent years some voters have been increasingly unsatisfied with two-party systems in USA. In 2016, neither of the two party candidates could get a majority of votes of the American people. In 2000, one third party candidate ended up making a big difference in the total, because as in most voting systems, one can only vote for one person for each position.
Continue reading “Ranked-choice (Instant-runoff) Voting, Interactive Demo”Recent Outages Highlight Need for Ham Radio, Multiple Emergency Communications.
Earlier this month, both AT&T and Verizon had a texting and calling cell phone outage – even the FCC noted that this was happening in multiple states! Similar issues have happened in February and at other times. In the recent New Mexico, 29 out of 113 cell towers were down and this is a common issue among areas with natural disasters. This highlights the need for other channels of communication, even when you are in town and normally have a working cell phone:
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