The Godot Foundation will stop accepting AI-authored code, agent-submitted pull requests, and AI-generated text in contributor communications after maintainers were overwhelmed by low-effort submissions. "It is time for us to recognize that these problems aren't going away and therefore we need to take steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while ensuring we still have a pipeline to mentor new contributors to become future maintainers," the Godot Foundation said in a blog post. Contributors may still use AI for limited "menial things" if they disclose it, but humans must understand, own, and be able to fix the code they submit. PC Gamer reports: The Foundation says the pileup of Godot pull requests pending review isn't all bad: It's a sign that interest in using and contribution to Godot is increasing. But the influx of contributions authored or submitted by AI is sapping the projects' maintainers of their willingness to confront the "already tedious" work of reviewing pull requests. "If your feedback on PRs is just being absorbed by a machine and not going towards mentoring a potential future maintainer, it becomes much harder to justify spending your free time on PR review," the Foundation said.

As the problem becomes increasingly unsustainable, the Godot Foundation says it's in the process of updating its contribution policies, focusing on "adding barriers to low-effort slop" contributions, encouraging maintainers to review code, developing new contributors into future maintainers, and crucially, requiring that all contributions come from humans who are accountable for their code -- and fixing it if it fails. "AI cannot take responsibility, and we can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it," the Foundation said.

The Foundation says we can expect Godot's contributing policy to soon include explicit rejections of AI-authored code, noting that contributors should only use AI assistance for "menial things" and must disclose its use. Additionally, the Foundation will reject any AI-generated text in human-to-human communications, saying it's "a basic principle of respect" -- though it says machine translations "are still acceptable" if the original text was human-authored. "Things change every day with respect to the current suite of AI tools available," the Foundation said. "We will continue taking a conservative approach in our policies towards them, but we will re-evaluate as things evolve."

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Meta is introducing a subscription for expanded access to advanced smart-glasses features. According to Wired, "[U]sers will need the Meta One Premium Plan to unlock expanded access to some features for their smart glasses, whether it's the Ray-Ban, Oakley, or Meta-branded version." They'll still be usable with a subscription, but "certain features will be limited," the report says. From the report: Specifically, a feature called Conversation Focus, which boosts the audio of the person you're speaking with so you can hear them better in loud environments. You'll get three hours per month without a subscription, but if you want to use it more often, then you'll need to pay up. Though even then, you're still capped at 15 hours. Subscribing also nets you "Premium Device Support," where you'll get faster access to what Meta says are "human experts" trained on the smart glasses' features, should any problems arise. Guess humans are better at some things after all.

A Meta spokesperson tells WIRED that this is "not an AI rate limit." Rate limits are common on other AI platforms -- users get free access to a feature until they hit a certain cap, then they'll need to subscribe to use it more until the limit resets at the end of the month. However, the Conversation Focus feature runs on-device, meaning it doesn't need to head to Meta's servers for AI processing. There's no real-time way to monitor how many hours you've used Conversation Focus, but you'll receive a notification when you get near the limit.

"The subscription supports that ongoing work and gives power users expanded access along with premium device support," the spokesperson says. "We're going to start testing new optional subscription plans that offer more premium features and advanced capabilities for those who want to unlock more from our apps and AI glasses."

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OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, potentially alongside similar contributions from other major AI companies. "Such a deal would help improve the industry's relations with the Trump administration and could help garner political support by sharing wealth generated by the AI boom with the public," reports The Guardian. From the report: [OpenAI CEO Sam Altman] and other OpenAI bosses have suggested that each of the biggest AI developers in the US should give 5% to their equity to an investment vehicle such as the Alaska Permanent Fund, a sovereign fund that invests US oil wealth into stocks and pays dividends to the state, the FT reported.

The talks are "conceptual" and in early stages, it said, and any deal could require an act of Congress to implement. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have previously suggested in policy papers that a public or sovereign wealth fund may be required in the future to distribute shares to the public. In April, OpenAI said that a "public wealth fund" could provide "every citizen -- including those not invested in financial markets -- with a stake in AI-driven economic growth." Further reading: Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Plan To Give Americans Control of AI Industry

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature -- which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number -- is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing scrutiny from security experts and regulators in India, the app's largest market, with more than 500 million users. The rollout marks a shift in how people identify one another on WhatsApp. Instead of relying on phone numbers as the primary identifier, users will increasingly interact through platform-managed usernames, a change that Meta says improves privacy but that critics argue could create new opportunities for impersonation.

[...] Asked about how it protects against impersonation, Meta told TechCrunch it reserves usernames for public figures, government entities, and "some variations" of those names so only the legitimate owner can claim them. The company did not explain, however, how it decides which lookalike usernames get proactively reserved and which don't. The concerns have already reached regulators in India, where cyber fraud schemes frequently exploit messaging platforms to impersonate police, banks, and government officials. [...] Rachel Tobac, chief executive of SocialProof Security, called usernames a net privacy gain because they reduce the need to share phone numbers, which can expose users to SIM-swap attacks, phishing, and account takeovers. Still, she said, lookalike usernames still create opportunities for impersonation. "Ultimately, usernames are a great idea to avoid leaking your phone number to folks you don't know, but it's important to verify identity with the username function too," Tobac told TechCrunch. Her advice for most users: Pick a username that isn't easily guessable, so it's harder for attackers to find you, message you cold, or harass and spam you.

[...] The Mozilla Foundation said the introduction of usernames is likely to bring new tradeoffs. "Increased scams and impersonation from fake handles are potentially a big one," it told TechCrunch. "Checking a phone number can be a useful verification tool, but these harms are also permitted by the platform's fundamental design choices." Mozilla also flagged a broader interoperability question -- one worth logging if you're building on top of, or competing with, Meta's ecosystem. While letting users claim their existing Facebook and Instagram usernames may cut down on impersonation, it also shows how easily Meta can stitch identity together across its own apps, even as users still can't take that identity, or their contacts, to a rival platform. For now, WhatsApp says it is taking a gradual approach to the rollout. "We're taking our time and listening to feedback so that when it rolls out later this year we get it right," the company said in its FAQ.

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Mercedes' George Russell has reflected on his confidence levels ahead of the British Grand Prix as the title fight continues to heat up.

Mercedes driver George Russell could not arrive in better form to his home race at Silverstone, the Briton securing his first win since the season opener in Australia last time out in Austria. It wasn’t just the result that was important, but more the wonders his performance has done for his confidence, having endured a string of defeats to sophomore team mate Kimi Antonelli.

Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar have given their verdicts on how they think Red Bull will perform this weekend in the British Grand Prix after a recent upturn in form.

Following another tough weekend in Austria, Charles Leclerc has outlined his expectations for Ferrari’s performance at the British Grand Prix.

Kimi Antonelli faced some setbacks in Barcelona and Austria, but the Mercedes driver is confident that he can take the learnings forward ahead of the British Grand Prix weekend.

There have been plenty of memorable off-track moments at Silverstone – here are some of the most viral from previous Grands Prix.

Lewis Hamilton has been looking ahead to what might be possible at his home event, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone – a track at which he has experienced record-breaking success.

Het WK zit erop (voor ons) en eigenlijk zouden we Ronald Koeman wel een nieuwe 4K beamer + scherm gunnen, aangezien hij binnenkort lekker veel thuis zit. Nu wil het toeval dat wij van Kabelshop.nl een 4K beamer en een opblaasbaar scherm mogen weggeven! We gaan die spulletjes natuurlijk niet aan Koemannetje geven, geld zat, maar aan een van jullie: een van onze trouwe Premium Leden hiero in het StamCafé. En wie kent onze community nou beter dan onze eigen community zelf? Daarom hebben we samen met Kabelshop een UNIEKE winactie bedacht: jullie mogen zélf kiezen wie beamer & opblaasbaar scherm krijgt. Jullie kennen elkaar tenslotte zo goed. Ga maar met elkaar in overleg, overtuig elkaar maar, of kies een groepsleider, misschien is er wel een Reaguurder die de spullen goed kan gebruiken, je mag ook een pleidooi houden voor jezelf, zie maar. We lezen mee in de comments en dan maken we maandag de winnaar bekend. En o ja, Premium Lid worden is sowieso een goed idee: je steunt GeenStijl, je maakt (zoals nu) kans op leuke hebbedingetjes, je mag meepraten in de StamCafés én je krijgt toegang tot de GeenStijl Premium Podcast met Timon & Talitha!

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Gedoe in Groningen. Dat heb je vaak, en wat je dan ook vaak hebt, is dat de hier ter redactie (en ter redactie van de zeloten van Pointer) bekende Driekus Vierkant zich er diametraal tegenaan bemoeit. Nu dit weer. "Komen er nieuwe kerncentrales in Groningen of in Zeeland? Dat is de grote vraag nu voor het kabinet twee locaties zijn overgebleven: De Eemshaven of Terneuzen. De Zeeuwen lijken er voorzichtig voor open te staan, maar de Groningers absoluut niet", meldt Met Het Oog Op Morgen, de blik van de Randstad. Maar is dat wel zo? Driekus dook in de enquêteresultaten en in de berichtgeving tot aan metadatalevel aan toe (kalm aan Sherlock, red.) en vond dat het met "absoluut" reuze meevalt. Sterker nog, het lijkt haast wel alsof de lokale politiek en media vooral heel erg graag willen dat er geen draagvlak is. Wat gek is, want er gaat niets boven kernenergie. En in het kader van de constructieve journalistiek komt hij ook nog met een plan! "Geef Groningers en hun bedrijven stroom tegen kostprijs plus, en geef de regio een aandeel met dividend op de export naar de rest van het land. Dan schiet die 51 procent draagvlak moeiteloos richting 75. De vraag is niet of Groningen het zich kan permitteren een kerncentrale toe te laten. De vraag is of het zich kan permitteren die kans te laten lopen, omdat het te druk was met klagen. Zet de draagvlakmachine uit. En begin met de hand die er het hardst aan draait: de eigen." BINDENDE LEESTIP derhalve.

Welcome to the LGBTQIA+ News Post for July 1, 2026. I know I've been gone for a while from posting, but life has been very difficult. No clouds in my stones, let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank..

The Bad News The United States Supreme Court, in the cases of Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., has ruled that state laws creating bans on transgender students playing in sports leagues that match their gender presentation are upheld. One of the implications is that Title IX equality requirements should be based on apparent gender as determined at birth and not by gender presentation. The judgement went 6-3, with the decision being written by Brent Kavanaugh, with additional concurring opinions written by Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. The three dissenting justices had their dissent written by Justice Sotomayor. The entire opinion can be read at this link. Kavanaugh finished his opinion with this bit of 'please don't kill me' drivel:

"We emphasize one last point. Most of the biological female and transgender student-athletes who are involved in transgender sports disputes around the country are teenagers or in their early twenties. Those student-athletes want to play sports. Their desire to compete warrants respect. No student-athlete on either side of the issue, whether a biological female or transgender, deserves to be ostracized or vilified.

Thomas's concurrence actually approves of conversion therapy, using in it the sentence:

"Because "gender dysphoria" is a mutable mental state that is the object of psychiatric treatment [emphasis mine], it does not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny— race, sex, or national origin."

Gorsuch's concurrence specifically states, flat out, that Bostock support the decision:

Second, Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U. S. 644 (2020), supports, not undermines, the Court's conclusion. There, Cite as: 609 U. S. ____ (2026) GORSUCH, J., concurring 3 we faced the question whether firing an employee for being homosexual or transgender amounted to "discriminat[ion] . . . because of . . . sex" in violation of Title VII. Id., at 650– 651, 655 (internal quotation marks omitted). In answering that question, we took two things as given. One, everyone agreed that firing an employee counts as "discrimination" in violation of Title VII if done because of sex. See id., at 681. Two, we read the word "sex" in Title VII to refer to biological sex. Id., at 655. Given all that, the only issue we had to resolve was whether discriminating against individuals for being homosexual or transgender qualifies as discrimination "because of " their biological sex. We held that it does. The statutory phrase "because of " does not require biological sex to be the only cause animating discrimination. Instead, that phrase merely requires biological sex to be one such cause. Id., at 656–659. And, as we detailed in our opinion, discriminating against a person for being homosexual or transgender necessarily entails discriminating against that person at least in part because of his biological sex. Id., at 660.*

Justice Sotomayor's dissent includes this little bit of brilliant commentary:

In either event, because unresolved factual questions prevent the Court from assessing the merits of B. P. J.'s equal protection claim at this time, the Court should allow the District Court to address those factual questions in the first instance. Yet in an opinion unencumbered by fact or law, the majority today cuts off that process prematurely, deciding instead that B. P. J.'s case must end now.

The killer of transgender University of Washington student Juniper Blessing has been found incompetent to stand trial and has been ordered to undergo competency restoration treatments in order for him to stand trial. The state of Florida has two of his congressional reps, Randy Fine and Greg Steube (both of who are rabidly homophobic and transphobic) writing letters to two bodies that oversee Irish dance organizations in the US, claiming (I shit you not) that having a trans girl competing should not be allowed because she has a biological edge. They cite no science. The Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier has threatened legal action against the competition in Orlando they are complaining about, along with the aforementioned letters. The bar is buried in the crust of the Earth, and these three fucksticks are renting drilling equipment for digging. Professional jackass and multiply-indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has walked back his previous support and now calls for restrictions on IVF fertility treatments. I mean, as long as those 'restrictions' are on the doctors not being shitty people, I could almost agree with him, a phrase that makes me nauseous. (This is also happening as he is seen jetting off to Iceland with his alleged mistress after campaigning on "Christian Values".) In Kansas, a transgender woman, Kris Ripper, was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. The reason: after updating her license after last year's Kansas law requiring sex on birth certificate on your driver's license, she updated it. When she was stopped for driving in the rain without headlights (they turned off automatically and she was unaware), she was pulled over, and the officer in question questioned if her license was real because he believed that she did not appear to be male, as the license stated. No citation was issued at the time of the stop; she received a failure to appear notice afterwards. The charges have, thankfully, been dropped. Sad News Transgender Filipino-American Kataluna Enriquez, the first openly transgender woman to participate in the Miss USA Pageant, was in an automobile accident and hospitalized for two weeks. Best wishes for her recovery. It was determined that actress Daveigh Chase, best known for her voice acting as Lilo in Lilo and Stitch and Chihiro in the dubbed version of Spirited Away, as well as performance in the US remake of The Ring as the murderous ghost Samara, had died of complications from AIDS, including sepsis and bacterial meningitis. She also had been homeless before her death, and was a drug user. Drag queen Jade Sotomayor (no known relation to the Supreme Court Justice), who participated in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race, has reportedly been involved in a severe car accident and remains in critical condition. The Good News A federal judge in California has ruled that the Justice Department likely cannot lawfully obtain confidential medical records identifying transgender minors who received gender-affirming care at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The entire decision can be read at this link. Another federal judge, this one in DC, has certified a class of transgender service members and prospective service members for the purposes of a suit against the Orange Shit's ban on trans people serving in the military. The State of New Jersey previously had executive orders in place to protect its trans residents, which the new governor, Mikie Sherrill, affirmed she would continue. But executive orders can be revoked by a governor. Well, as of today, through the passing of two bills, the State of New Jersey has just passed a transgender shield law. Gov. Pritzker of Illinois signed three Trans Rights bills into law, and then went to march in a Pride parade. The deeply divisive, controversial Senatorial candidate from Maine, Graham Platner, has come forward to pledge to protect trans kids at the Portland Pride March. He stated "If people want to come after me and say, 'It's a bad thing that you think people should be free and equal and treated with dignity,' let them make that argument. That's the argument of a fascist. That's the argument of a bigot. And if fascists and bigots hate me, then I welcome that." (While he admits that he's had a really problematic history talking about the LGBTQIA+ community, he also has said, "Today I find that stuff abhorrent, and I am sorry that I ever used it.") For a while, it seemed that Mayor Zohran Mamdani of NYC was going to help trans adults in the city, but avoiding ticking off the idiots in DC. Well, that's changed, as he's going to give $15 million for trans youth care. The Daughters of the American Revolution have gotten a bit more revolutionary by voting to not exclude transgender women from membership. The announcement includes the phrase, "Transgender Americans are patriots, family members, volunteers, historians, and descendants of Revolutionary War ancestors just like anyone else." The child of neo-Nazi Derek Black, close friend of David Duke, has released a book entitled The Klansman's Son, and in that book has come out as transgender. The article deadnames her; she is using the name Adrienne now. In Hungary, tens of thousands of people turned out for the first Pride celebration in Budapest in years after the electoral loss of Viktor Orbán. While there was a march last year for Pride, it was a protest march, not a celebratory one. Boldog Pride-ot! The Cinnamon Roll Report Zendaya has stated that the thing that got her falling in love with Tom Holland was his appearance of Lip Synch Battle performing "Umbrella". Apparently, it was his confidence that sent her swooning. (You can see her falling in the video. It's brilliant.) Be well, friends. If you have news I missed or you want to share your personal triumphs, bring them here! Let us know your joys, so that we can offset the sadness and horror. When the sun shine, we shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said "I'll always be your friend" Took an oath, I'ma stick it out 'til the end Now that it's rainin' more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella

Het Nederlands elftal is uitgeschakeld op het WK voetbal, maar Schiedam kan nog altijd juichen voor Kaapverdisch international Sidny Lopes Cabral. Hij overleefde met Kaapverdië de groepsfase. Zaterdag staat de wedstrijd tegen wereldkampioen Argentinië van Lionel Messi op het programma: "We moeten proberen hem te stoppen."

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Starmer claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobs

Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures.

The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence investment to revamp the country’s armed forces and boost British manufacturing.

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The president made $2.2bn last year, with plenty of help from his own political decisions. This is called corruption, folks

• People in the US: share your views on Trump’s earnings in his second term

In financial disclosures released on Tuesday, Trump reported earning more than $1bn last year from his several cryptocurrency ventures.

All told – including other parts of his vast holdings, such as his real estate assets – Trump made at least $2.2bn last year, as opposed to the roughly $622m his businesses raked in in 2024, before he returned to the presidency.

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Something for the digital crate-diggers: The 40 Best Albums From the Last 40 Years That You Probably Didn’t Hear (But Should’ve). I’d only heard of one or two these…

BARCELONA (ANP) - De deelnemers aan de Tour de France zijn voor de Sagrada Família in Barcelona gepresenteerd aan duizenden wielerfans. Tijdens de anderhalf uur durende presentatie kwamen alle renners langs, met de ploeg UAE Team Emirates van viervoudig winnaar en titelverdediger Tadej Pogačar als laatste.

De Nederlandse ploeg Visma-Lease a Bike, met tweevoudig winnaar Jonas Vingegaard, kwam als voorlaatste het podium voor de Sagrada Família op. De wereldberoemde basiliek vormde het centrum van de ploegenpresentatie. De renners kwamen aanrijden over de Avinguda de Gaudí vanaf het fraaie voormalige ziekenhuis Sant Pau.

Onder anderen de Spaanse zangeressen Sílvia Pérez Cruz en Lia Kali traden op.