BTW -- these scam videos being made out of short video segments being generated by #Google #AI could easily be made even more convincing. The ones simply fading out between the maximum 8 second video segments could instead insert an "informational graphic" or similar at the junctures, which would make them almost undetectable even to experts. Google isn't the only one creating this nightmare, but they're happily on the path.

#google took down the (centralized) internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJ3PdDmirY

BEWARE of Google AI generated video scams -- eight second segments can be a critical clue!

Fraudsters are now using the new advanced #Google #AI video system to create scam videos (including claiming to be from #YouTube) of humans speaking to camera. These are EXTREMELY convincing. One clue (for now) is that the created videos are often limited to eight second segments. To create longer scam videos, fraudsters are stringing together these segments of no more than eight seconds each, usually with a quick fade between them to mask the discontinuities between the segments.

Google is making life much easier for the fraudsters, but much worse for you.

Dang, it sounds like #Google is really trying to kill #FOSS #Android OSes.

https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/848e13c7-1bcf-49d3-ad75-02055c0b9576

What are my #AOSP peeps planning to do?

If OS updates get a lot slower because of this, I might have to go back to iPhone. 😭🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

#CalyxOS #GrapheneOS #LineageOS #Calyx #GOS #Lineage

UPDATE: This update from the #CalyxOS project helps answer some questions: https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/11/android-16-plans/

It would seem that all Pixel devices will require a lot more work to port Android 16 to. It's not impossible, by any stretch, but Google has absolutely stopped helping the community in any way.

This is very bad news, all around. Not the worst news, by far, but quite bad.