Car manufacturers did this but it was usually when the car was going to be a bit of a minger.

100%. Viz, Ferrari Luce: https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/ferrari-luce

Ironically, "luce" means light in Italian

Too bad it runs Windows.

Who knows maybe it runs Microsoft’s version of aluminium os or something :D

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You’re not going to name your bomb “bomb”.

Needless drama.

Never ever trust AI summary cooking instructions. Holy crap.

I made a serious error with that once.

I was searching for reverse sear info and it told me to make sure the steak is at least 37f/3c internally before eating lol

To be fair, being a solid block of ice would impair eatability

(I agree that AI result summaries would be quite handy, if Google's results weren't also so frequently incorrect at a basic or numeric level)

I often use LLMs to suggest recipes based on some criterias, but yes once you decided what you want to cook always go find some non-IA recipes for it

I’ve found video game tips to also be very incorrect hallucinations as well.

Did you add glue to a pizza?

I've directly asked our account manager about it. It's pretty scary that we don't know what automated mechanisms could just cut us off.

I really think Google underestimates the damage they've done to their reputation with these. These incidents are rare, but they're common enough where you can't trust them reliably anymore, and if that's the case, why would you pick them over other vendors?

it's not like they're the only provider, or even the #1

> why would you pick them over other vendors?

Their security track record is pretty exceptional compared to the other two.

There's that "automated action" again. Regardless of the architectural decision, it makes me incredibly uneasy relying on GCP if these types of things can happen.

This could kill a startup. I really don't like Google's automated and silent account murder functionality.

There’s no way this was automated or silent.

The only reasonable explanation is Railway lost control of their estate and something was happening that warranted a group of humans to decide flipping the kill switch was the best of a set of bad alternatives.

You’re giving Google far more credit than they’ve earned.

It's almost certainly one of those Android Store related checks or YouTube account checks. It's why it's best to disable login for the services you don't want your staff messing with on Google Workspace.

you can go on google cloud subreddit and watch horror stories

i actually built a good plan out of those horror stories for my companies.

Pelican and I need an optometrist urgently

The pushback is quite funny. I have found, in my own usage, that I had to evidence my legitimate access to the codebase before it would proceed.