Post by @ilumium@eupolicy.social

2026-08-30 16:28 UTC

Oh for fuck's sake what is wrong with these people? " #Calibre 9.14 introduces more #AI features, including the ability to generate #book covers using AI with different cover styles such as #romance, #scifi, pulp #fiction, etc., as well as #Anthropic and #Grok backends for #Claude and Grok models..." I love Calibre and have used it for many years but what it needs is a UI facelift, not this. 🤦‍♂️ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-14-open-source-e-book-manager-is-out-with-more-ai-features #genAI #AIslop #foss

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@wod0bow@mastodon.social 2026-08-31 04:49

@ilumium@eupolicy.social We will see more and more LLMs in our lives. I have no issue with that if this LLM is: 1. trained to do specific job and nothing else 2. running on local HW 3. I don't need to use it to use app 4. don't send my data anywhere I understand that this is a directiion of changes and it could be good... if it will be controled and well executed. For example in diagnostics like USG MRI or CT, LLM can help to find changes that human eye (even trained) can overlook.

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@greenman@fosstodon.org 2026-08-30 17:15

@ilumium@eupolicy.social "UI facelift" Yes !!!!!!

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@digitreo@mastodon.social 2026-08-30 18:23

@ilumium@eupolicy.social A UI facelift and a built-in update feature.

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@nethope@triangletoot.party 2026-08-30 18:29

@ilumium@eupolicy.social Keep an eye on https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre

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@coth@social.creatureofthehill.com 2026-08-30 19:12

@ilumium@eupolicy.social Adds an entry to package.mask to avoid ever upgrading to this version :gentoo: Grr. Stop ruining good software :blobcat_ohnoes:

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