🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[blueharvest]

Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU

‘Unpredictable’ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal Llama

www.theguardian.com

Meta releases the biggest and best open-source AI model yet

Mark Zuckerberg is coming for ChatGPT.

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

DOJ claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abo...

abcnews.go.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Regulators consider first federal rule on AI-created political ads

Sidestepping the debate about whether to ban artificial content, the new rule would require political ads made with AI to be disclosed.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Low-income homes drop Internet service after Congress kills discount program

Charter CEO says "customers' ability to pay" a concern after $30 discounts end.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

How Harris and Trump differ on artificial intelligence policy

Artificial intelligence’s growing visibility in everyday life has made it a popular discussion topic but hasn’t yet elevated it to a top election concern for American voters.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Zuckerberg's Vision of the Future: Nothing but AI Slop

You have to imagine the future as a dead-eyed puppet imitating your favorite content creator and spamming your feed, forever.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Microsoft wants Congress to outlaw AI-generated deepfake fraud

Microsoft wants a deepfake fraud statute.

www.theverge.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Microsoft wants Congress to outlaw AI-generated deepfake fraud

Microsoft wants a deepfake fraud statute.

www.theverge.com

But what do they want in return?

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Entertainment Industry Backs Bill to Outlaw AI Deepfakes

SAG-AFTRA and the major studios and record labels have united behind a bill that would create a federal likeness right and outlaw AI deepfakes.

variety.com

 

[blueharvest]

Meta’s future is AI, AI, and more AI

Zuckerberg: ‘At this point, I’d rather risk building capacity before it is needed rather than too late.’

www.theverge.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rabbit Says Former Employee Handed Hacking Collective the Keys to the R1’s Backend

The Rabbit had an outside firm perform a security audit on Rabbit’s AI device and “large action model,” though the hacking group says the report misses the point.

gizmodo.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Meta blames hallucinations after its AI said Trump rally shooting didn’t happen

Meta says it first blocked its AI from answering questions about the shooting but removed the restriction after people noticed.

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights

President Javier Milei creates security unit as some say certain groups may be overly scrutinized by the technology

www.theguardian.com

 

[Teelie]

Easy way to arrest a protester or "enemy of the state" with they "will commit a crime" in the future so go ahead and arrest them now instead of actually proving they did do anything.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights

President Javier Milei creates security unit as some say certain groups may be overly scrutinized by the technology

www.theguardian.com

That’s the system in Minority Report and Psycho-Pass. Put an authoritarian in charge and they come up with ideas just like that.

 

[blueharvest]

DOJ suing TikTok over alleged 'widespread' child privacy violations

The Justice Department accused TikTok and its parent company of unlawfully collecting and retaining data from children in violation of U.S. privacy laws.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

AI music startups say copyright violation is just rock and roll

Suno and Udio are clapping back against their RIAA lawsuits.

www.theverge.com

 

[Lily Adler]

AI creations should be public domain. No company or person can claim an AI creation is their art for they didn't make it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Why the collapse of the Generative AI bubble may be imminent

An update from the person who first called the bubble

garymarcus.substack.com

 

[blueharvest]

OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught

But not doing it could make it look irresponsible.

www.theverge.com

 

[Lily Adler]

OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught

But not doing it could make it look irresponsible.

www.theverge.com

This is why we need to pass legislation to enact regulations on AI and reel in corruption of Big Tech companies like OpenAI and Microsoft.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

This is why we need to pass legislation to enact regulations on AI and reel in corruption of Big Tech companies like OpenAI and Microsoft.

Yeah and we need to do it whether the legislation is perfect or not or offends the NRA-esque tech rights extremist groups.