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

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TikTok And The U.S. Face Off In Court Over Law That Could Lead To Ban On The Popular Platform

The legal battle is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.huffpost.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Instagram Is Moving All Teens Into More Restrictive Accounts

Instagram's new Teen Accounts aim to curb access to harmful content and prevent mindless scrolling.

lifehacker.com

 

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Is AI the cure to doctor burnout?

Is generative AI the cure to doctor burnout that will allow physicians to focus on what matters most—their patients?

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

AI Junk Is Coming for Your YouTube Feed

Google's 2024 Made on YouTube event introduced a number of new AI-powered features for creatives, including the ability to generate whole videos from just a prompt.

lifehacker.com

 

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OpenAI Threatening to Ban Users for Asking Strawberry About Its Reasoning

Try to dig too deeply into how "Strawberry," the latest ChatGPT AI model, and OpenAI will threaten you with a ban.

futurism.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Here is what's illegal under California's 8 (and counting) new AI laws | TechCrunch

California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state's legislature

techcrunch.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

FTC Agrees Social Media and Streaming Services Surveil People

Shocking.

www.howtogeek.com

 

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LinkedIn has stopped grabbing UK users' data for AI | TechCrunch

The U.K.'s data protection watchdog has confirmed that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has stopped processing user data for AI model training for now. Stephen

techcrunch.com

 

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California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law making it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental consent.

apnews.com

 

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted GPT-4 "kind of sucks," and now we learn the AI model consumes up to 3 water bottles to generate a mere 100 words

OpenAI's GPT-4 model consumes enough water to quench your thirst for a day to generate 100 words.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Lily Adler]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted GPT-4 "kind of sucks," and now we learn the AI model consumes up to 3 water bottles to generate a mere 100 words

OpenAI's GPT-4 model consumes enough water to quench your thirst for a day to generate 100 words.

www.windowscentral.com

Jesus! AI could literally kill our planet.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Jesus! AI could literally kill our planet.

For fake trash and spyware.

 

[blueharvest]

‘It’s not a solution for teen girls like me’: Instagram’s new under-18 rules met with skepticism

Meta’s changes include making teen accounts private and ‘limiting sensitive content’. Many say it’s not enough

www.theguardian.com

 

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FTC head Lina Khan fighting Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Groceries as trustbuster

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has gone after some of the biggest companies in the U.S. Under President Biden, the FTC has cracked down on big companies they say are hurting consumers.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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AI tool that can do '81 years of detective work in 30 hours' trialled by police

The tool being tested by Avon and Somerset Police is one of dozens of "ground-breaking" innovations that could soon be rolled out across the UK.

news.sky.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI: The 'Next Wave' of Storytelling

Filmmaker James Cameron joined the board of directors of Stability AI on Tuesday, saying its the "next wave" of storytelling.

www.thewrap.com

James Cameron wants Skynet now. He wants the torment nexus.

Enormous amounts of energy and water are expended for this generator of fakery and spyware. Millions in stolen labor.

He was last seen bashing people who think his movie remasters look like hot garbage. Rumor has it that AI was used.

Artists’ lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney gets more punch

A number of other suits are still pending.

www.theverge.com

Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators

The court declined to dismiss copyright infringement claims against the AI companies. The order could implicate other firms that used Stable Diffusion, the AI model at issue in the case.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Lily Adler]

AI Junk Is Coming for Your YouTube Feed

Google's 2024 Made on YouTube event introduced a number of new AI-powered features for creatives, including the ability to generate whole videos from just a prompt.

lifehacker.com

Coming? I've been getting old meme videos with AI narration and those AI trailers for almost a year now.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Coming? I've been getting old meme videos with AI narration and those AI trailers for almost a year now.

Yeah there’s been fake AI videos at least since the pandemic started. The difference is now that Google themselves is pushing the creation of fake videos because engagement means more money for them they believe.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity

Emails, documents, and other untrusted content can plant malicious memories.

arstechnica.com

 

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Hollywood is coming out in force for California’s AI safety bill

SAG-AFTRA has emerged as a major AI regulation voice.

www.theverge.com