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

[MagnarTheGreat]

As AI Battle Lines Are Drawn, Studios Align With Big Tech in a Risky Bet

Experts question why studios aren't siding more with actors and writers and against AI companies to oppose what could constitute the mass pilfering of their closely guarded intellectual property.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Microsoft says there is no room for deepfakes in 2024 elections - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft declares war on deepfake technology. The giant technology company has introduced many tools to protect politicians in particular.

ghacks.net

Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I. (Published 2023)

The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative A.I. tools.

www.nytimes.com

Look everybody, the foxes are guarding the hen house.

 

[squeekness]

That should work out well,lol.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

AI is basically Napster doing song remixes.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices

ISPs say anti-discrimination rule should cover only deployment, not prices.

arstechnica.com

More foxes saying ignore their hen house work.

 

[squeekness]

Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices

ISPs say anti-discrimination rule should cover only deployment, not prices.

arstechnica.com

More foxes saying ignore their hen house work.

How dare they stop us from price gouging!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Microsoft Temporarily Blocked ChatGPT for Employees

The restriction was allegedly a mistake, but Apple and Amazon have blocked ChatGPT for a similar reason.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TikTok Has Canceled Osama bin Laden

Just got word that will shock the world—your problematic fave has been deplatformed.

gizmodo.com

 

[squeekness]

TikTok Has Canceled Osama bin Laden

Just got word that will shock the world—your problematic fave has been deplatformed.

gizmodo.com

Good!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI

Mira Murati will be the interim CEO.

www.theverge.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

He can use ChatGPT to update his resume.

 

[Teelie]

And he already may be back to work Monday as if nothing happened.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Microsoft hires ex-OpenAI leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead new AI team | TechCrunch

Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a "new advanced AI research team," the software conglomerate's chief Satya Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and many of their former OpenAI colleagues will join Microsoft, Satya Nadella said.

techcrunch.com

OpenAI is hiring former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to run company two days after ousting Sam Altman

Following the sudden ouster of Sam Altman as CEO on Friday and a chaotic two days that ensued, OpenAI hired former Twitch head Emmett Shear to run the company.

www.cnbc.com

Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team

Members were moved to other AI projects.

www.theverge.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CEOs of X, Discord, Meta, TikTok and Snap called to testify in Senate child exploitation hearing

A representative for Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said that X and Discord had refused electronic service of subpoenas and that his office had engaged U.S. Marshals to serve them.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Toys that 'spy' on kids are becoming a growing threat, report finds

A report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund found toys that "spy" on children are on the rise in the U.S.

scrippsnews.com

NPR - OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman as its chief executive

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

After OpenAI's Blowup, It Seems Pretty Clear That "AI Safety" Isn't Real

As OpenAI's chaos comes to an end, AI development will never be the same.

gizmodo.com

 

[Teelie]

"AI Safety" is like the TSA, merely security theater meant to give the false impression something is being done when in reality, nothing is.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden proposes ban on cable cord-cutting fees

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a rule to eliminate early termination fees and increase competition among cable and satellite providers.

www.cnbc.com

 

[squeekness]

Biden proposes ban on cable cord-cutting fees

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a rule to eliminate early termination fees and increase competition among cable and satellite providers.

www.cnbc.com

Sounds good to me!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google is the master of fake Privacy features - gHacks Tech News

Google is launching more and more "privacy" products. But do these really benefit the privacy of users?

www.ghacks.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Governments unveil new AI security rules to prevent superintelligence from taking over the world

Companies have to keep data safe

www.tomsguide.com

Meta was accused of irresponsibility towards underage children - gHacks Tech News

The allegations against Meta raise serious concerns about the company's practices and its impact on underage users.

www.ghacks.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Inside U.S. Efforts to Untangle an A.I. Giant’s Ties to China

American spy agencies have warned about the Emirati firm G42 and its work with large Chinese companies that U.S. officials consider security threats.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Fake AI-generated woman on tech conference agenda leads Microsoft and Amazon execs to drop out

Tech executives at Microsoft and Amazon have dropped out of an upcoming software conference after at least one of the women on the agenda turned out to be fake.

apnews.com

Google Caves, Agrees to Pay News Companies for Content in Canada

Google will pay news publishers about $74 million for content shared on its platform.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

ChatGPT just revealed a bunch of personal user data — all it took was this prompt

AI doesn't seem to understand the concept of privacy right now...

www.tomsguide.com

Because it’s spyware. All input you give it or it gathers (either on its own or what the programmers feed it) is exactly what it is trained on.