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

[MagnarTheGreat]

Apple reportedly faces €500m fine from EU over music streaming access

Brussels to issue levy after Spotify complained about block on telling users about cheaper alternatives to app store, according to FT

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Could Ohio criminalize ‘deepfakes’? State lawmakers from both parties want a crackdown

One bill proposes criminal penalties. Others would allow victims to sue in civil court.

www.cleveland.com

 

[blueharvest]

House starts bipartisan AI task force to confront ‘current and emerging threats’

The House launched a bipartisan AI task force Tuesday to develop legislation to get ahead of the emerging technology.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

So if America slows down AI development with regulations and places like China and Russia don't isn't that a national security weakness.

Questions like these are why the novie The Creator was underrated. It explored this stuff thoroughly.

 

[blueharvest]

AI-Generated Propaganda Is Just as Persuasive as the Real Thing, Worrying Study Finds

Propaganda from popular AI tools “could blend into online information environments on par with…existing foreign covert propaganda campaigns."

www.vice.com

 

[squeekness]

AI-Generated Propaganda Is Just as Persuasive as the Real Thing, Worrying Study Finds

Propaganda from popular AI tools “could blend into online information environments on par with…existing foreign covert propaganda campaigns."

www.vice.com

This is what frightens me. How can you make a decision if you don't know what is real or not?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

FCC's Homeland Security Bureau investigating massive AT&T cell outage

AT&T says it has restored service to most of its customers after a widespread outage this morning. Learn what it suggests for customers still without service.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Chrome's New Right-Click for AI Tool Will Fill the Web With Robot Writing

The floodgates are open with “Help Me Write” feature that will pump AI into any online text box.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

Avast collected data on location, health concerns, and more.

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

The reported leak of Chinese hacking documents supports experts' warnings about how compromised the US could be

More than 570 documents reported to show Chinese hacking were posted to GitHub last week. Cybersecurity experts say the files look authentic.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[blueharvest]

Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans

The deal will allow the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve products such as online search.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Tests Killing the News

Google's news filter disappeared for several users on Wednesday as the company tested new versions of Search.

gizmodo.com

Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

killedbygoogle.com

 

[blueharvest]

Figure AI humanoid robot unicorn raising roughly $2 billion from Nvidia, Bezos, Microsoft, OpenAI, others: sources | Fortune

Figure AI is raising $675 million in a funding round that carries a pre-money valuation of roughly $2 billion, said people with knowledge of the situation.

fortune.com

 

[blueharvest]

Mark Zuckerberg rejects personal liability in social media addiction suits

Mark Zuckerberg says he can't be held personally liable in lawsuits alleging harm to kids with social media addiction just because he's CEO.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[blueharvest]

Google admits it erred in new AI tool for racial depictions

Google has stopped the use of a new AI tool after users reported false and offensive depictions of people of color.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Why can't AI be programmed to celebrate human diversity instead of a clone of Hitler's brain?

 

[blueharvest]

When Gilded Age lawmakers saved America from plutocracy

And how Biden's team is using their playbook to take on Big Tech.

www.motherjones.com

 

[blueharvest]

Googleâs Gemini Headaches Spur $90 Billion Selloff

Shares of Google parent Alphabet closed at their lowest level Monday since Jan. 5 as concerns swirled about its controversial generative artificial intelligence service.

www.forbes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling Your Data to AI Companies

The parent company of WordPress and Tumblr, Automattic, is planning to sell user data to AI companies like Midjourney and OpenAI. There will be an opt-out option coming soon, but it's not a perfect solution.

lifehacker.com

 

[blueharvest]

Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling Your Data to AI Companies

The parent company of WordPress and Tumblr, Automattic, is planning to sell user data to AI companies like Midjourney and OpenAI. There will be an opt-out option coming soon, but it's not a perfect solution.

lifehacker.com

Troubling but not suprising at this point.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Actor From Willy Wonka Fiasco Says AI-Generated Script Was 'Terrifying for the Kids'

“I paid for Willy Wonka and got Billy Bonkers,” wrote one angry customer.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Actor From Willy Wonka Fiasco Says AI-Generated Script Was 'Terrifying for the Kids'

“I paid for Willy Wonka and got Billy Bonkers,” wrote one angry customer.

gizmodo.com

To be fair, I think it only cost £35 per person, so it's not like it was going to be all that great, anyway.

 

[Teelie]

Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling Your Data to AI Companies

The parent company of WordPress and Tumblr, Automattic, is planning to sell user data to AI companies like Midjourney and OpenAI. There will be an opt-out option coming soon, but it's not a perfect solution.

lifehacker.com

Fortunately I have nothing on them to sell. Increasingly glad I generally avoid social media sites.

 

[blueharvest]

Fortunately I have nothing on them to sell. Increasingly glad I generally avoid social media sites.

I've avoided those two sites, at least. Can't say the same about the others.

 

[blueharvest]

Deep fake political ads draw lawmakers’ attention

State lawmakers are settling on the next best thing: requiring that viewers and listeners be told what they are seeing is not real.

azcapitoltimes.com