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

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[MagnarTheGreat]

T-Mobile’s Scam Shield Technology Fought Off 19 Billion Scam Calls in 2023

Earlier today, T-Mobile released its third annual Scam and Robocall report. In this report, the Un-carrier took a look at the number of reported scam calls in 2023 as well as the trends related to such calls. A recent report showed that Americans collectively lost $10 billion to scams in 2023...

www.tmonews.com

 

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AI chatbots are serving up wildly inaccurate election information, new study says

When asked for basics on elections, artificial intelligence tools provided wrong information more than half the time, one analysis found.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat

OpenAI is not so open now, Musk claims, following the closed source release of the company's artificial general intelligence technology under Microsoft.

www.courthousenews.com

 

[Teelie]

T-Mobile’s Scam Shield Technology Fought Off 19 Billion Scam Calls in 2023

Earlier today, T-Mobile released its third annual Scam and Robocall report. In this report, the Un-carrier took a look at the number of reported scam calls in 2023 as well as the trends related to such calls. A recent report showed that Americans collectively lost $10 billion to scams in 2023...

www.tmonews.com

So, going by the number of "scam likely" calls I get on my phone, my work phone, my coworkers phones, etc... 5% of all scam calls?

 

[blueharvest]

Meta set to delete all Oculus account data by end of March

In an email sent to users, Meta announced that it will be deleting all Oculus accounts and the data associated with them by the end of the month. Users are instructed to migrate their Oculus accoun…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Elon Musk: AI will run out of electricity and transformers in 2025

"I've never seen any technology advance faster than this." The chip shortage may be behind us, but AI and EVs are expanding at such a rapacious rate that the world will face supply crunches in electricity and transformers next year, says Elon Musk.

newatlas.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images

Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.

www.bbc.com

AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence is the top immediate risk to the global economy.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Black Trump Supporters Are Being AI-Generated

Trump supporters are creating and sharing photos of the former President with fake Black voters.

gizmodo.com

Microsoft’s Copilot AI Calls Itself the Joker and Suggests a User Self-Harm

The company’s AI chatbot, formerly Bing Chat, told a data scientist that it identified as the Joker character and proceeded to sprout worrying responses.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

AI Outshines Humans in Creative Thinking - Neuroscience News

ChatGPT-4 was pitted against 151 human participants across three divergent thinking tests, revealing that the AI demonstrated a higher level of creativity.

neurosciencenews.com

 

[blueharvest]

U.S. Charges Iranian Hacker, Offers $10 Million Reward for Capture

U.S. Department of Justice unveils charges against an Iranian national for a sophisticated cyber-attack campaign.

thehackernews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Facebook, Instagram outages caused by technical issue, rep says​

https://www.wfla.com/news/national/facebook-instagram-down-during-outage-thousands-affected/amp/

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Says It’s Purging All the AI Trash Littering Its Search Results

The company announced changes to its algorithm to deamplify websites that "feel like they were created for search engines instead of people."

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

House unveils bipartisan bill to ban TikTok

Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter{beacon}  Technology Technology   The Big Story House unveils bipartisan bill to ban TikTok A new bill that aims to ban TikT…

thehill.com

 

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OpenAI says Musk only ever contributed $45M, wanted to merge with Tesla or take control | TechCrunch

OpenAI, the most valuable AI startup, said Wednesday it intends to dismiss all claims made by Elon Musk in a recent lawsuit and suggested that the OpenAI responds to Elon Musk's lawsuit, revealing its funding details and defending its mission and practices.

techcrunch.com

OpenAI shares Elon Musk emails urging startup to raise $1 billion, see Tesla as a cash cow in its early years

Last week, Elon Musk sued OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, alleging breach of contract and unfair competition.

www.cnbc.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

New bill would force TikTok to divest from China, or face US ban

A new bipartisan bill in Congress is giving TikTok an ultimatum: Either sever ties with China, or face a nationwide ban in the U.S.

scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

AI pervades everyday life with almost no oversight. States scramble to catch up

Lawmakers in at least seven states are taking big legislative swings to regulate bias in artificial intelligence

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Artificial Superintelligence Could Arrive by 2027, Scientist Predicts

There may not be AGI yet, but as one of the leading experts in the theoretical field claims, it may get here sooner rather than later.

futurism.com

 

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[squeekness]

I wouldn't trust her opinion on anything.

 

[blueharvest]

More precise understanding of dark energy achieved using AI

A UCL-led research team has used artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to infer the influence and properties of dark energy more precisely from a map of dark and visible matter in the universe covering the last 7 billion years.

phys.org

 

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AI gives Russia, China new tools to divide U.S. society, undermine U.S. image, spies say

Beijing is "moving closer to Moscow's playbook," said the intelligence community's annual threat assessment, and may attempt to influence the 2024 election.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

AI gives Russia, China new tools to divide U.S. society, undermine U.S. image, spies say

Beijing is "moving closer to Moscow's playbook," said the intelligence community's annual threat assessment, and may attempt to influence the 2024 election.

www.nbcnews.com

This is why you don't let Putin do whatever he wants. Appeasement only emboldens dictators.

 

[blueharvest]

U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says

The U.S. government must move “decisively” to avert an “extinction-level threat" to humanity from AI, says a government-commissioned report

time.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

99 Reasons the U.S. Should Not Ban TikTok

As TikTok faces a government reckoning, users flood the internet with their favorite videos.

gizmodo.com