China Internet Court Attributes AI Generated Image Copyright To Human Prompt Creator

On Monday, the Beijing Internet Court held that a human plaintiff prompt is sufficient to invoke copyright protection in a Stable Diffusion generated image, so long as the output qualifies as an “original” work. Copyright is determined on a case by case basis, so this decision is not entirely inconsistent with other AI jurisprudence trends …

AI Voice Cloning Without Consent Is Identity Theft, Human Voice Is A Biometric Identifier

You may have heard by “experts” that “there are no laws” against unauthorized voice cloning. These experts conveniently forget that identity theft is a criminal offense under any jurisdiction in this world. Human voice is a unique biometric identifier linked to human anatomy and identity and soon inextricable from your universal Digital ID. Anyone (yes …

France: iPhone 12 Excedes Radiation Absorption Rate Per Kilo; OS Update May Be A Fix

Smart phone radiation is a thorny issue all over the world, as levels seem to rise with every new model. Yesterday, the French regulator responsible for radio frequencies emissions (ANFR) revealed that according to its latest tests the iPhone12 exceeds the legally allowed Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), and directed Apple to either update its OS …

Meta’s LLama 2 Runs On Open Source

This summer, the AI division of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta unveiled its Llama 2 chatbot. Meta’s approach with Llama 2 contrasts with that of the company OpenAI, which created the AI chatbot ChatGPT, because LLama is open source—meaning that the original code is freely available, allowing it to be researched and modified. This strategy has sparked a vast …

The EU’s Digital Services Act Goes Into Effect, Algorithmic Transparency On The Menu

The revolutionary European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is finally in effect and is poised to free users from algorithmic oppression by increasing their control over the content they view and engage with. This legislation comes as a sharp contrast and departure from the long established immunity set out by US Section 230 of the …

Cybersecurity Threats Of Generative AI

Since April, Terence Jackson, chief security advisor for Microsoft, warned that the privacy policies of platforms like ChatGPT impose the collection of sensitive user data such as IP address, browser information, and browsing activities, which may be shared with third parties. I didn’t pay attention then due to misrepresentations as to the models being “open”. I …

Gonzales v Google Maintains Framework On Section 230 Communications Decency Act

In a disappointing turn of events, SCOTUS declined to look at section 230 in the case at hand that stems from the same ISIS attack in Paris as the one that gave rise to the Twitter v. Taamneh case. The family of a victim killed in the attack sued Google under 18 U. S. C. …

Desjardins Bank Data Leaks and Identity Theft Coverage

I know since yesterday that I am being impersonated by malicious actors who are currently using my ex email rossita@rossitadove.com. Yes, I\’ve been hit with identity theft. I am also a member of the Desjardins class action that recently settled. We are about to receive an initial payout for privacy breach, but members have until …

Why would hackers block email reception to a compromised account? Isn’t that counter-productive?

Today I found out that my main email address has been taken over by malicious actors. After several tests this morning, I can now confirm that the email address is currently impersonated and controlled by someone at Dreamhost, or a third party at the knowledge of employees at Dreamhost. It is possible that their entire …