Protected: Is ChatGPT a “Pathological Liar”? No, Here Is Why (Developing)
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How To Know If AI Is Sentient, Neuroscientists Provide a Checklist
In 2021, Blake Lemoine at Google stirred up a media storm by proclaiming that one of the chatbots he worked on, LaMDA, was sentient—and he subsequently got fired. In fact, most deep learning models are loosely based on the brain’s inner workings. AI agents are increasingly endowed with human-like decision-making algorithms. The idea that machine intelligence could …
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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 …
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Over 170,000 Pirated Works Used to Train Meta’s LLama and Bloomberg AI Models
As AI subsidies continue to flow to big data giants, The Atlantic revealed that that Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Rachel Cusk and Elena Ferrante are among thousands of authors whose pirated works have been used to train artificial intelligence tools. According to an analysis of “Books3” – the dataset harnessed by the firms to build …
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Protected: Youtube Partners With Universal Music On AI Incubator
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Illinois Flood of Class Actions: Twitter, Snap, Tinder, Home Depot Collected, Stored, Used Biometric Data Without Users Consent
A proposed class action lawsuit claims X Corp., which owns and operates Twitter, has wrongfully captured, stored and used Illinois residents’ biometric data, including facial scans, without consent. The suit more specifically alleges that Twitter has run afoul of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by capturing and storing users’ biometric information without notice or express consent …
How Meta Platforms Flopped The Metaverse
When changing it’s name to Meta Platforms (META) in 2021, Facebook was confident to gain significant market share in the metaverse and launched its Reality Labs division which focused the company’s vision of the metaverse on pricy VR goggles that provided half-body avatars and underwhelming immersive experiences cutting users off from their actual reality. Unsurprisingly …
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 …
TikTok Adds Text Posts
With a distinct feel of déjà-vu, comes the next twitter killer or rather x killer thriller. It is definitely an upgrade for TikTok to add more creative features. As a Twitter competitor, however, it may not stand a better chance than Threads due to absence of chronological search. Screen-time and attention are users’ currency, it …
Luis Vuitton Infringes Venezuela Song, Por Alguien Como Tu
Discomoda v. Luis Vuitton – Here is the ad. And, here is the song. Verdict: Yes, I have ears. The song is substantially infringed.