DataEthics

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We really hope this prediction that everyone is falling out of love with big tech in 2025 and that the alternative truely decentralised movement, where individuals are in control, will gain traction wired.com/story/the-begi…

This is not the first claimed suicide after a relation w a chatbot. It is unethical and should be illegal to make AI human-like. Even though humans know it is not a human some develop feelings (we tend to anthropomorphise) free read nytimes.com/2024/10/23/tec…

As usual, regulation and courts are sooooo slow. We need more companies doing tech responsibly in stead of those who are just doing it and then either ask for forgiveness (e.g in a Senate hearing) or just pay the huge calculated fine afterwards. wired.com/story/googles-…

Ilya told staff tonight that kicking out Sam was the “only path” to do AI right at OpenAI. @anissagardizy8 just spoke to Ilya and he did not want to say more, answered her brusquely. More details on the fallout here: theinformation.com/articles/break…

@rbkayz @gdb 🤦🏼‍♀️ thougth the same

@gdb All that Microsoft money, and they still used 'Google Meet'!? 😅😅

Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today. Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out. We too are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Here is what we know: - Last night, Sam got a text from Ilya asking to talk at noon Friday. Sam joined a Google Meet and the whole board, except Greg, was there. Ilya told Sam he was being fired and that the news was going out very soon. - At 12:19pm, Greg got a text from Ilya asking for a quick call. At 12:23pm, Ilya sent a Google Meet link. Greg was told that he was being removed from the board (but was vital to the company and would retain his role) and that Sam had been fired. Around the same time, OpenAI published a blog post. - As far as we know, the management team was made aware of this shortly after, other than Mira who found out the night prior. The outpouring of support has been really nice; thank you, but please don’t spend any time being concerned. We will be fine. Greater things coming soon.

According to this The Foundation Model Transparency Index, AI companies are getting less and less transparent, in fact, their AI’s are so opaque that users, companies and researchers have no idea if they can rely on them or use them ethically & safely hai.stanford.edu/news/introduci…

‘Elevenlabs’ voice cloning tool is the last thing the world needs’ dataethics.eu/the-ethical-ab…

Our summer newsletter on Big Tech’s soft power ym0y.mjt.lu/nl3/IbEP2bZzNi…

Read our newest report on how big tech works w soft power dataethics.eu/softpower

Finally the US starts regulating those who abuse children’s data in daming - here microsoft DataEthics did a report on this a couple of years ago that got the attention of EU regulators, so they will probably follow suit dataethics.eu/nordic-data-au… bbc.com/news/world-us-…

ActivityPub (the tech Mastodon is built upon) can solve the grim online debate. ChatGPT, Tesla cameras and French cloud Scaleway. DataEthics’eu’s May newsletter ym0y.mjt.lu/nl3/cFVTTQ-YZQ…

EEUU se plantea prohibir TikTok ¿Debería Europa hacer lo mismo? ¿Y el resto de plataformas que capturan datos personales? Antes de una medida tan radical hay otras soluciones más democráticas de regulación y autodefensa digital @DataEthicsEU @PernilleT collateralbits.net/prohibir-tik-t…

‘Passers-by were filmed without knowing. The owner of the Tesla could watch that footage back. If he parked the car in front of someone’s window, he could peek in and see what the person was doing. That is a serious invasion of privacy.’ dataethics.eu/tesla-makes-ca…

Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon and Twitter are among the companies that have cut members of their “responsible AI teams”, who advise on the safety of consumer products that use artificial intelligence, acc to thr Financial Times 😟 on.ft.com/3Kfxk3h

Should We Ban TikTok? Privacy Nudging. Misinformation. Mediocre Automation. Our monthly adfree newsletter ym0y.mjt.lu/nl3/SMtYkfCOQa…

Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to A.I. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/03/12/tec…

Images that "are not the product of human authorship" cannot be copyrighted, says US copyright office in one of first decisions on AI generated art reuters.com/legal/ai-creat…

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It is only gonna be harder to tell the diff btw truth and false dataethics.eu/the-most-impor…