> social media is poison to the human brain, pollutes status signaling mechanisms
> AI consumes all social media
> AI proceeds to poison social media with a flood of rubbish interfering with brain's status check mechanisms > social media unusable, saves human brain
> AI good
BIG TECH
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AI Flooding Social Media Could Paradoxically Protect Human Cognition
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NYT Lawyer Distinguishes LLM Outputs from Search Engines
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NYT's lawyer Ian Crosby said LLM outputs are just "the expression of the words and facts, not the underlying facts in the words and the models.” “They’re not next-generation search engines, but answer engines," Crosby said, adding that they're not substitutional.
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OpenAI Lawyer Clarifies GPT Training Data in NYT Copyright Case
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Judge just asked OpenAI's lawyer if GPT models have NYT content in its database. Lawyer said not doesn't, but then clarified it doesn’t have a database but instead relies on weights. I wonder how NYT's lawyers will respond to that.
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OpenAI Lawyer Explains LLM Use Case in NYT Trial
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One of OpenAI's lawyers in this NYT v OpenAI trial is explaining LLMs to the judge & said someone can use ChatGPT to make a letter to a landlord "sound less angry." haha I've literally did that when our heat went out last year! (Full circle with out heat broken again today.)
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CMA Investigates SMS Status to Address Anti-Competitive Tech Behavior
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If deemed to have SMS status, it could lead to @CMAgovUK to explore changes to prevent anti-competitive behavior. As part of the process, the CMA invites interested parties to submit commentary by February 3.
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CMA Launches First Strategic Market Status Investigation Against Google
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The @CMAgovUK just announced a new investigation into Google's search and search ads business. It's also the first time the CMA has investigated a company for strategic market status (SMS) under the UK's new Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Act.
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NYT v OpenAI oral arguments audio feed disruptions
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Just joined the NYT v OpenAI oral arguments. Every time someone joins the audio feed, it announces the person w/ each person's voice & name…Awkward and distracting!
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Microprocessors and Artificial Intelligence: The Challenge Between Nvidia, AMD and Huawei
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New on the Blog: Microprocessors and Artificial Intelligence: the Global Challenge between Nvidia, AMD and Huawei Stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of Digital Transformation. This article explores key insights into emerging technologies and their impact on today's business
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Meta Faces Scrutiny Over Piracy in AI Training Practice
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Lawyer comes up with a long list of excuses, buries the lede, then finally admits firing Meta. Maybe the company could be on the right side of a theoretical debate, but in practice them relying on piracy (known all along) makes it hard for Lemley to maintain his reputation.
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Federal Judge Hears OpenAI Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit Arguments
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PSA: A federal judge will hear oral arguments tomorrow morning in @nytimes
' ongoing AI copyright lawsuit against @OpenAI & @Microsoft
. The arguments taking place in a Manhattan courtroom are part of OpenAI & Microsoft's efforts to get the claims dismissed.