You're putting a huge amount of faith in a court that has not demonstrated it's deserving of such. Put another way, looking for those in power to save us (a benevolant god/dad to the rescue) is not an empirically justifiable stance in this moment.
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Signal Prioritizes Privacy Over Surveillance Backdoors
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We collect as close to no data as possible, and we'd rather shut down than create a backdoor or otherwise facilitate the surveillance of the people who rely on Signal.
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AI Predicting Political Orientation from Photos: Increased Surveillance Risks
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[#Article] When AI Predicts Political Orientation from a Photo: Toward Increased Surveillance? https://actuia.com/actualite/quand-lia-predit-lorientation-politique-a-partir-dune-photo-vers-une-surveillance-accrue/
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Building a Different Web: Alternative Digital Future
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On the same theme, this is even better https://
citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-
different-web/
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TikTok Circumvents Apple App Store Commissions Allegedly
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TikTok being naughty https://
techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/scr
eenshots-suggest-tiktok-is-circumventing-apple-app-store-commissions/
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Facial Recognition Systems Enable Targeted Harassment Campaigns
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What smug fog do people live in? How is this a gotcha? They’re covering their faces bc today, in 2024, facial rec systems exist that can easily ID them, IDs that are then used by coordinated actors (trustees funding moving billboards, etc) to doxx/violently intimidate them.
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Ontario’s AI Sector: Local Talent, Tax Credits, Global Potential
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On @TheAgenda with @spaikin
, CEO Chris Walker broke down why Ontario is an AI powerhouse: – Local talent from top universities & @VectorInst – Generous R&D tax credit
– Wide AI adoption across industries But the key to winning globally? More investment. https://
tvo.org/video/how-onta
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ChatGPT Updates Data Controls for Free and Plus Users
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We're updating our data controls for ChatGPT Free and Plus users.
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) 30 avril 2024
Now, you can access your chat history regardless of whether you’re opted into training for model improvement. If you’ve previously opted out, your choice will remain. Available on web today, and mobile soon. pic.twitter.com/KHqF2aTCYBWe're updating our data controls for ChatGPT Free and Plus users. Now, you can access your chat history regardless of whether you’re opted into training for model improvement. If you’ve previously opted out, your choice will remain. Available on web today, and mobile soon.
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Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Sentenced to Four Months Prison
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BREAKING: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison – far lower than the advisory sentencing guidance, and federal prosecutors' desired 3-year sentence. Details via @KenzieSigalos and me:
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Improving AI Policy Transparency for Model Users
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I like that it's at least documented as a policy on https://
lmsys.org/blog/2024-03-0
1-policy/#our-policy
… – a small improvement could be provide a link to that policy that shows up when you're interacting with a model covered by it, to make things less confusing and opaque