I’ve contemplated a future where a few well-resourced actors own and control powerful AI systems – and I have to say, this doesn't necessarily strike me as a good idea. Collabs like this between AWS and @huggingface are going help prevent AI monopolies.
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Google Scholar design control and alternative academic search platforms
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Agreed. The design choices, which are norm setting, are at the whims of a couple of folks (
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Facial tracking surveillance at World Pride criticized as pseudoscience
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Hey #WorldPride? Maybe don’t do this nonsense facial tracking on people’s ‘mood’ at Mardi Gras. It’s pseudoscientific surveillance theatre
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US Declares AI Should Never Control Nuclear Launch Codes
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Amid all the bingchat nonsense last week the US made a major statement about military use of AI. It declared that AI should never get the nuclear launch codes, and should be developed with clear standards around verification and testing.
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Section 230 Overhaul: Supreme Court Could Limit Internet Speech Diversity
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This week, questions loomed on the overhaul of Section 230, the foundational law of the Internet. MIT’s Dan Weitzner helped draft the law & get it passed in '96. He now says the Supreme Court could “dramatically limit" diversity of speech on the Internet: http://
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ChatGPT Bing Safety Quirks Microsoft User Protection
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From stealing nuclear access codes to sending love threats, suggestions made by #ChatGPT-powered Bing has left users perplexed. Discover the quirks of AI conversation and how Microsoft plans on ensuring user safety and privacy in this direction here: https://
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China’s Digital Payment Infrastructure: Data-Driven Technology Discussion
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And I don’t have any intention of undermining China’s digital payment infrastructure (as a few have pointed). What they have built is impressive. Let’s use this thread for arguments based on data and technology, not accusations based on politics and expletives.
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AI Voice: Performance Augmentation vs Automation and Ethics
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How will AI voice augment human performance vs automate it? ‘Performance’ and the limits of AI voice cloning
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Voice Cloning Security: Legal, Privacy and Authentication Challenges
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The weaponisation of voice cloning in ‘vishing,’ identity appropriation, mis and disinformation Legal issues around voice cloning: IP, privacy, copyright ‘Watermarking’ or authenticating AI-generated voice
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IP Connectivity and Rural Broadband Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
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A4 Could not agree more @WillTownTech Another area here – IP Connectivity including IPv4 Preservation and IPv6 Migration, Rural Broadband and Security – lots we can do here to come together to make a difference! #BizTalks #TechForGood #SDGs