These applications are powered by child abuse material that's been reported in popular image datasets. Thousands of illegal photos ensure generated nudes are realistic. In Germany, multiple (if not all) stages of this generative abuse pipeline fall under criminal law.
REGULATION
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Musk’s PR Strategy for Invasive Brain Device Challenges Ethics
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Yes, Musk & co. are carefully planning and executing the PR for their invasive device to get around the reluctance you see. Since that started, I'm sure they'll find more volunteers among the techno-optimist crowd.
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Manufacturing Consent for Technology: Beyond Bike Shedding Debates
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What makes it bike shedding rather than falling for an explicit and intentional agenda to manufacture consent for technology that people would otherwise reject?
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Non-profit Policy Compliance with Applicable Laws
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Amazing how this policy is compliant with laws that apply to non-profits… (presuming it is)
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Data Protection Strategies for Web3 and Metaverse Ecosystems
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Data protection in Web3 and #Metaverse
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China establishes second tech supergroup for metaverse standards
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China names members of a second tech supergroup to define the #Metaverse https://
theregister.com/2024/01/23/chi
na_metaverse_standards_group/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=article&utm_source=twitter
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Unions Essential Against AI-Driven Wage Arbitrage and Outsourcing
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Slowing down intl outsourcing is not far from UAW’s recently winning contractor wage gains at US auto plants (contracting = wage arbitrage via ‘outsourcing’ locally). If worker wellbeing amid AI assisted capitalism is the goal, unions aren’t the only solution but are v important!
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World Rejects Radical Responsibility of Fully Automated Systems
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I agree — most of the world does not actually want the radical responsibility that a perfectly automated system with no recourse entails.
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Legislation to Bolster Public Sector AI Research Initiative
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Plus: HAI Co-Director @drfeifei and HAI Associate Director @Rbaltman dive into what this resource could do. 3/3 https://
hai.stanford.edu/news/legislati
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NSF Launches NAIRR Pilot for Public Good AI Development
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Thrilled to hear that the National Science Foundation (
@NSF
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) 1/3 https://
bit.ly/3vLzkf0
