guygaechter, to Signal German
@guygaechter@chaos.social avatar

If you only read one article this year, it has to be THIS by @Mer__edith, the president of #signal :

"AI is a marketing term, not a technical term of art. [...]
This is also why it’s imperative that we recognize mass surveillance – and ultimately the surveillance business model – as the root of the large-scale tech we’re currently calling “AI”."

https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin

#privacy #surveillance #ai #bigtech

via

br00t4c, to random
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tio, to money

Only accusing the "big companies" for doing all sort of "unethical" things, is like only accusing mass murderers for the killings that they do. Every crime is a crime. Big or small. Small companies do similar shady practices and abuse people or destroy the environment.

But best is to look at the system that creates these entities instead of accusing companies or people.

As long as the underlying practice on this planet is to TRADE or else you are fucked, then this is what we are going to do and prioritize. Thus the evolution of companies and billionaires, waste, pollution, you name it.

br00t4c, to internet
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Big Tech is not much help when fighting a junta, and FOSS doesn't ride to the rescue

#bigtech #internet

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/21/activist_tech_inadequate_myanmar/

voorstad, to random Dutch
@voorstad@mastodon.nl avatar
remixtures, to ai Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "For years now, OpenAI told everyone that these were all secondary concerns — that its deeper ambition was something nobler, and more public-spirited. But since Altman’s return, the company has been telling a different story: a story about winning at all costs.

And why bother with superalignment, when there’s winning to do?

Why bother getting actresses’ permission, when the right numbers are all still going up?"

https://www.platformer.news/open-ai-scarlett-johansson-her-voice-sam-altman/

filippodb, (edited ) to microsoft Italian
@filippodb@mastodon.uno avatar

Ogni tanto serve rilanciarlo 😁

MICROSOFT: Aspetta, posso spiegare!

GOOGLE: State spiando l'intero sistema operativo? Noi spiamo solo il web.

APPLE: Ma i vostri utenti sanno che li state spiando??

LINUX: Voi spiate???

topio, to berlin German
@topio@mastodon.social avatar

Wir laden zu unserer Vortragsreihe „SMARTE WELT – Grundrechte und digitale Zukunftsvisionen”.

Am 31. Mai mit @anneroth und dem Projekt Digital Zebra der @zlb_berlin

  1. Juni mit und @TobiasSchulze

  2. Juli mit @robertdobe und Tom Jennissen von @digiges

Infos:
https://www.topio.info/smarte_welt-grundrechte_und_digitale_zukunftsvisionen.html

Die Reihe wird gefördert von der @BeLapoBi

metin, to tech
@metin@graphics.social avatar

𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙐: "𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙"

A good read by Cory Doctorow…

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

remixtures, to Bulgaria Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "After decades of regulatory indifference to tech monopolization, competition authorities all over the world are taking on Big Tech. The DMA is by far the most muscular and ambitious salvo we’ve seen.

Seen in that light, it’s no surprise that Big Tech is refusing to comply with the rules. If the EU successfully forces tech to play fair, it will serve as a starting gun for a global race to the top, in which tech’s ill-gotten gains - of data, power and money - will be returned to the users and workers from whom that treasure came.

The architects of the DMA and DSA foresaw this, of course. They’ve announced investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, threatening fines of 10 percent of the companies’ global income, which will double to 20 percent if the companies don’t toe the line.

It’s not just Big Tech that’s playing for all the marbles - it’s also the systems of democratic control and accountability. If Apple can sabotage the DMA’s insistence on taking away its veto over its customers’ software choices, that will spill over into the US Department of Justice’s case over the same issue, as well as the cases in Japan and South Korea, and the pending enforcement action in the UK."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

christopher, to linuxphones

I think this will probably be my next phone. 🤷‍♂️

https://social.librem.one/@purism Purism wrote the following post Tue, 14 May 2024 09:23:56 -0500

Check out the ongoing series where we explore how Purism differs from Big Tech competition. We are covering various aspects such as formation, operating system, hardware, privacy, security, freedoms, and more. Stay tuned for some eye-opening insights!
https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-1-summary/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-purism-differentiator-series-part-1-summary
#Purism #Librem5 #BigTech #TechDifferences

mjgardner, to tech

“Today companies and their CEOs are becoming increasingly demonized, and some people are questioning whether they should even exist at all.”

More on the new (and old) “robber barons” here: https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/ayn-rands-unique-defense-of-businessmen/

https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/112465127801536664

metin, (edited ) to ai
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filippodb, (edited ) to Amazon Italian
@filippodb@mastodon.uno avatar

La metà dei lavoratori dei magazzini Amazon fatica a sostenere i costi di vitto e alloggio.

Un terzo dei lavoratori ha dovuto fare affidamento su almeno un programma di assistenza.

Le azioni di Amazon hanno però raggiunto i massimi storici in aprile e Jeff Bezos ora vale 203 miliardi di dollari.

Questo è l'aspetto che ha l'oligarchia occidentale.

cit @rbreich

#Amazon #Oligarchia #JeffBezos #BigTech

metin, to journalism
@metin@graphics.social avatar

Interesting approach. But it's commercial, not decentralized, and is backed by Sam Altman and more Big Tech honchos, so my first reaction is skepticism.

https://www.wired.com/story/maven-social-network-that-eliminates-followers-and-stress

tech

metin, to ai
@metin@graphics.social avatar
Elektrotier, to Facebook German
@Elektrotier@sueden.social avatar

", und Co zerstören die demokratische Öffentlichkeit, sagt der Medienwissenschaftler .

'Wenn wir sie nicht stoppen, dann werden unsere Kinder nicht mehr in einer Demokratie leben.' Er fordert: muss weg!"

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/forscher-martin-andree-die-grossen-digitalkonzerne-zerstoeren-die-demokratie-dlf-kultur-38763ba4-100.html

Dauer: 17:58 Min.

Martin Andree auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur am 07. Oktober 2023 im Interview zu seinem Buch mit dem Titel:

"Big Tech muss weg. Die Digitalkonzerne zerstören Demokratie und Wirtschaft. Wir werden sie stoppen."

caos,

@Das_blaue_Pony wer lieber liest statt hört, da gab es gerade auch im Stadtanzeiger ein Interview :
ksta.de/kultur-medien/martin-a…
"Mein Hauptkritikpunkt: Das Netz ist zwar reguliert, aber es ist falsch reguliert, weil nichts gegen die Konzentrations-Effekte unternommen wird. Wir müssten nur ein paar Schalter umlegen und hätten sofort wieder Wettbewerb. Ein Beispiel: Warum sagen wir den Plattformen nicht, dass Sie kein Recht dazu haben, Links, die nach draußen auf andere Websites führen, zu begrenzen? Das muss überall erlaubt sein – auch ohne, dass solche Posts benachteiligt werden, indem die Beiträge weniger sichtbar sind.

Haben die Kartellbehörden versagt?

Das Thema frustriert mich total. Die Kartellbehörden werden von unserer demokratischen Gesellschaft dafür bezahlt, dass sie die Menschen vor solchen gefährlichen Effekten beschützen. Die Kartellbehörden besäßen die nötige Macht und Autorität, um genau das umzusetzen. Sie lassen sich seit vielen Jahren von hinters Licht führen. Seit vielen Jahren werden Hunderte von Unternehmen aufgekauft, Wettbewerber, die zerstört oder integriert werden. Hätte das jemand verhindert, hätten wir heute eine wunderbar pluralistische und vielfältige Internetlandschaft.

Was könnte Deutschland denn allein tun – ohne internationale Abstimmung?

Wir können selbst darüber entscheiden, wie wir in diesem Land leben wollen und unser Mediensystem gestalten wollen. Wir können auch frei über die Regeln bestimmen, nachdem die Unternehmen in Deutschland tätig sein sollten. Stellen Sie sich vor, wir würden den Digitalkonzernen sagen: Das sind die Regeln in Deutschland. Bitte befolgt die, sonst dürft ihr auf diesem oder jedem Feld nicht mehr wirtschaftlich in Deutschland tätig sein. Eine Argumentation könnte sein: Wenn ihr euch als Intermediäre bezeichnet und deshalb nicht für Inhalte verantwortlich gemacht werden könnt, dann dürfte ihr auch keine Inhalte monetarisieren. Wie kann es denn sein, dass die Digitalkonzerne genauso mit Inhalten Geld verdienen, wie das Redaktionen tun, aber sie müssen keine Verantwortung für die Inhalte übernehmen?

Versteht die Politik das Problem?

Das Hauptproblem für die Politik ist, dass es keine wirklich existierende Debatte über diese Monopole und Vormachtstellung gibt. Die Politik braucht das aber, weil sie ja Stimmen bekommen will von den Wählerinnen und Wählern. Beim Klimawandel gab es sehr viel Präsenz in den Medien, was dazu geführt hat, dass sich eine öffentliche Meinung zum Thema gebildet hat. Diese Debatte haben wir in Bezug auf Big Tech aber noch nicht."
Ist eigentlich auch im unterwegs ? 🧐
@Elektrotier

sol2070, to random Portuguese
@sol2070@bolha.us avatar

Prova de que big tech é uma prisão:
"Um estudo recente conduzido pelo economista Leonardo Bursztyn, da Universidade de Chicago, retratou bem essa armadilha. Os pesquisadores recrutaram mais de mil estudantes universitários e perguntaram a eles quanto dinheiro exigiriam para desativar suas contas no Instagram ou no TikTok por quatro semanas. É uma pergunta padrão de economistas para calcular o valor de um produto. Os estudantes responderam que precisariam, em média, de 50 dólares (59 no caso do TikTok, 47 no caso do Instagram) para sair dessas plataformas.
Em seguida, os pesquisadores disseram aos estudantes que tentariam convencer a maioria dos alunos da faculdade a sair das redes sociais, também mediante pagamento. E perguntaram: “Quanto você exigiria receber para desativar sua conta se a maioria dos outros também saísse da plataforma?” A resposta, em média, foi menos que zero. Em todos os casos, a maioria dos alunos se dispunha a pagar para sair da plataforma."
https://sol2070.in/2024/05/Prova-de-que-big-tech-%C3%A9-uma-pris%C3%A3o

stefano, to ai
@stefano@bsd.cafe avatar

After watching OpenAI's presentation and, even more, an excerpt from Google's presentation yesterday, I asked myself: is this AI, according to the big tech companies (especially Google - for OpenAI it's their core business, so I understand their perspective), truly what users want and need, or is it just another method to lock people into using their technologies, which are not easily self-hostable?

I'm not arguing for or against it, but I noticed that (almost) the entire Google I/O yesterday was focused on this...

remixtures, to random Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

#BigTech #SiliconValley #Dystopias: "By attaching the new product to a popular speculation, especially one with built-in dramatic tension, the founders can elevate a buggy, unproven, or partially conceived technology into the cultural firmament, even if only briefly. It’s a cheat code, a way of getting us to relate to a future that’s already been culturally prototyped, and it can be quite successful. To wit: The day after admonishing tech companies for using Her as a benchmark for their products, Roose dedicated his column to explaining how AI’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived — thus further entrenching the link between OpenAI’s aspirational technology and its attendant useful dystopia in the public consciousness. Hell, my own story about the grim origins of the metaverse probably made Facebook’s deeply lame Horizons VR product seem orders of magnitude cooler than it turned out to be.

Even if consumers aren’t aware of all of the dystopian reference points these founders and companies are pushing, they probably should be aware of the narcissistic, us-against-the-collapsing-world mentality that is active behind them. And we shouldn’t merely mock the tech set for using dystopias as marketing materials — we should try to stop them from creating them, too."

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/for-tech-ceos-the-dystopia-is-the

purism, to linuxphones

Check out the ongoing series where we explore how Purism differs from Big Tech competition. We are covering various aspects such as formation, operating system, hardware, privacy, security, freedoms, and more. Stay tuned for some eye-opening insights!
https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-1-summary/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-purism-differentiator-series-part-1-summary
#Purism #Librem5 #BigTech #TechDifferences

kubikpixel, (edited ) to IT German
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

»Software aus der Schweiz statt Amerika:
Software von Big Tech ist alternativlos? Stimmt nicht, sagt Swiss Made Software und zeigt auf seiner Website mögliche Schweizer Lösungen.«

Abgesehen davon @inside_It, wäre ua Open-Source auch eine Alternative. Obwohl sehr viele dieser Software Kostenlos ist, lässt sich damit durchaus gut Geld verdienen ohne bei 0 anzufangen, wie zB die IT-Konzerne aus der USA.

💻 https://www.inside-it.ch/software-aus-der-schweiz-statt-amerika-20240514


corporateeurope, to random
@corporateeurope@mstdn.social avatar

📺 Watch our new animation series debunking big EU files

💻 Episode 1: It is time to restrict companies from the EU in their interests when the public interest is at risk

👇 And that has everything to do with the upcoming whatch the video to find out why

https://youtu.be/zsobIKAXGWw?si=tosCnyJ6i_MMrdfX

danslerush, to microsoft French
@danslerush@framapiaf.org avatar

Mais où est mon bingo ? « annonce son investissement en le plus important à ce jour pour accélérer l’adoption de l’IA, les compétences et l’innovation » 🤑 Poke @aprilorg @Framasoft
https://news.microsoft.com/fr-fr/2024/05/13/microsoft-annonce-son-investissement-en-france-le-plus-important-a-ce-jour-pour-accelerer-ladoption-de-lia-les-competences-et-linnovation/

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