Greg Sadetsky introduces his demo, Sagittarius, as a response to Google’s Gemini. Utilizing GPT-4, Sadetsky’s demo showcases real-time capabilities similar to those claimed by Gemini but were lacking in Google’s demonstration.
Twitter enforces strict restrictions against external parties using its data for AI training, yet it freely utilizes data created by others for similar purposes.
The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).
This change will force its users into binding arbitration, which is a means to resolve disputes (such as a cybersecurity breach leaking your DNA data) outside of court.
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
I’m seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this “malicious software” has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.
If you haven’t been following the Google vs. US Justice Department antitrust case, you probably didn’t know that Google tried extremely hard to avoid having any trial documents posted online. That was eventually overturned by Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the case.
This affects all browsers and not just Chrome, as the media falsely reported it. Mozilla just rolled out a fix, and Brave is looking into it. This bug is likely related to the “zero-click” iOS 0day that was reported by Citizenlab last week.
The Consumers’ Association and the Foundation for the Protection of Privacy Interests have jointly filed a lawsuit against Google. The companies allege that Google has violated Dutch and European privacy laws, seeking an end to the company’s pervasive data collection and demanding compensation for users.
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, faced a security breach on his X (previously known as Twitter) profile, leading to an alleged theft of over $691,000. The compromised link, which falsely advertised a complimentary NFT, was the medium of this scam.
Here’s the kicker: based on these AI-assigned definitions in the updated terms, your access to certain content might be limited, or even cut off. You might not see certain tweets or hashtags. You might find it harder to get your own content seen by a broader audience. The idea isn’t entirely new; we’ve heard stories of...
Sam Oh, the Vice President of Marketing at Ahrefs, recently shed light on this capability. Oh disclosed that a video posted by Ahrefs was flagged by YouTube for a rather unexpected reason. The video in question displayed a snippet from a book, and within that snippet was the name “Donald Trump.”....
An unidentified individual has listed the data of 760,000 Discord.io users for sale on a darknet forum. This discovery was brought to light by the “Information Leaks” Telegram channel, associated with the Russian service for tracking vulnerabilities, data leaks, and monitoring fraudulent online resources....
I’m actually curious where did they got the passwords from? Discord.io looks to be using Discord itself for authenticating users, but I myself have never used the service so I have no idea.
Zoom’s updated policy states that all rights to Service Generated Data are retained solely by Zoom. This extends to Zoom’s rights to modify, distribute, process, share, maintain, and store such data “for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable law.”, including AI and Machine Learning.
Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.
Spy.pet is harvesting your Discord history with no ability to opt-out (stackdiary.com)
The service offers the ability to purchase credits through cryptocurrencies, as well as offers the data for AI training purposes.
A developer recreates the fake Gemini multimodal demo with GPT-4 (stackdiary.com)
Greg Sadetsky introduces his demo, Sagittarius, as a response to Google’s Gemini. Utilizing GPT-4, Sadetsky’s demo showcases real-time capabilities similar to those claimed by Gemini but were lacking in Google’s demonstration.
Grok refuses to answer a prompt, says its a violation of the "OpenAI Policy" (stackdiary.com)
Twitter enforces strict restrictions against external parties using its data for AI training, yet it freely utilizes data created by others for similar purposes.
Meta banned from using personal data for behavioral advertising in EU/EEA (stackdiary.com)
The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).
23andMe is updating its TOS to force binding arbitration with a limited opt-out window (stackdiary.com)
This change will force its users into binding arbitration, which is a means to resolve disputes (such as a cybersecurity breach leaking your DNA data) outside of court.
Microsoft patents a system to care for your well-being using AI (stackdiary.com)
Microsoft is working on a Jarvis that will monitor anything and everything about your digital life to try and optimize your life for “well being”.
Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones (stackdiary.com)
I’m seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this “malicious software” has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.
Google ditched Omnibox features to meet quarterly numbers (stackdiary.com)
If you haven’t been following the Google vs. US Justice Department antitrust case, you probably didn’t know that Google tried extremely hard to avoid having any trial documents posted online. That was eventually overturned by Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the case.
Critical vulnerability in WebP Codec has browser vendors scrambling for updates (stackdiary.com)
This affects all browsers and not just Chrome, as the media falsely reported it. Mozilla just rolled out a fix, and Brave is looking into it. This bug is likely related to the “zero-click” iOS 0day that was reported by Citizenlab last week.
Dutch Consumers Rally Against Google in Privacy Violation Claim (stackdiary.com)
The Consumers’ Association and the Foundation for the Protection of Privacy Interests have jointly filed a lawsuit against Google. The companies allege that Google has violated Dutch and European privacy laws, seeking an end to the company’s pervasive data collection and demanding compensation for users.
Vitalik Buterin's X account gets breached, leads to $691k loss for his followers (stackdiary.com)
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, faced a security breach on his X (previously known as Twitter) profile, leading to an alleged theft of over $691,000. The compromised link, which falsely advertised a complimentary NFT, was the medium of this scam.
X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data (stackdiary.com)
But what if you do? Will you get caught?
Meta uses your Facebook data for AI training, but opting out is a "review" game (stackdiary.com)
Recent updates to Meta’s help center reveal the company’s tentative steps towards transparency and user control (or lack thereof) over personal data.
X/Twitter has updated its Terms of Service to let it use Posts for AI training (stackdiary.com)
Here’s the kicker: based on these AI-assigned definitions in the updated terms, your access to certain content might be limited, or even cut off. You might not see certain tweets or hashtags. You might find it harder to get your own content seen by a broader audience. The idea isn’t entirely new; we’ve heard stories of...
YouTube Can Read All Text Inside Your Videos and Flag It for Violations (stackdiary.com)
Sam Oh, the Vice President of Marketing at Ahrefs, recently shed light on this capability. Oh disclosed that a video posted by Ahrefs was flagged by YouTube for a rather unexpected reason. The video in question displayed a snippet from a book, and within that snippet was the name “Donald Trump.”....
The data of 760,000 Discord.io users was put up for sale on the darknet (stackdiary.com)
An unidentified individual has listed the data of 760,000 Discord.io users for sale on a darknet forum. This discovery was brought to light by the “Information Leaks” Telegram channel, associated with the Russian service for tracking vulnerabilities, data leaks, and monitoring fraudulent online resources....
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out (stackdiary.com)
Zoom’s updated policy states that all rights to Service Generated Data are retained solely by Zoom. This extends to Zoom’s rights to modify, distribute, process, share, maintain, and store such data “for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable law.”, including AI and Machine Learning.
A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise (stackdiary.com)
Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (lemmy.world)