If we consider this normal, it would totally be acceptable for Europe to demand a ban or sale of American spying and propaganda tools social media and streaming platforms. Either way, it would reduce the harm they could do - and in the case of a sale, they’d actually have to adhere to consumer friendly laws.
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.
The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....
I have no need for this in my life, so I’m not sure about the specifics. But isn’t diaspora fediverse and supposed to be more like Facebook, rather than microblogging or lemmy?
Have you heard of any companies in the past few years who are trying to mimic human speech? They need lots of example data to do that.
And what would they do with the knowledge that Fartknocker72 posted sonic slash fanfics?
While knowing that 1 specific person likes something is mostly irrelevant, once you link it to an email or real name (just wait for the next data beach), criminals could use that kinda data for blackmail.
Furthermore, companies like Facebook and Google mostly make their money by linking people’s behaviour to their interests. They probably won’t be caught with their hand in this cookie jar, but it should show you how valuable this data (in massive quantities) is.
Google warns users of these apps that their experience may deteriorate soon. They may “experience buffering issues” or see errors such as “the following content is not available on this app” when trying to watch videos....
It’s not just the ads either. Automatically skipping interaction reminders, zelf promotion and non-music parts is such an improved experience that it’s just too painful to go back.
There are several ways to go about it, like (in order of effectiveness): train your model from scratch, combine a couple of existing models, finetune an existing model with extra data you want it to specialise on, or just slap a system prompt on it. You generally do the last step at any rate, so it’s existence here doesn’t proof the absence of any other steps. (on the other hand, given how readily it disregards these instructions, it does seem likely).
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash (www.theregister.com)
Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’
Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity | Internet safety | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.
Country Music (lemmy.world)
Discord wants to void your right to sue them in court — but you can opt out of the practice (www.polygon.com)
Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)
The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....
Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road (fortune.com)
Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform (www.nbcnews.com)
Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service (arstechnica.com)
The Department of Justice is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation (www.theverge.com)
Google Ramps Up Crackdown on YouTube Ad-Blocking, Targets Third-Party Apps (www.ghacks.net)
Google warns users of these apps that their experience may deteriorate soon. They may “experience buffering issues” or see errors such as “the following content is not available on this app” when trying to watch videos....
AI now beats humans at basic tasks — new benchmarks are needed, says major report (www.nature.com)
If you've recently started experiencing input delay / lag in GNOME Terminal in Ubuntu 22.04 (askubuntu.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19442327...
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
Tesla is reportedly laying off ‘more than 10 percent’ of its workforce (www.theverge.com)
Kaspersky analysis of the backdoor in XZ (web.archive.org)
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt (infosec.exchange)