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Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit | The Guardian
In March 2021, a deadly second wave of Covid-19 rolled across my home, India, weeks after the BJP government declared that it had defeated the pandemic. Some estimates say nearly 5 million people died. New Delhi, India’s capital, broke down almost entirely – makeshift pyres burned alongside the river as cremation grounds ran out of space and hospital chains ran out of oxygen supplies. Bodies, bloated beyond recognition, floated serenely down the Ganges.
Humanity at risk from AI ‘race to the bottom’, says tech expert
MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise societyâ??s future
A day in the life of AI | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
AI is deeply integrated into our daily lives, from unlocking our phones to driving our cars. It influences everything from the news we read to the products we buy, often without us even realizing it. While AI offers many benefits, it also raises concerns about privacy, misinformation, and job displacement.
Artists can use a data poisoning tool to confuse DALL-E and corrupt AI scraping
A new tool called Nightshade allows artists to corrupt AI training data by adding invisible changes to their digital art. This “poisoning” can prevent AI models from accurately recognizing images, potentially rendering them useless. The tool’s creators hope it will give artists a way to fight back against AI companies that use copyrighted data without permission.
Dozens of states sue Meta over youth mental health crisis
Dozens of states sued Meta, alleging the company prioritized profit over user safety, particularly for young users. The lawsuit claims Meta’s platforms, like Facebook and Instagram, contributed to a youth mental health crisis through harmful features and content. Meta denied the allegations, stating they have implemented safety tools and are committed to providing safe online experiences for teens.
?Download This Show: Is your data really that private? on Apple Podcasts
?Show Download This Show, Ep Is your data really that private? - 18 Oct 2023
The world’s biggest AI models aren’t very transparent, Stanford study says
Stanford’s new Foundation Model Transparency Index found developers don’t disclose societal impact at all.
'Lies fuel racism': how the global media covered Australia's Voice to Parliament referendum
Could the vote affect the way the world views Australia and potentially have an impact on Australia’s international relations?
The BBC is blocking OpenAI data scraping but is open to AI-powered journalism
The BBC wants to carefully assess the technology.
The messy art of posting through it
There’s a really simple explanation where you can say it might benefit someone else who is going through that. There’s lots of evidence to suggest that is the case, that it’s helping to destigmatize certain things and that it’s been really helpful. But that, to me, is a simple explanation. What else is happening on top of that is that we are having, as a society, a very different level of intimacy toward social media that we might not be comfortable admitting at this stage. I don’t think it is as easy anymore to just say, 'That’s an overshare,' or, 'That’s cringe.'
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