Notices tagged with ai

#Microsoft’s controversial #Recall scraper is finally entering public preview - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/microsofts-controversial-recall-scraper-is-finally-entering-public-preview/ "Among other changes, the feature is now opt-in by default and is protected by additional encryption. Users must also re-authenticate with Windows Hello each time they access the database." #ai

#AI delivering Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/21/deus-in-machina-swiss-church-installs-ai-powered-jesus?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Marissa Mayer just laid out a possible business model for ad-supported #AI #chatbots - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/marissa-mayer-just-laid-out-a-possible-business-model-for-ad-supported-ai-chatbots/ nein Danke.... #adtech

Whomp-whomp: #AI PCs make users less productive - https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/ai_pcs_productivity/ "People just don't know how to talk to chatbots to get them to do useful things efficiently, Intel says"

Business Insider: Microsoft's Copilot has an oversharing problem. The company is trying to help customers fix it. (non-paywalled link)
"On Tuesday, Microsoft released new tools and a guide to help customers mitigate a Copilot security issue that inadvertently let employees access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents."

WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY ABOUT PUTTING AI INTO EVERYTHING? h/t: @Viss

#microsoft #copilot #vulnerability #ai #infosec #cybersecurity

Cyberpunk Neon Restaurants
#cyberpunk #neon #restaurant #cityscape #city #midjourney #ai #aiart #aiartwork #aigenerated #architecture

Nearly half of Gen AI adopters want it open source - here's why https://www.zdnet.com/article/nearly-half-of-gen-ai-adopters-want-it-open-source-heres-why/ by @sjvn

#Opensource and Gen #AI have a difficult relationship, but AI needs open source, and the people using AI the most are well aware of this.

#AI #Art

Playing with some LoRAs of my own production

The politics of #AI - https://www.technollama.co.uk/the-politics-of-ai "Social media influencers and podcasters demonstrate less preoccupation with #copyright compared to creative industries, rendering plausible a [US] legislative strategy aimed at punishing “woke elites” through copyright erosion." #trump

https://rumble.com/v5r6fo8-the-pokemon-go-spying-conspiracy-theory-yeah.-its-verified..html

#privacy #surveillance #survelliancecapitalism #pokemongo #enshittification #cia #nsa #backdoor #ai #locationdata

At 50, #Microsoft Is an #AI Giant, #OpenSource Lover, and as Bad as It Ever Was - https://www.wired.com/story/at-age-50-microsoft-is-an-ai-giant-an-open-source-lover-and-bad-as-it-ever-was/ "When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top." slightly hyperbolic, methinks...

Behold! A valid use case for #AI

UK startup launches ‘world’s first’ #AI #deepfake-detecting browser - https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-startup-launches-worlds-first-ai-deepfake-detector-browser "can detect with up to 98% accuracy whether the person you’re interacting with online is a real human or an AI imitation, the company said. " hmmm

⚠️ The UK #DataBill will unleash AI harms ⚠️

Being stripped back is the right to human review over automated decisions – even if they have life-changing impacts.

Life mustn’t be haunted by the ghost in the machine.

Sign and share our petition to keep human review!

✍️ ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ai-says-no-tell-keir-starmer-that-people-not-machines-should-oversee-life-changing-decisions

#dataprotection #DUABill #privacy #AI #ukpolitics #petition #GDPR

The UK government plans to embed AI in public services.

To achieve it, they want to take the brakes off automated decision-making by sacrificing our rights.

And, from Meta to Palantir, Big Tech is eyeing up the personal data bounty from the UK State.

#DataBill #AI #dataprotection #privacy #DUABill #ukpolitics #GDPR

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/19/meta-hackathon-devises-ways-to-use-ai-system-in-uk-public-services

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Arrives With Enhanced AI Support and Automation
https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-5-arrives-with-enhanced-ai-support-and-automation/ via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

Unlike all too many AI-enabled products, Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers the #AI goods. Oh, and a top-notch business #Linux distro.

Work has rolled out co-pilot to some select employees. I volunteered and it has been underwhelming. I don’t get it. I work at a university, why is co-pilot offering to write for me? Is using AI to write plagiarism? I tried it out and it was complete corporate-speak drivel 😖 #work #ai

This idea of using #AI to translate #COBOL code into #Java has one big problem.

The goal is reasonable: ancient COBOL code is effectively a black box, hard to modify or extend and even harder to debug.

But who is validating the Java output? A big part of the problem is how difficult it is to understand the business logic that the COBOL was implementing — but all that analysis work is still required to evaluate the correctness of the Java, plus Java debugging!

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/ibm-taps-ai-to-translate-cobol-code-to-java/

AI search can destroy civil society.

It is a weapon for the rich to control and divide populations by creating an unreliable and false reality that divides and conquers.

#AI #technology #politics #fascism #google #miscrosoft #WallStreet

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-11-20-ai-information-corrosion/