Notices by Flipboard Tech Desk (techdesk@flipboard.social)

Who in the United States is going to regulate AI? @Techcrunch describes a debate that has become a federal vs. state shakedown and which side the tech giants are on:

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#Tech #AI #USA #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

Apple removes gay dating apps from Chinese App Store at Beijing’s request.

CNBC reports: "The country’s app space has become increasingly restrictive in recent years, with Apple recently complying with orders to remove apps like Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads."

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#Apple #China #Tech #Apps #LGBTQ

What jobs is AI actually replacing? Henley Wing Chiu, who blogs about enterprise tech at Bloomberry.com, analyzed 180M job postings to find out. He found that the job with the biggest decline is computer graphics artist, with photographer, journalist and writer high on the list too. Some of the shifts aren't to do with AI. At least three of the top 10 declining roles are in sustainability and compliance positions — symptomatic of the U.S. government's approach to regulation and the environment. Which jobs are on the up? Machine learning engineer and trade compliance specialist.

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#Tech #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #TrumpAdministration #Sustainability #Jobs #Employment

Bluesky, hits 40 million users and will roll out “dislikes” soon. @Techcrunch has the story:

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#Tech #TechNews #Technology #Bluesky

U.S. immigration authorities are using smartphone facial recognition technology in the field to determine whether people are citizens, @404mediaco reports. Officers use an app called Mobile Fortify, which has a bank of 200M images and data from the State Department, CBP, FBI, and states as well as datasets relating to “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms,” according to a memo viewed by 404's @josephcox. Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship — including a birth certificate — if the app says the person is an alien.

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#Technology #Tech #ICE #USNews #TrumpAdministration #Immigration

The Federal Trade Commission has removed at least three blog posts authored by the staff of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. The posts were about AI-related topics. Here’s more from @Gizmodo:

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#Tech #AI #FTC #Technology #LinaKhan

OpenAI has paused the ability for Sora users to generate video resembling the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The decision came from King’s estate after users produced “disrespectful depictions” of his image. @Techcrunch has more:

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#Tech #AI #OpenAI #Sora #MartinLutherKing #CivilRights

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who last week told the New York Times that the National Guard could fill a shortage in police officers in San Francisco, has changed his mind. Benioff's remarks led to widespread criticism, and to longtime associate Ron Conway stepping down from the board of the Salesforce Foundation, saying: “San Francisco does not need a federal invasion because you don’t like paying for extra security for [Salesforce event] Dreamforce." Benioff apologized for his remarks on X, saying, "I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco. My earlier comment came from an abundance of caution around the event, and I sincerely apologize for the concern it caused.” Here's more from the San Francisco Standard.

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#Technology #Tech #TechIndustry #Salesforce #MarcBenioff #Dreamforce

From @npr: OpenAI has essentially rebranded deepfakes as a light-hearted plaything and recommendation engines are loving it. "It's as if deepfakes got a publicist and a distribution deal," said Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin, a former trust and safety manager at TikTok.

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#Tech #AI #OpenAI #Sora #ArtificialIntelligence

Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, has asked Apple to reinstate the app in its online store, telling CNBC in an interview that when the app was first submitted it had been through a heavy review process, and that he is consulting an attorney. The app, which can be used to anonymously report sightings of ICE agents and other authorities, was removed after pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The FBI claimed that a gunman who attacked a Dallas ICE facility used apps that tracked ICE agents. Aaron likens it to apps that allow drivers to report sightings of law enforcement officers so they can warn others and avoid speeding tickets.

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#Apple #AppStore #ICEBlock #Technology #Tech #TrumpAdministration #USNews #PamBondi

According to recent research, usage of generative AI at work has doubled since 2023, yet 95% of organizations see no measurable return on their investment. What gives? The team at Harvard Business Review say that "employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."

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#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Slop #WorkSlop

Is Google speaking out of both sides of its mouth? In May, CEO Sundar Pichai said that web publishing is not dying and VP of search Nick Fox said that the web is thriving, but in a court document filed by Google on Friday, lawyers wrote "the open web is already in rapid decline." What gives? For Search Engine Round Table, Barry Schwartz looks into what's going on.

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#Technology #Tech #Google #Search #SEO #Web

Anthropic has agreed to pay a minimum of $1.5 billion to settle the lawsuit brought by a group of authors who sued the AI company for illegally using pirated copies of their books to train large-language models. This covers 500,000 works, but judge William Alsup says if the list exceeds that number, Anthropic must pay an addition $3,000 per work. This is the largest settlement in U.S. history. John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and Jodi Picoult are part of a group of nearly 20 bestselling authors who have sued OpenAI, alleging “systematic theft on a mass scale,” and this ruling could indicate the likely outcome of that case.

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#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Books @bookstodon #Authors #Anthropic

AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious.

From @AssociatedPress: "At 77 years old, Geoffrey Hinton has a new calling in life. Like a modern-day prophet, the Nobel Prize winner is raising alarms about the dangers of uncontrolled and unregulated artificial intelligence."

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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology

Mississippi's age assurance law is causing challenges for social media platforms. Here's how Bluesky and Mastodon are approaching things.

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#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #SocialMediaPlatforms #OpenSocial #Mississippi #Decentralization #AgeAssuranceLaws

@brianmerchant lays out in plain terms the "moral abomination" of the death of Adam Raine, who died by suicide after months of interactions with ChatGPT. "[The AI industry] is willing to countenance a genuine and seemingly widespread mental health crisis among some of its most engaged users, including the fact that its products are quite literally leading to their deaths, in a quest to maximize market share and time-on-screen. Move fast, break minds, perhaps."

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#AdamRaine #Technology #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MentalHealth #ChatGPT #OpenAI #SamAltman

A whistleblower from the U.S. Social Security Administration says members of DOGE uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server. Chief Data Officer Charles Borges says despite his concerns, other agency officials signed off on a decision to upload records that include applicants' names, places of birth, citizenship, Social Security numbers of family members, and other personal and financial information to a "cloud environment that circumvents oversight." Here's more from @Techcrunch.

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#Tech #Technology #TrumpAdministration #DOGE #InfoSec #DataSecurity #SocialSecurity

Microsoft has added COPILOT AI to Excel — but give it a miss if you use the spreadsheet software for numerical calculations or in scenarios with legal regulatory and compliance implications because COPILOT "can give incorrect responses," the company warns. Here's more from @theverge.

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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Copilot #Microsoft #Tech #Technology

A new study from two researchers at the University of Amsterdam looks at what makes social media so terrible — and found that it's not algorithms, non-chronological feeds or humans' tendency to seek out negativity. "Rather, the dynamics that give rise to all those negative outcomes are structurally embedded in the very architecture of social media. So we're probably doomed to endless toxic feedback loops unless someone hits upon a brilliant fundamental redesign that manages to change those dynamics," writes @arstechnica's @JenLucPiquant. She spoke with Dr. Petter Törnberg, one of the study's authors, to learn more.

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#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #Internet

@Techcrunch recently discovered that scammers are impersonating the website’s reporters and event leads, using the TC’s reputation “to try to dupe unsuspecting business.” Rightly so, they’re infuriated. Here’s what’s going on: https://flip.it/UDj5-P

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Hacking #Technology