Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social), page 10

#DeepSeek collects keystroke data and more, storing it in Chinese servers - https://mashable.com/article/deepseek-ai-privacy-policy-keystroke-data-chinese-servers "You might want to learn about DeepSeek's privacy policy before you sign up." #surveillance #privacy

#Trump says #Microsoft is in talks to acquire #TikTok - https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/trump-says-microsoft-is-in-talks-to-acquire-tiktok/ preferable to #musk

Transport Projects in #Afghanistan: #Iran's Ambitions and a Balancing #CentralAsia - https://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles/item/13841-uzbekistan-as-a-green-energy-regional-power-prospects-and-caveats.html "Taliban government has successfully garnered the support of most Central Asian countries for the development of trans-Afghan transport infrastructure."

Faking It: #Deepfake #Porn Site’s Link to Tech Companies - https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2025/01/28/deepfake-porn-sites-link-to-tech-companies/

#TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, And Xiaomi Hit With #GDPR Complaints Over Personal Data Transfers To #China - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/27/tiktok-aliexpress-shein-temu-wechat-and-xiaomi-hit-with-gdpr-complaints-over-personal-data-transfers-to-china/ "Alongside the political battles in the US, this latest GDPR complaint by Schrems and his team is likely to be a key development in the privacy and tech worlds" by me fwiw

@rayres indeed @cstross

@rayres definitely my approach when I'm in court... @cstross

I'm done.

These days it just hits me like a punch in the face at the end of the day... all the political news... it's like abuse.

But it's important to stay informed, so enduring the abuse is mandatory.

I hate this.

I hate this with you.

Sleep well if you can.

I'll post breaking news alerts as they come in.

@cstross which confirms that copyright law is out of touch with today's digital realities...

@dmarti thus guaranteeing that EU AI is not as good as US/Chinese AI and that EU viewpoints are underrepresented in the weightings... @fabiocosta0305 @cstross

@mhkohne they are extracting patterns, but you can get them to reconstruct input if you try; arguably that is the problem, not the analysis @cstross

@etchedpixels yes, people haven't really grasped the local instantiation idea yet...

@greenpete indeed

@cstross *if* the entire book is regurgitated, then you can plausibly claim infringement for that particular output; but otherwise it's just mathematical weights based on millions of books - that's different.

#Boeing reports $11.8bn annual loss – its largest since 2020 - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/28/boeing-2024-annual-loss "Planemaker grapples with problems at commercial and defense units and fallout from west coast workers’ strike" #ouch

Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI #DeepSeek - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/experts-urge-caution-over-use-of-chinese-ai-deepseek important point, and something I wrote about two years ago - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/chatgpt-privacy/ #privacy

Our Chloé Berthélémy @chlobemy will join the panel “Access to data: balancing between effective law enforcement and mass surveillance“ at 2pm today and discuss the outcome of the High-Level Group #GoingDark.
https://cpdp-dataprotectionday.eu/
#DPD2025

PM Vučević resigns after student protests across #Serbia - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/28/denmark-greenland-mette-frederiksen-donald-trump-europe-latest-live-news?page=with:block-6798b4fc8f0853362cbc38c0#block-6798b4fc8f0853362cbc38c0 "admitted that Serbia “seemed to be stuck” with focus on the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy at a train station in Novi Sad last year"

Kazakhstan Launches Powerful Wind Turbines in Aktobe Region - https://astanatimes.com/2025/01/kazakhstan-launches-powerful-wind-turbines-in-aktobe-region/ clever #kazakhstan: much of its huge territory is perfect for wind turbines

Critical Scientist Flees #Georgia, Alleges Political Persecution - https://civil.ge/archives/656241 #georgiandream will drive away all the best people