Increase the value of your large data collection by suing the people who use it?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvm3k5/github-users-file-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-microsoft-for-training-an-ai-tool-with-their-code

GitHub Users File a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Microsoft for Training an AI Tool With Their Code

This lawsuit represents a growing concern from programmers, artists, and other people that AI systems may be using their code, artwork, and other data without permission.

GitHub programmers have filed a class-action lawsuit against GitHub, its parent Microsoft, and its technology partner, OpenAI, for allegedly violating their open-source licenses and using their code to train Microsoft’s latest AI tool, called Copilot.

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ad58k/ai-is-probably-using-your-images-and-its-not-easy-to-opt-out

AI Is Probably Using Your Images and It's Not Easy to Opt Out

Viral image-generating AI tools like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion are powered by massive datasets of images that are scraped from the internet, and if one of those images is of you, there’s no easy way to opt out, even if you never explicitly agreed to have it posted online.

I find this difficult to believe.

https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/study-shows-privacy-awareness-is-the-new-normal-for-consumers-online-behavior-is-much-more-guarded/

Study Shows Privacy Awareness Is the “New Normal” for Consumers, Online Behavior Is Much More Guarded

There had already been growing privacy awareness among consumers for some time, but the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 seemed to be the incident that really pushed data handling practices into the mainstream. A mounting body of evidence has suggested that the average person is now very aware of how companies track their online behavior, and a new report from DataGrail indicates that they will cease doing business with companies and services that they do not trust.

The consumer sentiment survey was conducted in July and included about 4,000 respondents divided between the United States and several countries in Europe. The results are compared to a similar survey conducted in 2020, and both concerns about personal privacy and the actions people are willing to take to protect it are on the rise. Online behavior is also increasingly trust-driven, with consumers opting out of sharing their data with companies that are not transparent about how it is handled or that have been busted in the past for mishandling it.

As we identify “state-backed hackers” do they automatically void any insurance when they commit a “hostile or warlike action in time of peace?” (See yesterday’s blog)

https://therecord.media/microsoft-accuses-china-of-abusing-vulnerability-disclosure-requirements/

Microsoft accuses China of abusing vulnerability disclosure requirements

Microsoft on Friday accused state-backed hackers in China of abusing the country’s vulnerability disclosure requirements in an effort to discover and develop zero-day exploits.