It’s like “double secret probation” but initiated by the Animal House rather than Dean Wormer.
Google stops notifying publishers of ‘right to be forgotten’ removals from search results
Move comes after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content is breach of privacy
… That leaves journalists unable to identify situations where the right to be forgotten has been misused to hide legitimate reporting on serial miscreants, and hampers their ability to challenge the most serious abuses of the right.
Changes are a flag but it is possible to use the data without notification.
The FTC warned about ‘quiet’ TOS changes for AI training. Here’s why it might not be enough.
This week, the FTC warned companies that ‘quietly’ changing their Terms of Service, as a result of the powerful business incentives to turn user data into AI training fuel, could be unfair and deceptive.
“Companies might be tempted to resolve this conflict by simply changing the terms of their privacy policy so that they are no longer restricted in the ways they can use their customers’ data.” an FTC blog post said. “And to avoid backlash from users who are concerned about their privacy, companies may try to make these changes surreptitiously. But market participants should be on notice that any firm that reneges on its user privacy commitments risks running afoul of the law.”
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO
Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential launch of its long-awaited initial public offering.
Must we amend the 2nd amendment to ensure we have access to our own, personal terminator?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/right-bear-ai-artificial-intelligence-infringed-upon
Your right to bear AI could soon be infringed upon
The more powerful artificial intelligence becomes, the more challenging it will be to regulate it without restricting civil liberties.
The only way to combat the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) may be to continuously develop more powerful AI and put it in government hands.
That seems to be the conclusion a team of researchers came to in a recently published paper entitled “Computing power then governance of artificial intelligence.”
This is how AI will destroy civilization!
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot
After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled by an airline chatbot inaccurately explaining the airline's bereavement travel policy.
… The chatbot provided inaccurate information, encouraging Moffatt to book a flight immediately and then request a refund within 90 days. In reality, Air Canada's policy explicitly stated that the airline will not provide refunds for bereavement travel after the flight is booked. Moffatt dutifully attempted to follow the chatbot's advice and request a refund but was shocked that the request was rejected.
… According to Air Canada, Moffatt never should have trusted the chatbot and the airline should not be liable for the chatbot's misleading information because Air Canada essentially argued that "the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions," a court order said.
Experts told the Vancouver Sun that Moffatt's case appeared to be the first time a Canadian company tried to argue that it wasn't liable for information provided by its chatbot.
Tools & Techniques. Worth trying…
https://apnews.com/article/one-tech-tip-generative-ai-searches-522a9e432246700082baeb6b7a128ded
One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here’s how to use new generative AI search sites
It’s not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information.
While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call searches “googling” — its longtime dominance has attracted a flood of sponsored or spammy links and junk content fueled by “search engine optimization” techniques. That pushes down genuinely useful results.
A recent study by German researchers suggests the quality of results from Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo is indeed declining. Google says its results are of significantly better quality than its rivals, citing measurements by third parties.
Now, chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence, including from Google itself, are poised to shake up how search works. But they have their own issues: Because the tech is so new, there are concerns about AI chatbots’ accuracy and reliability.
If you want to try the AI way, here’s a how-to:
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