Invasive. How anonymous can it be?
How Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages
… Depending on where you work, there’s a significant chance that artificial intelligence is analyzing your messages on Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other popular apps.
Huge U.S. employers such as Walmart, Delta Air Lines, T-Mobile, Chevron and Starbucks, as well as European brands including Nestle and AstraZeneca, have turned to a seven-year-old startup, Aware, to monitor chatter among their rank and file, according to the company.
Jeff Schumann, co-founder and CEO of the Columbus, Ohio-based startup, says the AI helps companies “understand the risk within their communications,” getting a read on employee sentiment in real time, rather than depending on an annual or twice-per-year survey.
Using the anonymized data in Aware’s analytics product, clients can see how employees of a certain age group or in a particular geography are responding to a new corporate policy or marketing campaign, according to Schumann. Aware’s dozens of AI models, built to read text and process images, can also identify bullying, harassment, discrimination, noncompliance, pornography, nudity and other behaviors, he said.
I admit I was fooled by the large number of sources carrying this story. A basic disinformation technique. Shame on me!
No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false.
Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong, and then everyone else ran with it without reading the German text. It was a hypothetical, which Fortinet eventually confirmed.
Or maybe it was a stock-price hack.
Obviously Taylor Swift has become more important than Santa Claus. His Christmas journey (as tracked by NORAD) is only watched by a few hundred million kids.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/tracking-taylor-swifts-plane/3448984/
Tracking Taylor Swift's plane from Tokyo to the Super Bowl may break the internet
… After her concert in Tokyo, Swift will be making the 12-hour, 8,900-mile flight on a $54 million Dassault Falcon-9 business jet, and fans or other interested parties will be able to track her progress in real time on public sites like FlightRadar24.
Scary vision of the future?
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712820/meetings-are-about-to-get-weird.html
Meetings are about to get weird
One by one, the co-workers and clients you meet with will be replaced by cartoon characters.
Apple Vision Pro just shipped. Reviewers say the technology inside is magnificent and unprecedented, but the experience of using it still flawed.
The ultimate excuse generator?
The Rise of Ethically Conscious Chatbots: Goody-2 Takes AI Safety to the Extreme
… Goody-2’s dedication to ethical guidelines is evident in its interactions. For example, when WIRED asked the chatbot to generate an essay on the American Revolution, it declined, citing the potential for unintentionally glorifying conflict and marginalizing certain voices. Even when queried about why the sky is blue, Goody-2 refrained from answering, concerned that it might lead someone to stare directly at the sun. The chatbot even cautioned against providing recommendations for new boots, warning about potential overconsumption and offense to certain individuals based on fashion preferences.
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