New: some Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, β€œa collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.”
New from 404 Media: Telegram confirms it has provided U.S. user data to the authorities. I've been checking the Telegram transparency bot everyday for weeks. Today it is outputting data. More than a dozen requests impacting 100+ users. Phone/IPs image
New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action
New from 404 Media: NASA bought access to controversial facial recognition technology Clearview AI. Part of NASA using it is one that has armed agents, does internal investigations. But refused say what they're using Clearview for
New: massive e-learning platform Udemy gave teachers a window to 'opt-out' of their material being used to train AI. That window is already over. We spoke to instructors who had no idea they had automatically been opted-in. See here, it's greyed out image
New from 404 Media: AI avatars are doing job interviews now. I spoke to someone who was interviewed by one. "It's laughable at best and terrifying at worst."
New from 404 Media: the Secret Service paid tens of thousands of dollars to use OpenAI tooling, but is refusing to say why. Says "does not discuss the means or methods used for our operations." image
New from 404 Media: Google is serving AI images of mushrooms when users search for some species. Very risky, potentially fatal error for foragers who are trying to find what mushrooms are safe to eat. Could have "devastating consequences" one expert said
New from 404 Media: in a massive shift, Telegram says it now *will* provide user data to authorities in response to legal orders. Includes IP addresses and phone numbers. Yesterday privacy policy said just terror suspects. Now it is crimes more broadly
With news that pager explosions are the work of Israeli front company making the devices, of course reminded of when the FBI made its own front company for phones for criminals. Stakes (and collateral) higher in Lebanon, obviously. But this is how the trade-offs were discussed