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• @alisonborealis @alisonborealis on bluesky

  don't give data to google!  —  Charge them billions for the privilege of using your data for their once in a generation opportunity to destroy the future.  [embedded post]

• @jasonkoebler Jason Koebler on bluesky

  New: Google is quietly trying to buy code from Android developers to train an AI coding tool as part of a “confidential” program.  Tells them it's a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for “helping society at large”  —  www.404media.co/google-is-qu...

• @josephcox Joseph Cox on bluesky

  New: Google has quietly been offering to buy access to code written by developers who have released Android apps on the Play Store in order to help the company train its AI coding tools.  Email offers chance to “join a confidential content offer pilot.”  —  www.404media.co/google…

• @joolia Julia Carrie Wong on bluesky

  I also refer to the act of giving me something I paid for “helping society at large” because that's what it is [embedded post]

• @mattzollerseitz Matt Zoller Seitz on bluesky

  Yes, that's what Google is known for these days, helping society at large [embedded post]

• r/Android r on reddit

  Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI