A writer who works for a tech company describes how he helps train AI models how to write, by making up pretend responses to hypothetical chatbot questions
Journalists and other writers are employed to improve the quality of chatbot replies. The irony of working for an industry … Mastodon: @michellemanafy@journa.host . X: @timkendall_path , @rosenzweigj...
Creatives on Instagram are angry about its move to video, specifically Reels, and complain Instagram's new changes hurt their engagement
The social media platform was once a favourite of artists and photographers, but a shift towards TikTok-type videos and shopping could leave them looking for a new home online Tweets: @martinsfp , @dr...
Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets
but it can be fixed Stephen Warwick / iMore : Today on Zoom: ‘Not suited for secrets’, encryption issues and more Mercury News : Zoombombing: FBI warns video calls are getting hijacked Tweets: Glenn F...
Pedestrian deaths in US have steadily increased since 2010, and experts are skeptical that pedestrian detection systems and autonomous vehicles are the solution
Peter C Baker / The Guardian : Tweets: @guardian , @pedbikeinfo , @walk_to , @carolinerussell , and @peterwalker99 Tweets: @guardian : Collision course: cars are killing more people - and driverless ...
EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally
but not for privacy. https://www.bbc.com/... Jesse Blumenthal / @jessekblum : Important victory for free speech European countries may have the ability to censor legitimate speech within their countri...
Fake stories flagged by two or more unpaid third-parties like Snopes and AP will get warning labels, lower ranking on News Feed, but will remain shareable
Not With Censorship, But With More Info Eric Abent / SlashGear : Here's Facebook's plan for fighting fake news Michael Krey / Investor's Business Daily : Facebook Ratchets Up Its Efforts To Block Fake...
Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers
For Now — Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act on Tuesday Eric Geller / The Daily Dot : Patriot Act spy powers to expire as Rand Paul blocks USA Freedom Act vote Reuters : Senate lets NSA spy program l...