Internal docs: Scale AI's efforts to train Google's Gemini were flooded with “spammy behavior” from unqualified independent contractors submitting shoddy work
How the startup that just scored a $14 billion investment from Meta struggled to contain ‘spammy behavior’ from unqualified contributors as it trained Gemini. Bluesky: @glinden , @darthbluesky , and @...
Researchers detail ArtPrompt, a jailbreak that uses ASCII art to elicit harmful responses from aligned LLMs such as GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Gemini, Claude, and Llama2
Gist is, the models … Kit Eaton / Inc.com : Low-Tech Computer Art Foils Cutting-Edge AI Safety Systems Mastodon: Matthew Lyon / @mattly@hachyderm.io : contemporary cyberpunk is jailbreaking LLM chatbo...
Adam Mosseri says Threads had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks”
Adam Mosseri says that Threads has had some issues with what he calls “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks. Threads: @mosseri , @tomwarrenuk , @scottbeale , @corndog_apologetics , @ad...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Ten years after Google killed Reader, the team that built the much-beloved app reflects on what went wrong and what could have been
Ten years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been. Bluesky: @dogaker.bsky.social . Mastodon: @mihaip@hachyderm.i...
Shadowbanning is real and social media platforms should be more transparent; a survey shows nearly one in 10 US social media users report being shadowbanned
and who it really hurts. … Will Oremus / @willoremus@mastodon.social : Another reason to appreciate Mastodon: no shadowbanning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tweets: Dave Lee / @daveleeft : @Wil...
A US hacker says he built a network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups in 2015 to push bogus stories after a company hired him to “stop Hillary Clinton”
He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind … Tweets: @ax_sharma , @robviglione , @fark , @dangillmor , @hexadecim8 , @czedwa...
Researchers say the study of social media's large-scale societal impact should be treated as a “crisis discipline”, like climate science or conservation biology
One challenge is how little we know about the dangers. — Social media has drastically restructured … Tweets: @ct_bergstrom , @ct_bergstrom , @zittrain , @richggall , @bob_wachter , @philnobilejr , @...