Both the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have pushed back against Meta’s decision to train large language models (LLMs) using public content users have shared on Facebook and Instagram. The DPC, acting on behalf of several European data protection authorities (DPAs), asked Meta to delay the training; while the …
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No company is quite so inseparable from the World Wide Web as Google, which made searching the internet an eponymous verb. The web made Google rich, too, but this week Google relegated it to a submenu. In a design of its next-generation home page that the company showed at its annual I/O developer conference this …
The Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social on Saturday called for an investigation into Israel’s alleged use of WhatsApp user data to target Palestinians with its AI system, Lavender. The group, which is affiliated with the Al Jazeera Media Institute and Access Now, accused Meta, which owns WhatsApp, of fueling “the ‘Lavender’ artificial intelligence system …
In March, a software bug threatened to derail large swaths of the web. XZ utils, an open-source compression tool embedded in myriad software products and operating systems, was found to have been implanted with a backdoor. The backdoor—a surreptitious entry point into the software—would have allowed a person with the requisite code to hijack the …
The Menlo Park, California-based company Meta says it will open an $800 million data center in Montgomery. The internet giant operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp. Its technology arm Meta Platforms will support one hundred operational jobs and build on the company’s previous investment in Huntsville. The 715,000-square-foot, AI-optimized data center will be built off …
How do Ouija Boards work? Here’s a scientific explanation … Learn how Ouija Boards work from a psychological perspective. Footage from the “Wonderful World of Ouija” exhibit showcased at Cornerstone Oct. 9. Jordan Kartholl, Muncie Star Press The claim: Image shows ‘My First Seance’ toy Ouija board An April 26 Facebook post (direct link, archive …
Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn’t hear about it. The case didn’t get a lot of coverage, especially because the courts weren’t giving a blanket green light …
However, 3,000 ads for “AI girlfriends” and 1,100 containing “NSFW” were live on April 23, according to Meta’s ad library. WIRED’s initial review found that Hush, an AI girlfriend app downloaded more than 100,000 times from Google’s Play store, had published 1,700 ads across Meta platforms, several of which promise “NSFW” chats and “secret photos” …
Trying to regulate the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, the state Senate approved a sweeping bill Wednesday night that creates a framework designed to help consumers and avoid the downsides of AI. Lawmakers have struggled for months in a balancing act to try to foster regulation at the same time as some officials are concerned …