Someone got Gab's AI chatbot to show its instructions ( mbin.grits.dev )
Credit to @bontchev
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools ( www.404media.co )
this could not be timed worse for Tumblr which is in huge hot water with its userbase already for its CEO breaking his sabbatical to ban a prominent trans user for allegedly threatening him (in a cartoonish manner), and then spending a week personally justifying it increasingly wildly across several platforms. the rumors had...
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) ( www.spacebar.news )
The world's only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming ( electrek.co )
Instagram is training AI on your data. It’s nearly impossible to opt out ( www.fastcompany.com )
The level of engagement on Reddit these days
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/179560d9-e33b-4e1e-83a9-7507868d46d4.png...
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry ( futurism.com )
Thanks, I hate it.
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps ( www.404media.co )
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
He revealed the secrets ! ( jlai.lu )
Twitter To Rebrand As X ( www.theverge.com )
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Android Dialer App Recommendations?
For years I was using Drupe, but they've thoroughly enshittified. What used to be a sleek, extremely functional dialer app with a fantastic UI has become a slow, ad-filled sack of garbage with a still pretty good UI....
Has Facebook Stopped Trying? ( www.404media.co )
In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...
Listen to the AI-Generated Ripoff Songs That Got Udio and Suno Sued ( www.404media.co )
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move ( www.cbc.ca )
Canada's industry minister says Ottawa is "considering all measures" after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Fake WhatsApp and Instagram apps that can steal personal data ( www.infoterkiniviral.com )
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted inside the EU with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware ( www.theguardian.com )
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
A look at search engines with their own indexes ( seirdy.one )
If you ever wanted to know too much about where the majority of our search results come from and the many niche alternatives trying something different.....
AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside ( www.wired.com )
archive.is link needed
YouTube reportedly blocks anti-war videos in Russia at the Kremlin’s request ( www.themoscowtimes.com )
Archived link...
Need tech support (android bullshit) (resolved)
So, I want to add some files to a hidden directory, the only issue is I can't see the directory....
Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe ( www.theregister.com )
Apple's grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to potential web activity tracking....