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What if we excluded experts from discussions on how the web works?

What if we excluded experts from discussions on how the web works?

2023-08-23 The Register
The Internet situation is getting out of hand, between technical and regulatory aspects. In an attempt to take the reins somewhat, the United Nations proposed in their 'Global Digital Compact' (GDC) the exclusion of technical experts as separate voices in the governance of the Web. On the one hand understandable, give...
 Real Photo vs AI-Generated Art: A New Standard (C2PA) Uses PKI to Show an Image’s History.

Real Photo vs AI-Generated Art: A New Standard (C2PA) Uses PKI to Show an Image’s History.

2023-08-23 Hashed Out
With the advent and enormous development of generative AI services this past year, it is becoming increasingly complex to distinguish an artificially generated image from a real photograph. In addition to terrorizing artists, writers, and creatives everywhere, the situation also threatens realities of potentially huge ...
 Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won't Train AI on Your Calls 'Without Your Consent' After Backlash.

Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won't Train AI on Your Calls 'Without Your Consent' After Backlash.

2023-08-22 Vice
Last March, the Zoom platform changed parts of its terms of use, but few people noticed and the situation did not cause a stir. Recently, a series of screenshots figuring the section in question began making the rounds on the Internet, causing panic and generating fury among users. Within the mentioned paragraphs, it ...
 Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter.

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter.

2023-08-21 AP News
The recent change that has taken place on Twitter's platform, now called "X," has been the cause of much confusion on the part of users, contributors, and companies involved. The French international news agency, Agence France-Presse, recently stated that it is pursuing a Copyright lawsuit against the platform in ques...
 How Will Artificial Intelligence Change the News Business?

How Will Artificial Intelligence Change the News Business?

2023-08-16 Intelligencer
The article we refer to illustrates precisely one of the biggest concerns nowadays, especially for workers within the field. With the introduction of AI, how will the field dedicated to the dissemination of information and news change? The first theory holds that AI services will completely replace journalism. Online ...
 Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll.

Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll.

2023-08-15 The Guardian
There is no doubt that the vast majority of electronic tools used in modern technology consume countless amounts of electricity and water. Are there methodologies to address this problem? The introduction of cryptocurrencies and the activities involved in their respective processes have shed a new light on the subject...
 Twitter’s rebrand is the next stage in Elon Musk’s vision for the company. But does anyone want it?

Twitter’s rebrand is the next stage in Elon Musk’s vision for the company. But does anyone want it?

2023-08-14 CNN
Say goodbye to Twitter's little bird - Elon Musk seems to want to change the app's aesthetic to make the platform in his image. The new logo features a sterile and aseptic "X," prompting a certain uncertainty whenever one is searching for the platform on one's screen. Already declared during June 2022, the billionaire...
Photoguard, MIT tool that prevents AI from editing our photos.

Photoguard, MIT tool that prevents AI from editing our photos.

2023-08-10 Wired
MIT recently unveiled "Photoguard," a tool created by Boston University researchers and aimed at making the lives of AIs much more complex than before. The software works by creating a disturbance at an extremely deep level - we are talking pixels - causing confusion to any AI intent on editing the photos in question. ...
Zoom changes its terms of service to feed its AI with its customers' data

Zoom changes its terms of service to feed its AI with its customers' data

2023-08-09 VentureBeat
During Pandemic we had the opportunity to observe the vertical rise in the use of video conferencing tools, and Zoom was among the names on the crest of that wave. Today, everyone is betting on Artificial Intelligence and LLM models, and anyone with enough usable data doesn't want to miss this opportunity. This is wh...
 Microsoft unveils more secure AI-powered Bing Chat for businesses to ensure ‘data doesn’t leak’.

Microsoft unveils more secure AI-powered Bing Chat for businesses to ensure ‘data doesn’t leak’.

2023-08-08 CNN
On Tuesday, July 15, Microsoft announced a new, more secure, AI-powered version of Bing - specifically for enterprises and designed to ensure professionals can securely share potentially sensitive information with a chatbot. Bing Chat Enterprise was created specifically so that user chat data will not be saved; moreov...
 NFT Bro Laments That Nobody Is Buying Expensive JPGs Anymore.

NFT Bro Laments That Nobody Is Buying Expensive JPGs Anymore.

2023-08-07 Futurism
As expected, the NFT market today is in an extremely precarious situation - few are showing genuine interest in the field, many of the most prominent figures have now left the environment, and the proposed content has undoubtedly lost quality and traction. Several founders of NFT collections want out of the world in q...
 Tekken 8 content creators making videos about a roster leak are receiving copyright strikes from Bandai Namco.

Tekken 8 content creators making videos about a roster leak are receiving copyright strikes from Bandai Namco.

2023-08-05 Eurogamer
Nowadays, the profession of content creator still lacks proper and precise regularization, which is why one always gets into uncharted territory when it comes to the methodologies used in content creation. Recently, the company Bandai Namco, owner of the video game phenomenon Tekken, issued Copyright strikes against t...
 Instagram Gets Off the Hook for Copyright Claims on Embedded Photos.

Instagram Gets Off the Hook for Copyright Claims on Embedded Photos.

2023-08-03 Gizmodo
The degree of Copyright protection an artist should expect after publishing his or her work on social media is always an unclear issue. Recently, it has been made even more confusing by the latest developments in technology within social networks. An appeals court taken to task dug deeply into the functionality of HTM...
 Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works.

Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works.

2023-08-02 CNN
In an open letter signed and published Tuesday, July 15, by the Authors Guild, the organization's writers accused AI companies of unfairly profiting from the work of copyright-protected authors. Prominent figures stand out within the list of participants, including Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown and James Patterson. As no...
 New AI systems collide with Copyright Law.

New AI systems collide with Copyright Law.

2023-08-01 BBC
The website "Have I Been Trained?" is making the rounds on the Internet, following the continued misuse of others' creativity by developers of Artificial Intelligence models. American artist Kelly McKernan, curious to find out if her own works had been stolen and entered into any databases, decided to search her own n...
 Sony has The Last Of Us knock-off The Last Hope taken off Switch eShop.

Sony has The Last Of Us knock-off The Last Hope taken off Switch eShop.

2023-08-01 Metro
"The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival" is no longer available, as of today, on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game tells the story of Brian Lee, a man who is sent into the future to investigate an inevitable zombie outbreak, accompanied by his daughter Eva. The gameplay consists of killing zombies and collecting resources...