Yet another poll shows the public overwhelmingly thinks AI companies should get permission from artists before training on their work. In July 2024, of 808 registered US voters polled, 87% agreed that AI developers should receive an artist’s consent before using their voices or

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Why didn’t he retire Dad? Why did his app say I don’t exist, am not related, and more? Why was I deleted from his Wikipedia page? Why has it been so challenging for me to be interviewed fully, and no one from St. Louis Public Radio or any STL publication has asked me for any comment?

2 things to say about OpenAI o1: 1 - model releases by blog post are not peer-reviewed and so lacks reliable scientific rigor 3 - It feels verryy relevant that the release comes in the midst of OpenAI working to secure billions in new funding

in 2019, Jeff Bezos pledged that Amazon would begin rolling out electric delivery vans to combat climate change — but the company's delivery emissions have risen 194% (!!!!) since then, a new report finds. my latest for @wired: wired.com/story/amazons-…

Meta has admitted it used all its users’ public posts on its platforms going back to 2007 to train its AI models during an Australian senate inquiry. The only exception was for users in the European Union who opted out. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

Brian Merchant To bring in a software analogy. Corrupt systems are like memory leaks caused by bad code. Stealing more and more resources to perform the same function.

We are desensitized to everything now but this is the world’s richest man yukking it up with the former president of the United States about a blatantly racist conspiracy theory that is currently putting migrant workers in actual danger

Hmmm what could OpenAI, a company that is feverishly looking for new sources of data with which to train its models, want with a webcam startup