As Big Tech fights for gAI dominance, everyone has gotten their hands dirty trying to hoover up data to feed their LLMs.

'...tech companies including OpenAI, Google and Meta have cut corners, ignored corporate policies and debated bending the law.'

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Misinformation & disinformation linked to generative AI creates huge risks for our society and our democracy. It also creates huge financial and legal risks the companies that push AI products with inadequate safeguards and little transparency.

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“In the worst-case scenario, democracy and social order could collapse, resulting in wars.”

A new 'manifesto' from Japan's largest telecom company ( #NTT ) outlines serious concerns over gAI's potential to manipulate people's opinions on a large scale.

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“I’m terrified...There is a very good chance we are going to see a tsunami of misinformation.”

-Oren Etzioni on AI-generated fake media influencing this year's elections

New Tech, Old Story 🤖👁️

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'I think it just shows one of the dangers of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision-making in a small number of companies.'

-Lina Khan on The Daily Show, discussing Big Tech's consolidation of AI.

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“I’m terrified...There is a very good chance we are going to see a tsunami of misinformation.”

-Oren Etzioni on AI-generated fake media influencing this year's elections

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Uber and Lyft would rather exit Minneapolis than reduce their margins to make up $1.09/ hr to hit local minimum wage laws.

Star Tribune op-ed says 'don't let the door hit you on the way out.'

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Investors pursuing responsible tech investment have a dilemma: mainstream #ESG ratings ignore tech-specific 'Sustainability' & 'Governance' risks.

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📢 GNI is thrilled to announce that Open MIC, InternetLab, and Data Privacy Brasil have joined GNI as members.
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'...what happens when a toddler is consuming mostly A.I.-generated dream-slop?'

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The New York Times op-ed by neuroscientist Erik Hoel on the scary consequences of cheap AI content that is increasingly standing in for human creativity.

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Privacy advocates are rightly concerned about the U.S. government's use of AI for surveillance 🤖👁️‍🗨️

Draft guidelines from Office of Management and Budget let agencies 'waive civil rights and privacy risk assessments' when deemed necessary, opening a wide window for misuse.

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