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… Takedown requests are evaluated using YouTube’s privacy policy, and the company says it considers removals based on criteria like whether the content is realistic, is labeled as AI-generated, and if a person can be uniquely identified. …
… Last April, the National Advertising Division recommended that Apple “discontinue or modify” its “available now” claim for the Apple Intelligence page on its website. Apple also pulled an iPhone 16 ad showing actor Bella Ramsey using the AI-upgraded Siri. …
… Kutz also said that Google’s AI search features don’t aim to display content from any specific site or platform, and that Reddit “gets no special preference” in Google’s ranking system. “There will always be bad actors trying to game the system — in fact, spamming predates the internet — and fighti… …
When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy nightmare.” After the backlash and a year-long delay to redesign and secure Recall, it’s once again facing security and … …
… The Times Guild is currently bargaining a new contract, pushing for robust protections against AI, like requirements that a human is behind any AI tool being used, that any journalism utilizing AI is transparently labeled, and that staff are compensated for AI model training deals the company might… …
… One of the clipping campaigns was for Perplexity AI — but nobody can tell me who, exactly, is responsible for the clips: Reached via email, Perplexity distanced itself from clipping company Vyro, with spokesperson Jesse Dwyer saying Perplexity “has no knowledge” of the company and “takes any unauth… …
… EU privacy watchdog opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over sexualised AI images FT Terrence O'Brien Feb 12 Elon Musk might be violating sanctions against Iran with X Premium accounts. …
… Our poor reporter Jess Weatherbed, her beat is AI labeling systems, and she’s like, “What are we doing?” She’s been on the show, and she’s like, “We keep pretending that these are going to work because we have to, but there’s no evidence that they ever will.” Then there’s the reverse, which is, “Ok… …
… And if we were to get a new copyright that said we can control training, they just changed their standard deals to say, okay, you can control training and to do business with us, you have to let us have training rights. …
… Are you engaged with OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI or Meta? We’re not directly engaged with OpenAI or Anthropic. We certainly have done a fair amount of work with Meta through the years and most of the hyperscalers and more on the product side. …