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Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"
Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.
From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."
It's enshitification in action.
Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP
#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec
From WaPo:
"Meanwhile, we found several media outlets that rank low on NewsGuard’s independent scale for trustworthiness: RT.com No. 65, the Russian state-backed propaganda site; breitbart.com No. 159, a well-known source for far-right news and opinion; and vdare.com No. 993, an anti-immigration site that has been associated with white supremacy.
"The top Christian site, Grace to You (gty.org No. 164), belongs to Grace Community Church, an evangelical megachurch in California. Christianity Today recently reported that the church counseled women to 'continue to submit' to abusive fathers and husbands and to avoid reporting them to authorities."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/
#technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #Google #tech #news @technology @politics #trans #lgbtqia #lgbtq
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @emilymbender about how these technologies work, why they don’t reflect how humans use language, but why we want to believe they’re talking to us.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12640803-chatgpt-is-not-intelligent-w-emily-m-bender
#tech #ai #chatgpt #generativeai #llm #podcast
ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender to discuss what it means to say that ChatGPT is a “stochastic parrot,” why Elon Musk is calling to pause AI development, and how the tech industry uses language to trick us into buying its narratives about t...Buzzsprout
This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I chat with Jacob Silverman about what SVB reveals about the state of the industry and why the end of low interest rates could be a serious challenge.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12489566-everyone-hates-vcs-after-the-svb-collapse-w-jacob-silverman
#tech #svb #siliconvalleybank
Everyone Hates VCs After the SVB Collapse w/ Jacob Silverman - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, how it’s part of a larger crisis in the tech sector, and why it’s turning people against the industry’s venture capitalists.Jacob Silverman is a journalist and...Buzzsprout
This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I speak to Dan McQuillan about how AI promotes ranking populations and austerity policies, and the risks that come with its emergence coinciding with the growth of far-right policies.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12380621-why-we-must-resist-ai-w-dan-mcquillan
#ai #tech #politics #chatgpt
Why We Must Resist AI w/ Dan McQuillan - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss how AI systems encourage ranking populations and austerity policies, and why understanding their politics is essential to opposing them.Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative and Social Computing a...Buzzsprout
For Insider, I explain the industry is using technology to hide human workers and make work more precarious. It’s not eliminating the need for human labor.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-ai-will-not-take-jobs-create-future-work-opportunities-2023-2
#tech #ai #automation #work
Jobs of the future: ChatGPT, AI will create careers that need humans
AI has a dirty secret: Chatbots like ChatGPT rely on a hidden fleet of human workers. Instead of taking jobs, robots will create new jobs for the future.Paris Marx (Insider)
In November, he outlined a vision for Twitter that effectively tries to replicate his old vision by grafting it onto the ailing social media platform. I explain why it’s doomed to fail and what it tells us about Elon Musk.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start
#tech #elonmusk #twitter
Elon Musk Wants to Relive His Start-Up Days. He’s Repeating the Same Mistakes.
What PayPal’s history teaches us about Elon Musk’s management of TwitterParis Marx (Disconnect)
This week on #TechWontSaveUs, @niedermeyer joins me for a deep dive into Tesla, the challenges the company is facing, and why it’s so hard to get away from Elon Musk.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12208956-the-tesla-crash-is-only-beginning-w-edward-niedermeyer
#tech #tesla #elonmusk #ev
The Tesla Crash is Only Beginning w/ Edward Niedermeyer - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss the rollercoaster ride of Tesla’s share price, the escalating regulatory and legal scrutiny the company faces, and the challenges it faces in the electric car market.Edward Niedermeyer is the a...Buzzsprout
This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I speak to @anousha about upcoming contract negotiations and why the Writers Guild could go on strike for the first time since 2007.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12160126-why-hollywood-writers-may-strike-over-streaming-w-anousha-sakoui
#tech #streaming #film #tv
Why Hollywood Writers May Strike Over Streaming w/ Anousha Sakoui - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Anousha Sakoui to discuss the prospect of a writer’s strike later this year, what workers are fighting for, and how the move to streaming has affected working conditions and compensation in Hollywood.Anousha Sakoui is an en...Buzzsprout
Great work by @jonchristian on this story:
https://futurism.com/cnet-ai-plagiarism
#ai #tech #cnet
CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism
CNET's AI-generated articles appear to show deep structural similarities, amounting to plagiarism, with previously published work elsewhere.Jon Christian (Futurism)
The hacker also stole an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups by accessing a cloud storage database shared by both LastPass and GoTo.
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #Lastpass #breach #hacking
https://www.pcmag.com/news/lastpass-sibling-company-goto-loses-encrypted-backups-to-hackers
These companies are reporting record profits. Inflation is just cover. It’s because they can, because there’s social cover for it, because there’s money left on the table and having “some” money isn’t enough.
It’s nothing short of class warfare.
This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I chat with @timnitGebru about the misleading framing of AI, why she started doing this research, and how she ended up getting fired by Google. It’s a must listen!
Tune in here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12073262-don-t-fall-for-the-ai-hype-w-timnit-gebru
#ai #tech #podcast #chatgpt
Don’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting distracted by all the hype around ChatGPT and AI i...Buzzsprout
OpenAI paid Sama to hire Kenyan workers at $1.32 to $2 an hour to review “child sexual abuse, bestiality, murder, suicide, torture, self harm, and incest” content. Their work made the tool less toxic, but left them mentally scarred. The company ended the contract when they found out TIME was digging into their practices.
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
#tech #chatgpt #ai
Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
OpenAI used outsourced workers in Kenya earning less than $2 per hour to scrub toxicity from ChatGPT. Here's what to know.Billy Perrigo (Time)
She says she’d never use it that way. Then, not long after, she says she used DALL-E to generate part of a book cover so she wouldn’t have to pay a photographer.
https://www.theverge.com/23520625/chatgpt-openai-amazon-kindle-novel
#tech #chatgpt #writing
How Kindle novelists are using OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Authors of Kindle genre fiction have been experimenting with AI tools. One novelist discusses how writers are thinking about ChatGPT.Josh Dzieza (The Verge)
Sometimes people ask why we should bother thinking about the future when there are so many pressing issues in the present. But as @roseveleth explains in this week’s episode of #TechWontSaveUs, tech billionaires want us to buy into their ideas for the future, and we need to push back with better alternatives!
Listen to our conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11975314-why-tech-billionaires-want-to-shape-our-future-w-rose-eveleth
#tech #future #podcast
Why Tech Billionaires Want to Shape Our Future w/ Rose Eveleth - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Rose Eveleth to discuss the end of her long-running podcast, why thinking about the future is important, and how tech billionaires try to shape our idea of the future to serve their ends.Rose Eveleth is the creator and host...Buzzsprout
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #news #elonmusk #tech #technews #technology
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews
#TikTok recommends self-harm and eating disorder content to some users within minutes of joining the platform, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate ( #CCDH ).
#news #technology #tech #security #china
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-pushes-potentially-harmful-content-to-users-as-often-as-every-39-seconds-study/
TikTok pushes potentially harmful content to users as often as every 39 seconds, study says
TikTok recommends self-harm and eating disorder content to some users within minutes of joining the platform, according to a new report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.CBS News
Aren’t we lucky that some guy in Germany decided to spend his own time, money, and effort to build it?
Hopefully we’ll get lucky again…
Or, you know, maybe we can finally consider supporting tech that’s in the common good from the common purse. And fund organisations and long-term development, not just ad-hoc academic “projects” that get abandoned the moment the money is gone.
https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/
#funding #tech #eu #commons
The Future of Internet Regulation at the European Parliament
A brief write-up of my talk at the EU Parliament last week with embedded videos of my talk and a link to my slides.Aral Balkan
On this week’s #TechWontSaveUs, Wendy Liu returns to discuss this shift and how executives are emboldened by Elon Musk’s actions since taking over Twitter.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11871797-tech-billionaires-are-coming-for-workers-w-wendy-liu
#tech #podcast #elonmusk
Tech Billionaires Are Coming for Workers w/ Wendy Liu - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to discuss what it was like to work in tech in the 2010s and why structural changes in the industry are empowering an increasingly reactionary capitalist class to strike back at workers and upend the expectations ...Buzzsprout
On December 18, I’ll be breaking down the year in tech in a livestream with @bcmerchant, @hypervisible, and @xoxogossipgita — exclusively for #TechWontSaveUs supporters!
We’ll be discussing the wildest stories of the year, the worst tech CEOs, what we’re looking to in 2023, and much more!
Want to join us? Sign up to support the show: https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus
#podcast #tech #livestream
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On this week’s #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @Rushkoff about why it’s time for us to wake up and challenge the power and self-serving narratives of the tech billionaires — before it’s too late.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11828681-trusting-tech-billionaires-is-a-recipe-for-disaster-w-douglas-rushkoff
#tech #siliconvalley #podcast #politics
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to discuss why internet visions of the 1990s were wrong to ignore corporate power, how the dot-com boom was like a Ponzi scheme, and why we desperately need to stop elevating tech billionaires.Douglas Rushk...Buzzsprout
#News #Study #tech #privacy #computer #phone #data
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds
Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid
Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations.Ars Technica
As I wrote in Time a few months ago, we need to realize he hasn’t just taken a bad turn in the past few months. He’s always been selling us a lie, and nothing shows that better than his fake transport projects that distracted from real solutions.
His downfall can’t come soon enough.
https://time.com/6203815/elon-musk-flaws-billionaire-visions/
#elonmusk #tech #transport #future
Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him
Elon Musk became the figure everyone was looking for, but there were holes in his visions for the future.Paris Marx (Time)
In the same way that the Hyperloop’s purpose was to get California’s high-speed rail line canceled, the Boring Company is distracting from train and transit projects that aren’t as “sexy”, but could make a real difference.
#hyperloop #boringcompany #elonmusk #transport #tech
But when it comes time for the Boring Company to deliver, it conveniently disappears.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-traffic-11669658396
#elonmusk #tech #transport #cities
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America
The tunnel venture has repeatedly teased local officials with a pledge to ‘solve soul-destroying traffic,’ only to back outTed Mann (The Wall Street Journal)
#technology #tech #twitter #elon #musk #twittermigration
In a new #techwontsaveus, I spoke to @danjokaz00ie to explore how companies create audiences to sell to advertisers — and why that’s important to understand.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11747335-why-advertising-shapes-the-tech-economy-w-daniel-joseph
#advertising #tech #techindustry #podcast
Why Advertising Shapes the Tech Economy w/ Daniel Joseph - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Daniel Joseph to discuss why advertising is central not just to the tech economy, but modern capitalism itself, and how the business models of companies are increasing shaped by serving ads and collecting data to inform the...Buzzsprout
The joy of #opensource culture is a can-do vibe: Dive in and make stuff happen. Contribute where you can.
NGOs & politicos pay more attention to process. Who's in the room matters. Start too fast, and you crowd out key voices. Agenda-setting (who starts the conversation) shapes outcomes.
These are tough to reconcile. But crucial for #Fediverse to be dynamic AND inclusive.
The tech industry is at a turning point, but where will it go next and how do we prepare for its next act?
📬 Read my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/techwontsaveus/archive/a-turning-point-for-the-tech-industry
#tech #future #economy #siliconvalley #elonmusk
A turning point for the tech industry?
Less than a week since my last update, and I’m already in your inbox again! I couldn’t help myself from commenting on the downward slide the tech industry is...buttondown.email