Underage Workers Are Training AI
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Sweeping New Powers Could Let the UK Block Big Tech Platforms
Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service, as well as the encrypted platform Signal, threatened to leave the UK over the proposals. Ofcom’s proposed rules say that public platforms—those that aren’t encrypted—should use …
Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service
The same is true of the AI systems that companies use to help flag potentially dangerous or abusive content. Platforms often use huge troves of data to build internal tools …
Elon Musk’s Twitter is a ‘$44 billion albatross’ a year later
Late last October, Elon Musk officially closed a deal to acquire the platform then known as Twitter for $44 billion after months of legal proceedings and threats to back out …
Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird
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The day after Elon Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter, the company’s Seattle office held a Halloween party for employees and their children. Rebecca Scott Thein dressed in bright …
The UK’s Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
Jeremy Wright was the first of five UK ministers charged with pushing through the British government’s landmark legislation on regulating the internet, the Online Safety Bill. The current UK government …
The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here
A horrific new era of ultrarealistic, AI-generated, child sexual abuse images is now underway, experts warn. Offenders are using downloadable open source generative AI models, which can produce images, to …
The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media
Ahmed alleges that the companies are failing to implement systems that automatically detect violent extremist content as effectively as they detect some other kinds of content. “If you have a …
Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse
On Saturday, the official Israel account on X posted a picture of what looks like a child’s bedroom with blood covering the floor. “This could be your child’s bedroom. No …
Slovakia’s Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy
After a few hours they were ready to confirm that they believed the recording had been altered. Their label, which is still available to see on Slovak-language Facebook when visitors …