AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/ai-trained-on-photos-from-kids-entire-childhood-without-their-consent/
GPT-4 autonomously hacks zero-day security flaws with 53% success rate https://newatlas.com/technology/gpt4-autonomously-hack-zero-day-security-flaws/
New “Apple Intelligence” AI features will be opt-in by default https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/report-new-apple-intelligence-ai-features-will-be-opt-in-by-default/
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is a privacy nightmare https://www.axios.com/2024/06/05/artificial-intelligence-meredith-whittaker-signal-telegram
How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere https://thebulletin.org/2024/06/how-ai-surveillance-threatens-democracy-everywhere/
Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns
Meta uses “dark patterns” to thwart AI opt-outs in EU, complaint says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/meta-to-train-undefined-ai-tech-on-facebook-users-posts-pics-in-eu/
DuckDuckGo Announces Free, Private Access to Some AI Chatbots https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/duckduckgo-announces-free-private-access-to-some-ai-chatbots/
What is the Cara app, and why are artists deleting Instagram for it? https://www.fastcompany.com/91135674/what-is-the-cara-app
This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI https://www.wired.com/story/total-recall-windows-recall-ai/
Facebook will soon use your photos, posts and other info to train its AI. You can opt out (but it’s complicated) https://www.thejournal.ie/facebook-data-ai-6391876-May2024/
Biden wants U.S. government to scan all images on your phone to comply with new AI rules https://www.newstarget.com/2024-05-29-biden-government-scan-images-phone-ai-rules.html
FTC chair: AI models could violate antitrust laws https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4682461-ftc-chair-ai-models-could-violate-antitrust-laws/
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/05/23/ai-headphones-noise-cancelling-target-speech-hearing/
Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/amazon-plans-to-give-alexa-an-ai-overhaul-monthly-subscription-price.html