Tag: AI Ethics

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/elliot-higgins/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Feedly Summary: We’ve been seeing if the latest versions of LLMs are any better at geolocating and chronolocating images, and they’ve improved dramatically since we last tested them in 2023. […] Before anyone worries about it taking our job, I see it more…

  • Slashdot: Sydney Radio Station Secretly Used AI-Generated Host For 6 Months Without Disclosure

    Source URL: https://radio.slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/0355222/sydney-radio-station-secretly-used-ai-generated-host-for-6-months-without-disclosure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Sydney Radio Station Secretly Used AI-Generated Host For 6 Months Without Disclosure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the use of a generative AI host by the Sydney-based CADA station without prior disclosure, highlighting the implications for transparency in broadcasting. It underscores the need…

  • The Register: Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/ietf_ai_preferences_working_group/ Source: The Register Title: Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it Feedly Summary: Recently formed AI Preferences Working Group has August deadline to deliver proposals The Internet Engineering Task Force has chartered a group it hopes will create a standard that lets content creators…

  • Hacker News: Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study

    Source URL: https://news.warrington.ufl.edu/faculty-and-research/ai-research-scientist/ Source: Hacker News Title: Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida reveals that while generative AI can assist in academic research, it cannot replace human scientists in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing 4o Image Generation

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/25/introducing-4o-image-generation/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing 4o Image Generation Feedly Summary: Introducing 4o Image Generation When OpenAI first announced GPT-4o back in May 2024 one of the most exciting features was true multi-modality in that it could both input and output audio and images. The “o" stood for "omni", and the image…

  • Hacker News: Meta pirated books to train its AI

    Source URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/ Source: Hacker News Title: Meta pirated books to train its AI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the ethical dilemmas faced by Meta employees while developing the Llama 3 AI model, particularly regarding the use of pirated material from Library Genesis (LibGen) for training purposes. It…