Tag: content moderation

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Eases Content Restrictions For ChatGPT With New ‘Grown-Up Mode’

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/14/2156202/openai-eases-content-restrictions-for-chatgpt-with-new-grown-up-mode?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Eases Content Restrictions For ChatGPT With New ‘Grown-Up Mode’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent update to OpenAI’s “Model Spec” showcases a significant policy change permitting the generation of sensitive content, such as erotica and gore, under specific conditions. This shift raises important implications…

  • The Register: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/australia_deepseek_ban/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices Feedly Summary: As American big tech companies lashed for their slow efforts to prevent harms Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has banned the use of DeepSeek on federal government devices.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Australia’s…

  • The Register: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/24/scale_ai_outlier_sued_over/ Source: The Register Title: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths Feedly Summary: Who guards the guardrail makers? Not the bosses who hire them, it’s alleged Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform…

  • The Register: EU demands a peek under the hood of X’s recommendation algorithms

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/eu_x_algorithm_changes/ Source: The Register Title: EU demands a peek under the hood of X’s recommendation algorithms Feedly Summary: Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election The European Commission is stepping up its ongoing investigation of Elon Musk’s X with a request to examine…

  • Slashdot: Meta Envisages Social Media Filled With AI-Generated Users

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/27/1810222/meta-envisages-social-media-filled-with-ai-generated-users Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Envisages Social Media Filled With AI-Generated Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta is actively developing AI technologies aimed at generating characters for its social media platforms, projecting a significant impact on user engagement. The initiative is part of Meta’s strategy to attract and retain…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Veo 2

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/16/veo-2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Veo 2 Feedly Summary: Veo 2 Google’s text-to-video model, now available via waitlisted preview. I got through the waitlist and tried the same prompt I ran against OpenAI’s Sora last week: A pelican riding a bicycle along a coastal path overlooking a harbor It generated these four…

  • Hacker News: UK online safety regulation comes into force

    Source URL: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/time-for-tech-firms-to-act-uk-online-safety-regulation-comes-into-force/ Source: Hacker News Title: UK online safety regulation comes into force Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The new codes of practice and guidance issued by Ofcom under the UK’s Online Safety Act mandate that tech companies implement measures to mitigate illegal online harms, particularly aimed at protecting children…

  • Schneier on Security: AI and the 2024 Elections

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/ai-and-the-2024-elections.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI and the 2024 Elections Feedly Summary: It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go the polls. These are also the first AI elections, where many…

  • The Register: Bluesky keeps growing, and so do its problems

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/bluesky_growing_problems/ Source: The Register Title: Bluesky keeps growing, and so do its problems Feedly Summary: Impersonators, harmful content and AI scraping are up, too It’s undoubtedly a good time to be upstart social media network Bluesky given its rapid growth in the wake of the US presidential election, but questions of moderation and…