Tag: ethical considerations

Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/15/1457229/hugging-face-is-hosting-5000-nonconsensual-ai-models-of-real-people?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the transfer of over 5,000 AI image generation models to Hugging Face from Civitai, a platform that faced pressure from payment processors to ban certain models, particularly…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: xAI: "We spotted a couple of issues with Grok 4 recently that we immediately investigated & mitigated"

Jul 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/15/xai-mitigated/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: xAI: "We spotted a couple of issues with Grok 4 recently that we immediately investigated & mitigated" Feedly Summary: xAI: “We spotted a couple of issues with Grok 4 recently that we immediately investigated & mitigated" They continue: One was that if you ask it "What is…

The Register: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute

Jul 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/eu_genai_fair_use/ Source: The Register Title: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute Feedly Summary: Just because a student reads a book doesn’t mean Midjourney gets to eat Disney A research paper commissioned by the European Parliament has called for an EU law to pay writers, musicians, and artists whose work…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok-4-heavy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Feedly Summary: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Grok 4 Heavy is the “think much harder" version of Grok 4 that’s currenly only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok 4…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/technology/x-ai-grok-antisemitism.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting @grok

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting @grok Feedly Summary: On the morning of July 8, 2025, we observed undesired responses and immediately began investigating. To identify the specific language in the instructions causing the undesired behavior, we conducted multiple ablations and experiments to pinpoint the main culprits. We identified the operative lines…

Slashdot: AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds

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Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/2314204/ai-therapy-bots-fuel-delusions-and-give-dangerous-advice-stanford-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a Stanford University study revealing concerning outcomes from AI interactions, particularly ChatGPT, with individuals experiencing mental health issues. While some interactions show discriminatory responses, others indicate…

The Register: Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/defenses_against_ai_scrapers_beaten/ Source: The Register Title: Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show Feedly Summary: Data poisoning, meet data detox ai-pocalypse Computer scientists say they’ve devised a way to remove image-based protection mechanisms developed to protect artists from unwanted use of their work for AI training.… AI Summary and…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok: searching X for "from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)"

Jul 11, 2025

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