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  • Slashdot: CES ‘Worst In Show’ Devices Mocked In IFixit Video – While YouTube Inserts Ads For Them

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/11/1748206/ces-worst-in-show-devices-mocked-in-ifixit-video—while-youtube-inserts-ads-for-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CES ‘Worst In Show’ Devices Mocked In IFixit Video – While YouTube Inserts Ads For Them Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The excerpt discusses the potential threats posed by certain technology products unveiled at CES, particularly in terms of their repairability, privacy, and security vulnerabilities. Notable…

  • Wired: Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/2024-dnc-cell-site-simulator-phone-surveillance/ Source: Wired Title: Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC Feedly Summary: Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…

  • Wired: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ Source: Wired Title: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal Feedly Summary: One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta has faced a significant legal setback regarding its training practices for…

  • Slashdot: Mark Zuckerberg Gave Meta’s Llama Team the OK To Train On Copyright Works, Filing Claims

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/2116231/mark-zuckerberg-gave-metas-llama-team-the-ok-to-train-on-copyright-works-filing-claims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mark Zuckerberg Gave Meta’s Llama Team the OK To Train On Copyright Works, Filing Claims Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The ongoing legal case of Kadrey v. Meta centers around allegations that Meta, under the direction of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, improperly used pirated materials for training…

  • Slashdot: Religious Leaders Experiment With AI In Sermons

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/08/0015223/religious-leaders-experiment-with-ai-in-sermons Source: Slashdot Title: Religious Leaders Experiment With AI In Sermons Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the innovative use of AI in religious contexts, highlighting Rabbi Josh Fixler’s experience with an AI chatbot that generates and delivers sermons. This development reflects a broader trend of religious leaders…

  • Hacker News: Hackers Claim Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data

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    Source URL: https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hackers Claim Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant data breach involving Gravy Analytics, a company that sells smartphone location data to the U.S. government. It highlights privacy concerns related to the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Colin Fraser

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/4/colin-fraser/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Colin Fraser Feedly Summary: Claude is not a real guy. Claude is a character in the stories that an LLM has been programmed to write. Just to give it a distinct name, let’s call the LLM “the Shoggoth". When you have a conversation with Claude, what’s…

  • Hacker News: Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles

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    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/03/meta-ai-powered-instagram-facebook-profiles Source: Hacker News Title: Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Meta is discontinuing its AI character profiles on Facebook and Instagram due to user backlash and operational bugs. The profiles, initially launched in 2023, included personalities that sparked…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Fable, a Book App, Makes Changes After Offensive A.I. Messages

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/us/fable-ai-books-racism.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Fable, a Book App, Makes Changes After Offensive A.I. Messages Feedly Summary: The company introduced safeguards after readers flagged “bigoted” language in an artificial intelligence feature that crafts summaries. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the introduction of safeguards in response…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Jason Koebler

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/3/jason-koebler/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Jason Koebler Feedly Summary: the Meta controlled, AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles going viral right now have been on the platform for well over a year and all of them stopped posting 10 months ago after users almost universally ignored them. […] What is obvious from…