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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

Aug 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/metas-ai-rules/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info Feedly Summary: Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info This is grim. Reuters got hold of a leaked copy Meta’s internal “GenAI: Content Risk…

The Register: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases Feedly Summary: Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out

Jul 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/18/llm_products_terms_of_service/ Source: The Register Title: As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out Feedly Summary: WeTransfer added the magic words “machine learning" to its ToS and users reacted predictably Analysis WeTransfer this week denied claims it uses files uploaded to its ubiquitous…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: claude-trace

Jun 2, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/2/claude-trace/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: claude-trace Feedly Summary: claude-trace I’ve been thinking for a while it would be interesting to run some kind of HTTP proxy against the Claude Code CLI app and take a peek at how it works. Mario Zechner just published a really nice version of that. It works…

Slashdot: AI Set To Consume Electricity Equivalent To 22% of US Homes By 2028, New Analysis Says

May 21, 2025

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Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/21/1844241/ai-set-to-consume-electricity-equivalent-to-22-of-us-homes-by-2028-new-analysis-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Set To Consume Electricity Equivalent To 22% of US Homes By 2028, New Analysis Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rapidly increasing energy demands associated with AI, particularly focusing on its significant impact on electricity consumption in the U.S. data centers.…

Slashdot: Study Accuses LM Arena of Helping Top AI Labs Game Its Benchmark

May 1, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/01/0525208/study-accuses-lm-arena-of-helping-top-ai-labs-game-its-benchmark?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Study Accuses LM Arena of Helping Top AI Labs Game Its Benchmark Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights significant concerns regarding transparency and fairness in AI benchmarking, particularly focusing on allegations of biased practices within the LM Arena. Such revelations could impact the trustworthiness…

Slashdot: Even the US Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water

Apr 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/1556239/even-the-us-government-says-ai-requires-massive-amounts-of-water?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Even the US Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights significant environmental impacts of generative AI systems, particularly in terms of water usage and energy consumption for cooling data centers. Companies’ lack of…

The Register: AI bigwigs urge AGs to block OpenAI’s profit pivot

Apr 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/openai_for_profit_stop_urged/ Source: The Register Title: AI bigwigs urge AGs to block OpenAI’s profit pivot Feedly Summary: Elon’s not the only one sounding the alarm over the AI giant’s cash grab A group of AI heavyweights and ex-OpenAI staffers are urging the attorneys general of California and Delaware to block the ChatGPT shop’s latest…

Slashdot: US Likely To Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/07/1616237/us-likely-to-ban-chinese-app-deepseek-from-government-devices Source: Slashdot Title: US Likely To Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The White House is contemplating restrictions on the Chinese AI company DeepSeek, primarily over concerns about national security and user data privacy. Key measures may include banning its chatbot from government…

The Register: Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM

Feb 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/amazon_google_accused_of_monetizing/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM Feedly Summary: And US government adverts at that, say senators US Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Friday sent letters to the CEOs of Amazon and Google asking why their ad…

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