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  • Slashdot: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/165222/wetransfer-backtracks-on-terms-suggesting-user-files-could-train-ai-models-after-backlash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: WeTransfer has retracted recent changes to its terms of service that implied user-uploaded files could be utilized for machine learning purposes, responding to widespread backlash. The clarification reassures…

  • Slashdot: To Spam AI Chatbots, Companies Spam Reddit with AI-Generated Posts

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/28/1649245/to-spam-ai-chatbots-companies-spam-reddit-with-ai-generated-posts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: To Spam AI Chatbots, Companies Spam Reddit with AI-Generated Posts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the strategic use of AI and social media platforms, specifically Reddit, by companies looking to boost their visibility in generative AI chatbot results. It highlights an ongoing conflict…

  • Slashdot: Google is Using YouTube Videos To Train Its AI Video Generator

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/19/1613206/google-is-using-youtube-videos-to-train-its-ai-video-generator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google is Using YouTube Videos To Train Its AI Video Generator Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Google is leveraging its vast collection of YouTube videos to enhance its AI models, specifically Gemini and the Veo 3 generator, signaling a major development in AI training methodologies. This…

  • The Register: Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea’s extinct after terms updated

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/mastodon_says_no_to_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea’s extinct after terms updated Feedly Summary: Such rules could be tricky to enforce in the Fediverse, though Mastodon is the latest platform to push back against AI training, updating its terms and conditions to ban the use of user content for…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-youtube

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/llm-fragments-youtube/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-youtube Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-youtube Excellent new LLM plugin by Agustin Bacigalup which lets you use the subtitles of any YouTube video as a fragment for running prompts against. I tried it out like this: llm install llm-fragments-youtube llm -f youtube:dQw4w9WgXcQ \ ‘summary of people and what they…

  • Slashdot: Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI To Predict Where Users Live

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/30/2133227/developer-builds-tool-that-scrapes-youtube-comments-uses-ai-to-predict-where-users-live?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI To Predict Where Users Live Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The emergence of YouTube-Tools poses significant privacy risks as it enables users to track and profile YouTube commenters based on their historical comments and activity. This tool…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Models Are Surprisingly Good At Geoguessing

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/1941258/chatgpt-models-are-surprisingly-good-at-geoguessing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Models Are Surprisingly Good At Geoguessing Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a concerning trend related to the use of OpenAI’s new models, o3 and o4-mini, for deducing locations from images, raising potential privacy issues. The models’ advanced image analysis capabilities combined with…

  • The Register: 4chan, the ‘internet’s litter box,’ appears to have been pillaged by rival forum

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/4chan_breached/ Source: The Register Title: 4chan, the ‘internet’s litter box,’ appears to have been pillaged by rival forum Feedly Summary: Source code, moderator info, IP addresses, more allegedly swiped and leaked Thousands of 4chan users reported outages Monday night amid rumors on social media that the edgy anonymous imageboard had been ransacked by…

  • The Register: Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/ireland_investigation_into_x/ Source: The Register Title: Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp Feedly Summary: Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR Elon Musk’s social media outfit X is again under the regulatory microscope in Europe – this time for allegedly using EU users’…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Cloudflare for AI: supporting AI adoption at scale with a security-first approach

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-ai-supporting-ai-adoption-at-scale-with-a-security-first-approach/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Cloudflare for AI: supporting AI adoption at scale with a security-first approach Feedly Summary: With Cloudflare for AI, developers, security teams and content creators can leverage Cloudflare’s network and portfolio of tools to secure, observe and make AI applications resilient and safe to use. AI Summary and…