Westerners Outside of Europe: If you've seen a few posts about the debate around Chat Control going on in Europe and dismissed it thinking this was not happening to you too, I urge you to reconsider. Whenever a new authoritarian regulation to spy on populations and undermine privacy rights is implemented in a part of the Western world, it impacts all the other parts. Our politics are intertwined and influence each others. Do not minimize this. Americans, Canadians, Australians should be greatly concerned about Chat Control in Europe:

TechRadar

The EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agenda

The controversial CSAM scanning plan keeps coming back – and being rejected

Europeans, Canadians, and Americans should be greatly concerned about Age Verification in Australia:

the Guardian

Australia to ban under-16s from social media – but can’t say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it

Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 apps

Canadians, Europeans, and Australians should be greatly concerned about KOSA in the United States:

Fight for the Future

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr...

We are all citizens of the world now, and we must fight together and for each others to push back against mass surveillance and any undermining of our privacy rights, collectively. Privacy is a human right, worldwide. #Privacy #ChatControl #AgeVerification #KOSA #MassSurveillance

To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with: "I don't care, I use Linux" Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too? This is a systemic problem. You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well. #Privacy #Microsoft

People rejoicing that Bluesky is feeling like early Twitter seem to be forgetting that Twitter's also used to feel like early Twitter... #Bluesky

From Global News: "Mom says ‘Game of Thrones’ AI chatbot caused her son’s suicide, files lawsuit"

Global News

Mom says ‘Game of Thrones’ AI chatbot caused her son’s suicide, files lawsuit - National | Globalnews.ca

The mother said her son became infatuated with a chatbot made in the likeness of Daenerys Targaryen and often exchanged messages that were romantic...

#AI #LLM #ChatBot #NoAI

Be prepared, be careful, be wary 🤖👇: In the next months, you are likely to see Generative AI Terms of Service popping up everywhere. If you use Generative AI tools of any kind, either in a personal or professional context, make sure to read each of these Terms very carefully. Here's an example from Square's Generative AI Terms: Firstly 👩🏾‍⚖️: YOU are legally responsible for the content you generate, not the AI Products. No matter what content is generated. "You are responsible for all content associated with your use of AI Products." This section details how you, the user, are fully responsible and liable for any misleading, deceptive, or incorrect information generated by the AI Products. You could not get away blaming the company for it. You must verify all information generated. Secondly 🔒: YOU are responsible for ensuring that everything you input into the AI Products does not contain any sensitive personal data: "including data that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, health data or data concerning your sex life or sexual orientation" Thirdly ⚠️: YOU are responsible for informing viewers the material was AI-generated, to verify its accuracy, and you grant an irrevocable license to the company for any content you generate: "You grant us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, prepare derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display your AI Content throughout the world in any media, whether presently known or unknown, for any reason, including to provide, promote, and/or incorporate into the AI Products." Finally ©: YOU are responsible for ensuring no copyright are violated. Make doubly sure you do not input any material (including text and image) you do not own the copyright of. YOU are also responsible for complying with every applicable privacy laws. Copyright lawsuits and privacy violation fines are very costly: "You may not use AI Products to create content that violates third-party copyright, trademark, privacy or other rights. This may include, but is not limited to, entering text prompts to generate a third-party brand logo, uploading an Input image that includes a third party’s copyrighted content, or using a third party’s personal information in violation of their privacy or data protection rights." And remember, publicly available is not the same as public domain. It is entirely different in regard to copyright laws. Be careful, be wary when using generative AI features 🚨🤖 https://squareup.com/ca/en/legal/general/sq-generativeai-terms #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #Privacy

People who DM table-top RPG games :d20: What do you like the most about your players? #TTRPG #RPG #DnD

Because everyone has always dreamed of having a bunch of strangers peeking over their shoulder and taking notes while they browse the internet: Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse: "privacy-sensitive users may not appreciate having an AI assistant monitor their activities—especially if those features send user data to the cloud for processing"

Ars Technica

Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse

Microsoft brings two new opt-in trial features to some users of its Copilot AI-assistant.

The only reassuring fact we have about this, is that it only runs on Microsoft Edge (for now) 🙃 #Privacy #NoAI #AI #Microsoft #Copilot

"Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007" from The Verge: "Meta has just decided that [they] will scrape all of the photos and all of the texts from every public post on Instagram or Facebook since 2007 unless there was a conscious decision to set them on private"

The Verge

Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007

Making Facebook and Instagram private won’t delete that data.

#Privacy #AI #Meta #Facebook #Instagram

Talking about AI: By the way, if you use AI in your software/service/product, and this AI system *might* collect/process/reuse some personal data, you *have to* describe this in your privacy policy. Yes, it is obligatory by law. #Privacy #AI

What is your favorite reference to privacy, and/or example of good privacy, from a fictional tv show or movie? 👀🔒✨ #Privacy #TvShow #Movies