Last night, @pluralistic was in conversation with @mariafarrell to mark ORG's 20th birthday.

This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making to copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights.

Plus much more!

Missed it live? No worries, you can watch it in full on Youtube 📺

https://www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io

#ORG20 #digitalrights #corydoctorow #AI #copyright #dataprotection #bigtech

Guy next to me at the cafe I’m working out of this morning gets a call:

“… no we don’t live there anymore… no… no, we don’t live there anymore… are you serious?! [my ears perk up] Is this AI?… It is?!”

Spoke to him afterwards. Apparently “some energy company.” And it was an LLM on the other side. He said it sounded so real (a woman who gave him her name and sounded perfectly normal) until he asked it if it was AI when it responded “yes” and then restarted the script.

*smdh*

#AI #BigTech #bullshit #capitalism #Ireland

A little reminder that DuckDuckGo is venture capital (VC) funded.

The way VC works:

1. You get VC
2. You grow as fast as you can (or fail fast)
3. You sell (either to a larger corporation or to the public in an IPO; this is called the “exit”)

(In case any of you are surprised by recent/future developments.)

#DuckDuckGo #ventureCapital #VC #BigTech #capitalism

This is the Silicon Valley “startup” model. Startups are not long-term sustainable businesses or small businesses. A startup is a temporary business designed to either grow exponentially and exit (sell) or to fail fast.

#startups#ventureCapital#VC#BigTech#SiliconValley

Interesting read…

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 (𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙂𝙤)

https://www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/google-is-tracking-you-even-when-you-use-duck-duck-go

#google #tracking#privacy #InfoSec #security#tech #technology#BigTech#BigBrother

🚨 X umożliwiał targetowanie reklam z wykorzystywaniem wrażliwych danych, wbrew zakazowi wyinkającemu z DSA.

Zdziwieni? Niestety, to kolejny przykład tego, jak #BigTech żeruje na danych użytkowników i użytkowniczek.

🙌 W koalicji z kilkoma europejskimi organizacjami złożyliśmy skargę na naruszenie art. 26.3 DSA przez platformę X:

@edri @aiforensics_org @bitsoffreedom @cdteurope @Freiheitsrechte @globalwitness @voxpublic

“Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, promises xAI”

https://www.theverge.com/x-ai/707442/grok-antisemitic-hitler-elon-musk-opinion-reprogrammed

Anyone remember the days when we actually had a bar? Or at least pretended there was one, no matter how low? I miss those days.

#fascism#BigTech#elonMusk#xAI