El Duvelle
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

This is obviously bad from #whatsapp, but also, the way the journalist describes what the chatbot does, as if it had intentions, is pretty bad too.

"It was the beginning of a bizarre exchange of the kind more and more people are having with AI systems, in which chatbots try to negotiate their way out of trouble, deflect attention from their mistakes and contradict themselves, all in an attempt to continue to appear useful."

No, the chatbot isn't "trying to negotiate", and is not "attempting to appear useful". It's a program that follows programming rules to output something that looks like English langage. It doesn't have desires or intentions, and it cannot lie because it doesn't know what truth is.

‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/whatsapp-ai-helper-mistakenly-shares-users-number?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#genAI#ChatBot#TheGuardian
Cress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌻
@lexicaleigh@toot.wales  ·  activity timestamp last week

Evening, Twters.

A PSA today: #WhatsApp are about to start showing much more ads in their messaging service: https://shorturl.at/tlBFY

Any users still on the platform can move to #Signal (https://signal.org/download/)

And here's why you should: https://www.wired.com/story/signal-vs-whatsapp/

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧
@Peter_Link@expressional.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia

from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST

[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]

"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/?ref=blog.elenarossini.com

#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Mastodon#Loops#Sup#FreeSoftware#SocialWeb #technology #news #press
Julien Falgas 🪡
@julienfalgas@piaille.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@fresseng @franceinter@rpierronnet.bsky.social

L'enquête diabolise "les écrans" et "les réseaux sociaux", comme si leur forme actuelle et dominante allait de soi. C'est de l'impensé numérique.

Nous sommes face à un dévoiement des potentiels du numérique par des firmes accrocs à leur modèle économique toxique. C'est à ce modèle qu'il nous faut nous attaquer. Nous ne sommes que les fumeurs passifs de la dépendance des BigTech à la publicité ciblée et à nos données personnelles.

Un autre numérique est possible

Politiques et journalistes ont beau jeu de vouloir défendre les jeunes, eux qui ne jurent que par la plus nauséabonde des plateformes.
Nicolas Fressengeas
@fresseng@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@julienfalgas

Tout à fait d'accord, malheureusement. J'ai l'espoir peut être un peu fou que cela puisse être l'étape suivante de la prise de conscience des dégâts réalisés par le modèle actuel.

Par exemple, que la même France Inter promeuve pour est perturbant.

@franceinter @rpierronnet.bsky.social