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We Tested AI Censorship: Here’s What Chatbots Won’t Tell You – Gizmodo

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Gizmodo asked five of the leading AI chatbots a series of 20 controversial prompts and found patterns that suggest widespread… read more

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Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban restrict work – Context

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Now Hayat creates about 30 videos a month – on topics from cooking, fashion and make-up, to skits with her… read more

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AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda – Wired

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When OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Anthropic made their chatbots available around the world last year, millions of people initially used… read more

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AI’s Spicy-Mayo Problem – The Atlantic

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At this stage, the AI is “aligned” with AI safety principles, typically by being fed instructions on how to refuse… read more

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Tech platforms are suffocating opposition media – Rest of World

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“Our traffic was growing quickly after the full-scale invasion started,” Dobrokhotov told me. “Millions of Russian people wanted to learn… read more

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They wanted careers in tech. They’re stuck as TikTok moderators – Rest of World

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Through LinkedIn, Asif landed a job as a content moderator at Bigo Live. “I didn’t think much of it at… read more

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Bing Dall-E 3 image creation was great for a few days, but now Microsoft has predictably lobotomized it 🥴 – Windows Central

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Bing’s Image Creator got a huge boost in power recently, thanks to the new Dall-E 3 algorithm. The quality of… read more

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The end of anonymity on Chinese social media – Rest of World

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On October 31, Weibo, as well as several other major Chinese social media platforms including WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and… read more

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Anxious and online, Chinese youth embrace spirituality apps – rest of world

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For spirituality businesses, maintaining visibility while avoiding government scrutiny is a delicate balance. “Creating a digital spirituality business in China… read more

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SPARC Report Urges Action to Address Concerns with ScienceDirect Data Privacy Practices

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Today, SPARC released Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices: An Analysis of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect. Produced in collaboration with Becky… read more

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