Digital Rights Bytes – EFF
Get honest answers to the questions that have been bugging you about technology. And get to know how the Electronic… read more
Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI ‘Opt-Out Window’. It’s Already Over. – 404 Media
This unusual time-based window for opting out is understandably upsetting some instructors. It also highlights the fact that removing training… read more
Dark Visitors
Track and Control Artificial Agents Crawling Your Website Half of your traffic is invisible to you. Analyze, protect, and optimize… read more
Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping – Wired
WIRED can confirm that Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Atlantic, Vox Media, the… read more
Indigenous creators are clashing with YouTube’s and Instagram’s sensitive content bans – Rest of World
Such takedowns have become par for the course for Brazilian Indigenous content creators like Kalapalo who have taken to social… read more
Teen and Young Adult Perspectives on Generative AI: Patterns of Use, Excitements, and Concerns – Common Sense Media
This study, conducted in partnership with Hopelab and the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education, examines how young… read more
Bhutan’s first AI startup is seven college kids in a dorm – Rest of World
When they set up NoMindBhutan, Dendup and Samdrup were freshmen in the AI Development and Data Science program at the… read more
Meta is training its AI with public Instagram posts. Artists in Latin America can’t opt out – Rest of World
Artists in Spanish-speaking Latin America — where AI regulation and privacy laws are outdated or nonexistent — are worried about… read more
Foundation Model Transparency Index – Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models
A comprehensive assessment of the transparency of [large language model] foundation model developers https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/May-2024/index.html
When Artificial Intelligence Makes Black Music, Who Really Wins? – Refinery29
By then, concerns around the powers of AI in music hit a fever pitch, with many questioning the future implications… read more