Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta’s Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers – 404 Media
A pair of students at Harvard have built what big tech companies refused to release publicly due to the overwhelming… read more
A Look Behind the Screens – Federal Trade Commission
Today, the Commission is approving the release of a groundbreaking report that sheds light on how these powerful Companies have… read more
Social media companies engaged in ‘vast surveillance,’ FTC finds, calling status quo ‘unacceptable’ – NBC News
Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at… 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Artists in Spanish-speaking Latin America — where AI regulation and privacy laws are outdated or nonexistent — are worried about… read more
Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour – The Guardian
Content moderators are the workers who trawl, manually, through social media posts to remove toxic content and flag violations of… read more
Brazil authority suspends Meta’s AI privacy policy, seeks adjustment – Reuters
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has decided to suspend with immediate effect the validity of Meta’s (META.O) new privacy… 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
Mortgage Brokers Sent People’s Estimated Credit, Address, and Veteran Status to Facebook – The Markup
The Markup tested more than 700 websites that offer loans for people looking to purchase or refinance a home, from… read more
How You Can Avoid Using Meta AI – Time
Learn about the workarounds to mute Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, & WhatsApp: https://time.com/6983604/meta-ai-opt-out-avoid-using-tips-guidance/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
‘Wild West’ of neuroscience drives new laws on brain privacy – Context
Cheaper and easy to use, the headbands – which can cost just a few hundred dollars – capture similar electronic… read more