ICO fines TikTok £12.7 million for misusing children’s data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £12,700,000 fine to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (TikTok) for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.
Using AI as a replacement for interviewing actual users is a brilliant idea if you want to look like you made an effort, but are really looking to fill the page with superficial, stereotyped bullshit.
In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution
Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing.
ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here’s how we’re responding | Chris Moran
The risks inherent in the technology, plus the speed of its take-up, demonstrate why it’s so vital that we keep track of it, writes the Guardian’s head of editorial innovation, Chris Moran
Those meddling kids! The Reverse Scooby-Doo theory of tech innovation comes with the excuses baked in
"The largest, most profitable, most powerful companies in the world ought to be judged based on how they are impacting the present, not based on their pitch decks for what the future might someday look like."
ICO fines TikTok £12.7 million for misusing children’s data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £12,700,000 fine to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (TikTok) for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.
Analysis | We tested a new ChatGPT-detector for teachers. It flagged an innocent student.
Five high school students helped our tech columnist test a ChatGPT detector coming from Turnitin to 2.1 million teachers. It missed enough to get someone in trouble.
Turnitin's solution to AI cheating raises faculty concerns
The plagiarism detector will introduce its AI detection tool tomorrow, hoping to protect academic integrity in a post-ChatGPT world. The speedy launch and lack of an opt-out have academics worried.
This past week I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Dr. Ruha Benjamin at Princeton University as part of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students’ FOCUS...
Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be
ChatGPT and other new AI services benefit from a science fiction-infused marketing frenzy unlike anything in recent memory. There's more to fear here than killer robots.