Meta Plans To Sell Targeted Ads Based On Data In Your AI Chats - Slashdot
Meta will begin using data from AI chatbot conversations and other AI-powered products to fuel targeted advertising across Facebook and Instagram, with no way to opt out. The policy change, effective December 16, excludes users in South Korea, the UK, and the EU due to stricter privacy laws. TechCru…
Note: Read Other Blog Entries in this series: BoodleBox Bots | Local AI | ChatGPT GPTs | Google Gems Creating some of my favorite task-helpers via Custom GPTs in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a l…
Note: Read Other Blog Entries in this series: BoodleBox Bots | Local AI | ChatGPT GPTs | Google Gems Creating some of my favorite task-helpers via Custom GPTs in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a l…
Use ChatGPT? Your chats are going to end up in public thanks to a lawsuit. I had heard about this but since I was working on some projects, I hadn’t spent the time looking it up. Ugh. As Nate point…
Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a ChatGPT Custom GPT. The pr…
Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Google Gemini Gem. N…
I missed the announcement of Z.ai, but it’s a friendly AI, if a bit verbose. I like this chart it generated when I asked, “What formats can you export to?” Z.ai also offers a vari…
It was inevitable, just like Thanos in the Marvel movie where he says that. Gen AI, no matter the promise, is coming for your data. Claude creator Anthropic has given customers using its Free, Pro,…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present to a group of folks. Like many of the folks I present to, there’s an expectation that you can protect data privacy with free Gen AI tools. I may ha…
A 'Godfather of AI' Remains Concerned as Ever About Human Extinction - Slashdot
Yoshua Bengio called for a pause on AI model development two years ago to focus on safety standards. Companies instead invested hundreds of billions of dollars into building more advanced models capable of executing long chains of reasoning and taking autonomous action. The A.M. Turing Award winner ...
Introducing the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: Streamlining Public Data Access for AI Developers
Data Commons announces the availability of its MCP Server, which is a major milestone in making all of Data Commons’ vast public datasets instantly accessible and actionable for AI developers worldwide.
Use of Generative AI in Scams - Schneier on Security
New report: “Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud.” This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people more willing to take risks, more vulnerable to deception, and more likely to either perpetuate scams or fall victim to them. AI-enhanced scams are not merely financial or technological crimes; they also exploit social vulnerabilities whether short-term, like travel, or structural, like precarious employment. This means they require social solutions in addition to technical ones. By examining how scammers are changing and accelerating their methods, we hope to show that defending against them will require a constellation of cultural shifts, corporate interventions, and effective legislation...
AI Actress Tilly Norwood and the Backlash, Explained - INBELLA
“You’ll either get it or pretend you don’t,” AI-generated character Tilly Norwood’s Instagram bio declares. SAG-AFTRA has joined celebrities like Melissa
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 words. I've written it specifically to be read at your leisure — dip in and out where you'd like — but also in one go.
This is my comprehensive case that yes, we’re in a bubble, one that will inevitably (and violently) collapse in the near future.
I'll also be cutting this into a four-part episode
