Category Privacy EU consumer groups file a complaint against Meta about forced choice European consumer organizations have escalated their concerns about Meta’s practices by filing a formal complaint. The crux of the issue lies…
Category Artificial Intelligence One year of ChatGPT It has been exactly 365 days since OpenAI casually dropped ChatGPT. In light of this anniversary, I wanted to reflect…
Category Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT’s training data can be exposed via a “divergence attack” Large language models, like ChatGPT, are trained on vast amounts of text data from books, websites, and other sources. And…
Category Privacy Meta faces complaint for charging users for ad-free Facebook and Instagram The privacy organization noyb (None of Your Business) has filed a complaint (pdf) against Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc., with the Austrian privacy…
Category Artificial Intelligence Grok: xAI announces its first AI model Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has announced the official release of its first AI model called Grok. Grok is an AI system…
Category Artificial Intelligence Emotional prompts can enhance AI models across a wide range of tasks A new study from scientists in China and Microsoft suggests that large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 may possess emotional…
Category Tech Google abandons Web Integrity API proposal after backlash After facing months of criticism over privacy and anti-competitiveness concerns, Google’s Chrome team has announced it is no longer pursuing…
Category Security Mozilla and others warn EU identity cert rules undermine security Several internet companies and organizations, including Mozilla, Mullvad, Cloudflare and the Linux Foundation, are raising the alarm about the certificate plan that…
Category Tech Google says ad blocking on YouTube violates Terms of Service In recent weeks, YouTube has dramatically escalated its efforts to block ad blocking by users, with the platform now requiring…
Category Privacy Europe clamps down on Meta’s data collection; Norway ban goes regional Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta…
Category Tech German court bans LinkedIn from ignoring “Do Not Track” signals The Berlin Regional Court has issued a ruling against professional networking platform LinkedIn, prohibiting some of its data practices. The…
Category Security Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones Update (10/30/2023): Huawei has provided an explanation for the situation. According to Huawei, their virus detection and removal engine is…
