Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Sci-fi outlet Clarkesworld suspends short story submissions, citing a surge in AI-generated stories, saying those who submit as looking to make “a quick buck”  —  Clarkesworld speculates that people are using AI to make ‘a quick buck’ since the sci-fi publication pays 12 cents a word for accepted stories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A researcher found a now-secure US DOD Azure database that wasn’t password protected and had years worth of military emails with sensitive personnel info  —  A government cloud email server was connected to the internet without a password  —  The U.S. Department of Defense secured … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney as “misbehaving” and being “so rude”, suggesting the company knew about its issues  —  A new discovery that makes a curious story a whole lot more curious  —  We all know by now just how off the rails Bing can get. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from Islamic State gunmen killing a college exchange student in Paris in 2015  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a lawsuit that argues tech companies should be legally liable … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: Sony adds GT Sophy Race Together mode to Gran Turismo 7, letting players race against its GT Sophy AI experiment announced in February 2022, through March 2023  —  GT Sophy beat the world’s best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself.  —  Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: Building on ForcedEntry, Trellix researchers find now-fixed iOS and macOS bugs related to NSPredicate that could have let attackers bypass Apple’s sandbox  —  Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon’s stock decline over the past year has roiled the company’s stock-heavy compensation plan, causing 2023 pay to be 15%-50% below Amazon’s targets  —  Stock-heavy compensation plan means employees to receive 15% to 50% below projected pay targets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Meta plans to update its TOS for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users in the UK and begin moving those users from its Irish subsidiary onto US agreements  —  Meta Platforms Inc. will begin moving its UK users away from the company’s Irish subsidiary and onto US agreements in a move the social-media giant flagged post-Brexit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle Store listed ChatGPT as an author as of mid-February, as some worry that the AI boom could turn the craft into a commodity  —  Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The European Commission plans to propose a law in Q2 2023 aimed at improving cooperation between national regulators investigating cross-border GDPR violations  —  The European Union is (finally) coming to grips with the dysfunctionalities of its most famous tech law of all: the General Data Protection Regulation. Lees verder op Tech Meme