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Stikstofoplossing nog niet binnen handbereik 24-10-2023

01:00 De Vlaamse meerderheidspartijen hoopten dat drie juridische experten hen de weg uit de stikstofimpasse zouden tonen. Maar na het expertenadvies lijkt de regering aan het dossier nog altijd een vette k…Lees verder op De Tijd

A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) 23-10-2023

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers’ tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data  —  The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta is “listening to feedback” after some users noticed the company is cross-posting Threads posts to users' Facebook feeds without offering an opt-out option (Karissa Bell/Engadget) 23-10-2023

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta is “listening to feedback” after some users noticed the company is cross-posting Threads posts to users’ Facebook feeds without offering an opt-out option  —  The company said it’s “listening to feedback” about the feature.  —  Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Parity Technologies, the developer of Polkadot, which helps different blockchains communicate with each other, is laying off ~100 staff, or 30% of its employees (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg) 23-10-2023

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Parity Technologies, the developer of Polkadot, which helps different blockchains communicate with each other, is laying off ~100 staff, or 30% of its employees  —  – Parity Technologies will cut a total of about 100 employees  — Blockchain infrastructure firm will focus on technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

PimEyes, a paid facial recognition service, blocks searches of children's faces via age detection AI to identify photos of minors, as part of a “no harm policy” (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) 24-10-2023

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: PimEyes, a paid facial recognition service, blocks searches of children’s faces via age detection AI to identify photos of minors, as part of a “no harm policy”  —  The change came in response to worries that the service could be used nefariously by a stranger. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy says big-money deals with top livestreaming gamers is not a “sustainable business”; sources: YouTube is also backing away from such deals (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) 24-10-2023

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Twitch CEO Dan Clancy says big-money deals with top livestreaming gamers is not a “sustainable business”; sources: YouTube is also backing away from such deals  —  Leaders pull back from seven-, eight-figure contracts while upstart Kick forges ahead in some cases. Lees verder op Tech Meme