BobTheBoozer

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Euro data watchdog bans Meta's use of personal data for ads (www.theregister.com)
 

Could be an interesting 2 weeks.

Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Instead of showing you posts from people you follow, the platform now defaults to a “For You” mode filled with grifters, recycled memes, idiots, AI hustlers, cat videos, car accidents and far-right influencers."

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Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit (www.theguardian.com)
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Two years later, Facebook's rebrand as Meta looks smart—with a caveat (www.fastcompany.com)
Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see two inevitable problems;

  1. we outsourced this to you because it was cheaper, if you're using ChatGPT what do we need you for?

  2. companies want people to buy stuff, but if you significantly reduce the workforce you also reduce the availability of funds to buy stuff

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Child protection? (lemmy.world)
 

Do these news articles on the same day suggest that politicians are either out of touch with technology, or that removing encryption has little to do with protecting children?

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-18/in-spain-dozens-of-girls-are-reporting-ai-generated-nude-photos-of-them-being-circulated-at-school-my-heart-skipped-a-beat.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/meta-encryption-suella-braverman-child-abuse-b2414479.html