Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
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Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott
bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.
- Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues (1)
- On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott (4)
- Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor (1)
- Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage (3)
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Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues
On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott
Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor
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Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.
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Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition
msmash / slashdot - Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find "the right balance" for the …
- History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition (1)
- On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works (7)
- Other: podcast mention and community reposts (1)
- Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks (4)
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History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition
On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works
Other: podcast mention and community reposts
Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks
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simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - simmetry.ai, asynthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors,has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of theGerman state of Lower Saxony. Th...
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