Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account — Windows users are now herded into an online-only portal for activation

tomshardware - Microsoft has somehow put the cap on yet another way to circumvent its internet-powered setup process, and this time it's on a build that they haven't even supported for a while! Production activation via call is still listed in Microsoft's support docs, …

2 months / ycombinator

2 months / tomshardware

Report: Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

2 months / reddit / /u/moeka_8962

France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok

Klara Durand, Océane Herrero, Émile Marzolf / politico - Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.

#ai #computervision #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #grokai #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

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Non-Consensual Image Alterations

How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point

2 months / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Grok is undressing anyone, including minors

2 months / theverge / Elissa Welle

France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok

2 months / politico / Klara Durand, Océane Herrero, Émile Marzolf

Elon Musk's Grok AI alters images of women to digitally remove their clothes

2 months / bbc

Global outrage as X’s Grok morphs photos of women, children into explicit content

2 months / reddit / /u/F0urLeafCl0ver

Platform Accountability & Liability

MeitY Sends Notice To X Over Grok Non-Consensually Editing, Removing Clothing, From Pictures

2 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Users prompt Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to remove clothes in photos then 'apologize' for it

2 months / theregister / Matt Rosoff

No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images

2 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Grok Responds to User Requests to Create Sexual Images of Women, Raising Platform Liability Concerns

2 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

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French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree'

2 months / techpolicy

No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images | Letting the unreliable Grok be its own “spokesperson” lets xAI off the hook.

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

French ministers report Grok's sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors

2 months / reddit / /u/FinancialGarage245

Several French government ministers have reported the unlawful production of sexualised material without consent to the police and prosecutors. The UK government, which published a high profile strategy on misogyny just before Christmas, has yet to say or

2 months / bsky / @sundersays.bsky.social / sundersays.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/fran...

2 months / bsky / @sundersays.bsky.social / sundersays.bsky.social

As Grok is used to spread images of women and girls undressed, misogyny is being encouraged and reinforced by Twitter/X. Good to see the French authorities trying to act, but where is the British government on this? Does it have the stomach for this fight

2 months / bsky / @natashawalter.bsky.social / natashawalter.bsky.social

2026: Hunt Musk. Arrest Musk. Sue Musk. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

2 months / bsky / @h3d1.bsky.social / h3d1.bsky.social

French authorities to investigate Grok nude deepfakes www.politico.eu/article/fran...

2 months / bsky / @stevepeers.bsky.social / stevepeers.bsky.social

feels like a great pretext for countries to justify banning twitter/x if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there

2 months / bsky / @parismarx.com / parismarx.com

France Targets Australia-Style Social Media Ban For Children Next Year

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: France intends to follow Australia and ban social media platforms for children from the start of the 2026 academic year. A draft bill preventing under-15s from using social media will be submitted for…

#techpolicy #government #internet #europe #australia #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

Editor: As a parent, to be fully honest, I'm heartened by these moves - people and governments asserting themselves is not a bad thing. That being said - there's performative eassertion for the sake of hearing one's voice heard, and then there's assertion in favour of all the entrenched players...

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Big tech faces child safety and privacy probes

TikTok says new 'wellness' features can help build healthy habits. Should we be using apps for that? | 'Just another data collection mechanism,' says researcher

2 months / reddit / /u/Hrmbee

DOJ Reaffirms Disney’s $10M Payment To Settle Privacy Allegations Over Labelling Of Children’s Videos On YouTube

2 months / reddit / /u/TylerFortier_Photo

Meta is sued by US Virgin Islands over ads for scams, dangers to children

2 months / reddit / /u/BadgerInevitable3966

French crackdown on kids' social media use

Reports: France Plans to Ban Social Media Access for Children - Conflingo

2 months / conflingo

France to follow Australia with social media ban for under-15s - NewsBytes

2 months / newsbytesapp

France reportedly planning to ban children under 15 from social media starting 2026 - AOL.com

2 months / aol

Another country set to follow Australia on social media ban - dailytelegraph.com.au

2 months / dailytelegraph

France plans social media ban for children under 15

2 months / news.com.au

France Targets Australia-Style Social Media Ban For Children Next Year

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

France plans ban on social media for under-15s - Hum News English

2 months / humenglish

France plans social media ban for children under 15

2 months / techxplore

France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year | Draft bill to be submitted for legal checks as France aims to follow Australia’s world-first ban on platforms including Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube

2 months / reddit / /u/Hrmbee

France aims to ban under-15s from social media from September 2026

2 months / reddit / /u/RuseOwl

France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

2 months / ycombinator

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France weighs social media ban for under 15s

2 months / semafor / Prashant Rao

The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube is shocking

digitaltrends - A Kapwing study reveals how AI slop has become a global presence on YouTube, with billions of views and growing influence across multiple markets.The post The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube is shocking appeared first on Digital Trends.

#ai #aiethics #genai #youtube #chatgpt #internet #media #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Instagram's Head Just Admitted Defeat on AI Slop—And Wants Camera Makers to Fix It

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

AI-powered software is helping misinformation spread online after disasters

2 months / npr / Justin Hicks

En España somos los reyes de los canales de youtube de la «IA basura» (slop) caracterizada por vídeos de baja calidad, poco auténticos o imprecisos. En el Top #100 español hay 8 canales dedicados principalmente a estas mierdas, con 20+ millones de suscri

2 months / bsky / @microsiervos.com / microsiervos.com

The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube will shock you

2 months / digitaltrends

YouTube's 'AI slop' takeover

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

Explained: Why YouTube’s AI Trailer Channel Takedowns Don’t Solve the AI Slop or Copyright Problem

2 months / medianama / Azdhan

★ Slop Is Slop

2 months / daringfireball / John Gruber

The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube is shocking

2 months / digitaltrends

AI Conquers YouTube: Nearly 33% of Your Feed Is Now Fake Content

2 months / eweek / eWEEK Staff

AI slop is taking over the internet — and it’s here to stay

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

AI slop is taking over the internet. And it’s here to stay

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

More than 20% of YouTube's feed is now "AI slop," report finds

2 months / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

“GOG Stands for Freedom, Independence, and Genuine Control,” Says Michał Kiciński, the GOG Co-Founder Who Just Acquired the Digital Store from CD Projekt RED

David Carcasole / wccftech - Co-founder of CD Projekt RED and of Good Old Games (GOG), Michał Kiciński, has just acquired the digital storefront from CD Projekt RED. Kiciński, CDPR, and GOG announced the news today in a blog post on the official GOG Blog, as Kiciński promises to keep…

#startups #software #gaming #business #acquisitions #technology #drm #digitalprivacy

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Ownership Transition

GOG is Leaving CD PROJEKT

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

GOG co-founder buys retro gaming storefront from CD Projekt Red

2 months / techspot

CD Projekt Co-Founder Buys Steam Rival GOG

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

CD Projekt Co-Founder Reacquires GOG for $25.2 Million - WebProNews

2 months / webpronews

GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG

2 months / slashdot / msmash

GOG’s Steam-alternative PC game store is leaving CD Projekt, staying DRM-free

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Co-founder of CD Projekt Michał Kiciński has acquired GOG, the company's game storefront

2 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you

2 months / ycombinator

Philosophy & Preservation

GOG acquired by co-founder, reiterates philosophy of ‘freedom, independence, and genuine control’ — CD Projekt sells platform to focus on creating games

2 months / tomshardware

CDPR Sells GOG to Co-Founder: "DRM-free More Important Than Ever"

2 months / techpowerup

“GOG Stands for Freedom, Independence, and Genuine Control,” Says Michał Kiciński, the GOG Co-Founder Who Just Acquired the Digital Store from CD Projekt RED

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

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GOG acquired by co-founder Michał Kiciński, reiterates philosophy of ‘freedom, independence, and genuine control’ — CD Projekt sells platform to focus on creating games | GOG will continue releasing DRM-free games for gamers to enjoy forever.

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

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2 months / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

CD Projekt Co-Founder Buys Steam Rival GOG https://gizmodo.com/cd-projekt-co-founder-buys-steam-rival-gog-2000704077

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

GOG’s PC game store is leaving CD Projekt and staying DRM-free. The co-founder of GOG and CD Projekt is buying all of the preservation-focused game marketplace www.theverge.com/news/850832/...

2 months / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

China outlines rules to regulate human-like AI companion apps

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - China’s internet regulator issued new draft rules on Saturday that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence “companions,” which are defined as systems that interact with humans and display “human-like traits and behavior.” The new rules, called …

#innovation #china #aiethics #government #apps #asia #technology #digitalprivacy #regulation

China plans AI rules to protect children and tackle suicide risks

2 months / bbc

China drafting first of its kind emotional safety regulation for AI

2 months / mashable

China Drafts World's Strictest Rules To End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

2 months / cnbc

China wants to ban making yourself into an AI to keep aged relatives company

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

China outlines rules to regulate human-like AI companion apps

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game's servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control over a significant chunk of the game's systems, includin…

#cybersecurity #software #gaming #infosec #cybercrime #hack #digitalprivacy

Hackers flood Rainbow Six Siege with billions in virtual currency, forcing the Ubisoft marketplace offline

2 months / techspot

Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

2 months / tomshardware

Ubisoft shuts down Rainbow Six Siege X following 13 million dollar exploit

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Breach Forces Ubisoft to Take 'Rainbow Six Siege' Offline

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Ubisoft takes Rainbow Six Siege offline after significant hack

2 months / mashable

Ubisoft Brings Rainbow Six Siege Back Online, With a Catch

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Ubisoft takes ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ offline after breach floods player accounts with billions of credits

2 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Attackers Caused So Much Havoc Inside Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Shut Down the Whole Game

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Ubisoft is rolling back Rainbow Six Siege servers after being forced to shut them down

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack

2 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Rainbow Six Siege is under siege by hackers, Ubisoft forced to take all servers offline — players randomly received billions of credits, ultra-exclusive skins, and bans or unbans

2 months / tomshardware

Ubisoft Hack Breaks Rainbow Six Siege, Servers Still Offline

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds

/u/esporx / reddit - submitted by /u/esporx [link] [comments]

#ai #analytics #aiethics #genai #youtube #alphabet #internet #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Study reveals just how much AI slop is on YouTube

2 months / mashable

AI Slop Videos Dominating 33% YouTube Feeds, Algorithmic Recommendations Behind It: Study

2 months / medianama / Rohit Singh

More than 20% of YouTube's feed is now "AI slop," report finds

2 months / techspot

One in five YouTube Shorts shown to new users is AI-generated slop, study finds

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Report Unveils How YouTube’s New ‘AI Slop Economy’ Generates Millions

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

A new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube's feed may consist of AI slop

2 months / ycombinator

AI Slop Takes Over YouTube

2 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds

2 months / reddit / /u/esporx

More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds

2 months / reddit / /u/aldentim239

Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban

Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel / nytimes - After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.

#government #governance #internet #privacy #australia #technology #safety #digitalprivacy #regulation

Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban

2 months / reddit / /u/nosotros_road_sodium

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring social media platforms to show warning labels to younger users before they’re exposed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

NY Governor Hochul signs bill requiring warning labels on ‘addictive’ social media

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It?

2 months / wsj / Julie Jargon

Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban

2 months / nytimes / Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel

New York To Require Social Media Platforms To Display Mental Health Warnings

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Deepfakes hit a whole new level in 2025. The 2026 forecast looks like a total reality-check nightmare

/u/MRADEL90 / reddit - submitted by /u/MRADEL90 [link] [comments]

#ai #cybersecurity #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #creativity #technology #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Racist AI fakes are now a business — and a political tool

2 months / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a "solvable problem" if we bring back a free, decades-old technique widespread adoption of HTTPS—using digital certificates to verify that a website is authentic

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Deepfakes hit a whole new level in 2025. The 2026 forecast looks like a total reality-check nightmare

2 months / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

Deepfakes Leveled up in 2025—Here’s What’s Coming Next

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

Steven Lee Myers / nytimes - The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.

#techpolicy #politics #government #us #travel #europe #censorship #digitalmarketsact #digitalprivacy #regulation

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US sanctions on tech officials (11)
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EU backlash over travel bans

European Leaders Condemn US Visa Bans as Row Over 'Censorship' Escalates

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Europe slams U.S. visa bans for targeting allies over ‘censorship’

2 months / fastcompany / Reuters

EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship

2 months / go

US sanctions on tech officials

US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.

2 months / nytimes / Adam Satariano

US bans former EU Commissioner and others over social media rules

2 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

US denies EU citizens visas over social media ‘censorship’

2 months / semafor / Tom Chivers

US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules

2 months / ft

US sanctions former EU commissioner and four Europeans over efforts to curb online hate speech

2 months / politico / Aitor Hernández-Morales

'Witch hunt': Ex-EU commissioner Breton denounces U.S. visa ban targeting 'censorship'

2 months / cnbc

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

2 months / reddit / /u/Currency_Cat

US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules

2 months / bbc

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

2 months / nytimes / Steven Lee Myers

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

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US Bans Visas for Ex-EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and Disinformation Researchers in ‘Censorship’ Dispute

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0319202/us-bars-five-europeans-it-says-pressured-tech-firms-to-censor-american-viewpoints-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkan

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

When efforts to curb the spread of hate in public contexts are twisted into threats to the ‘freedom’ to do the spreading, the implied ideal state of ‘free speech’ is one in which those targeted are brutalized into retreating from public spaces, online or

2 months / bsky / @signsanssignified.bsky.social / signsanssignified.bsky.social

Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates

2 months / reddit / /u/Wagamaga

The Trump administration says it is barring former European Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other European nationals from U.S. soil as part of a sanctions package targeting what it describes as digital censorship. politi.co/49hevbA

2 months / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

This is the real cancel culture. Using the full force of the government to punish perceived enemies, aid their billionaire tech cronies, and protect pedophiles, neo-Nazis, and other extremist, antisemitic hate groups. THIS is the threat to our rights a

2 months / bsky / @rebekahtromble.bsky.social / rebekahtromble.bsky.social

The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has www.nytimes.c

2 months / bsky / @donmoyn.bsky.social / donmoyn.bsky.social

2 months / bsky / @rebekahtromble.bsky.social / rebekahtromble.bsky.social

2 months / bsky / @donmoyn.bsky.social / donmoyn.bsky.social

The ‘60 Minutes’ Report on CECOT That Bari Weiss Censored Is Now Internet Contraband

John Gruber / theverge - Elizabeth Lopatto, writing at The Verge: 60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segmentonline. Because it was pulled so late, it seems that CBS missed atleast one platform for distribution: Canada’s Global TV. Somepeople used a VPN to wat…

#internet #media #censorship #broadcasting #digitalprivacy

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OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’

Laurent Giret / thurrott - “Your Year with ChatGPT” is rolling out in select markets to celebrate how ChatGPT users interacted with the chatbot throughout the year.The post OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’ appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #dataprivacy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #apps #technology #assistant #digitalprivacy

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General Feature Coverage

OpenAI Rolls Out 'Your Year with ChatGPT' Retrospective

2 months / iclarified

OpenAI Debuts Personalized Year-in-Review ChatGPT Experience for Users

2 months / eweek / eWEEK Staff

ChatGPT’s year-end recap offers a snapshot of how you used it in 2025

2 months / digitaltrends

ChatGPT recapped your personal AI habits in 2025. Heres how to see yours.

2 months / mashable

Jumping on the bandwagon, ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ is now available

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

ChatGPT’s yearly recap sums up your conversations with the chatbot

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Privacy and Data Issues

New ChatGPT Summary Tracks 2025 User Interactions

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

OpenAI’s ChatGPT ‘Wrapped’ Is a Good Reminder to Check Your Privacy Settings

2 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Regional Rollouts

OpenAI Launches ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ Recap Feature for Select Users

2 months / blockonomi / Maxwell Mutuma

learn about yourself from how you used chatgpt this year:

2 months / x / @gdb

ChatGPT Rolls Out ‘Your Year’ Recap in Canada

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Spotify Wrapped Style

OpenAI Launches ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ 2025 Recap, Gamifying Retention Like ‘Spotify Wrapped’

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT gets its own Spotify Wrapped: Find “Your Year with ChatGPT”

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

ChatGPT introduces a Spotify Wrapped-style year-end recap for users

2 months / reddit / /u/i-drake

ChatGPT Now Has a 2025 Year-End Summary Feature Like Spotify Wrapped

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

ChatGPT Gets Spotify Wrapped-Style Year-End Review

2 months / cnet / Imad Khan

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ChatGPT Now Has a 2025 Year-End Summary Feature Like Spotify Wrapped

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

techpowerup - The Indie Game Awards has previously taken a stance against the use of generative AI, confirming that games that used generative AI during the development process are not eligible for consideration for any awards. Now, it has upheld that stance, with a ne…

#software #gaming #aiethics #genai #creativity #law #technology #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy

Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games

2 months / techdirt / Timothy Geigner

Expedition 33 lost its Game of the Year and Debut Game awards from the Indie Game Awards. I’ve argued fighting using Gen AI in games is a losing battle because this is now the norm. If they built an award winning game using Gen AI one could ask why we s

2 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

2 months / techpowerup

Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards GOTY Win for GenAI Use

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

‘I Think It’s Good to Have Limitations When You Are Creative’, Says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Creator; No Plan to Scale Up

2 months / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature.Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's ac…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #antitrust #europe #law #technology #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

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Apple Reaction

Italy Regulator Fines Apple For Shielding Users From Online Tracking: What This Means

2 months / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

Italy antitrust agency fines Apple $116 million over privacy feature; Apple announces appeal

2 months / reddit / Majano57

Fine Figures

Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts

2 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Italy fines Apple $116 million over App Store privacy policy issues

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Apple fined $116M in Italy over ATT privacy feature in iOS

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) Rules Invite Another Hefty Fine, This Time From Italy

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple fined €98.6M in Italy for anti-trust abuse via privacy rules

2 months / reddit / Few_Baseball_3835

Apple fined €98.6M in Italy for anti-trust abuse via privacy rules

2 months / reddit / /u/Few_Baseball_3835

Italy Fines Apple €98.6M for ‘Discriminatory’ Privacy Rules About App Tracking

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple Fined €98.6 Million in Italy Over App Tracking

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Italy Fines Apple Over €98 Million for 'Discriminatory' App Tracking Transparency Rules

2 months / iclarified

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

2 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Italy fines Apple nearly 100 mn euros over app privacy feature

2 months / techxplore

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

EditorDavid / slashdot - During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local news reports. But in the end it was Flock cameras accord…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #internet #camera #privacy #police #law #technology #digitalprivacy

The CEO of Flock downloads on his surveillance cameras

2 months / politico / By Aaron Mak

At some point #Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is going to have to admit that Flock is not a good actor and the city is putting its residents at risk. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

2 months / bsky / @aweiss.bsky.social / aweiss.bsky.social

404 Media: Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/ #privacy #AI #surveillance #bigbrother #dystopia

2 months / bsky / @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy / ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

Benn Jordan – This Flock Camera Leak Is Like Netflix for Stalkers [video]

2 months / ycombinator

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

2 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

School security industry may be booming, but little is helping to stop shootings

2 months / fastcompany / The Conversation

Flock and Cyble Inc. Weaponize "Cybercrime" Takedowns to Silence Critics

2 months / ycombinator

Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Influencers play detective — and unleash chaos

2 months / axios / Zachary Basu

Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #google #antitrust #business #law #technology #litigation #api #digitalprivacy

Google Files DMCA Suit Targeting SerpApi’s SERP Scraping via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2 months / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Google Sues SerpApi Over Scraping and Reselling Search Data

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

2 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

2 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping

2 months / ycombinator

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't.

#ai #movies #aiethics #youtube #scam #media #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy #regulation

YouTube pulls the plug on popular AI-generated fake movie trailer channels

2 months / mashable

YouTube Removes AI Movie Trailer Channels ‘Screen Culture’ and ‘KH Studio’ Amid Legal Pressure

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

2 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

YouTube Boots 2 Channels for Posting Fake AI Film Trailers

2 months / cnet / Meara Isenberg

YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments

PYMNTS / pymnts - Instacart agreed to pay $60 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that alleged the company engaged in deceptive tactics. In its lawsuit, the regulator alleged that the grocery delivery platform falsely advertised “free delivery” to consumer…