“Consent is really important,” Broussard tells WIRED. “We can connect that to the way that women, queer people, people of color, and minorities get exploited and abused online. Tech companies have never really been sensitive to issues of consent.” www.wired.com/story/the-ai...
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact wired.com
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- WIRED argues the anti-slop backlash is producing real platform changes rather than just complaint threads, with tools and policies to flag AI content spreading.
- Substack, YouTube and Pinterest have all added detection, labels or user controls, with Substack partnering with the detection firm Pangram.
- Merriam-Webster and the Macquarie Dictionary named 'slop' word of the year, and one anti-slop Facebook group has nearly 250,000 members.
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I wish I disagreed with @stevenlevy.bsky.social but this column is totally right: People might hate AI, but yes, they will totally use Google’s new search. (To the detriment of many, including publishers.)
Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search | WIRED wired.com
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Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me. Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info. No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks. www.wired.com…
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me wired.com
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“Agents like Muse are trying to convince us they’re just a cute little guy who lives in your pocket, and definitely not an always-open portal into the servers of a major surveillance company,” says @jathansadowski.com. My weekend report for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/meta…
Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy? wired.com
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“If a company automatically opts millions of users into a deepfake tool, then a world filled with even more deepfakes becomes more possible. And that's a reality I’d love to opt out of.” My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/please...
Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI wired.com
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“Even after I gave the agent everything, I still felt like it barely knew me.” In my Friday blog for @wired.com, I tested Google’s Gemini Spark and STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT DO THE SAME. www.wired.com/story/google...
I Gave Gemini Spark Access to My Life. Then It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend wired.com
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A little piece of my soul shrivels up every time I get a message laying out how another company plans to use personal data in ever encroaching ways for AI training. I got one of those emails recently from Google and blogged about it for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
Here’s How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature wired.com
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