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Meta training AI on social media posts? Only 7% in Europe think it's OK

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Privacy campaigner Max Schrem's NOYB is back on Zuck's back

Updated  Meta's enthusiasm for training its AI on user data is not shared by the users themselves – at least for some Europeans – according a study commissioned by Facebook legal nemesis Max Schrems and his privacy advocacy group Noyb.…

David Meyer

Real estate agents use the power of AI to command plumbing, layout to disappear

2 weeks 6 days ago
Lightsockets lovingly hooked up to power supply by passionate, vivacious owners. Would suit professional who wants to read after dark

Feature  "Deceptively spacious." "Prime location." "Up-and-coming area." "Some original features," which occasionally turn out to be asbestos. Estate agents are known for sometimes stretching the truth in pursuit of a sale, but the generative AI boom appears to have thrown things into overdrive – providing an easy way to present images of properties which simply don't reflect reality.…

Gareth Halfacree