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Mark Newton

This shouldn’t be complicated. Defamation is an extremely well settled legal area. abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/ai-

“‘[Hallucinations are] not an issue that can be easily corrected,’ Dr Thorne says.”

Well, that’s simply untrue. If you’re publishing defamatory imputations you shouldn’t be allowed to continue to publish them just because you spent a lot of money to make it happen. You can easily stop defaming someone by taking your chatbot offline until you retrain it. Simplest thing in the world to do.

Maybe that’ll take six months and cost you half a billion dollars, but why is that your victim’s problem?

This shouldn’t be complicated. Defamation is an extremely well settled legal area. abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/ai-

“‘[Hallucinations are] not an issue that can be easily corrected,’ Dr Thorne says.”

Well, that’s simply untrue. If you’re publishing defamatory imputations you shouldn’t be allowed to continue to publish them just because you spent a lot of money to make it happen. You can easily stop defaming someone by taking...

3 November at 21:55 | Open on eigenmagic.net
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Trent

@NewtonMark this story might drive change though, as a Bad Thing has happened to a jernlismser, which as we know from extensive history in Australia is far more important than when it happens to a member of the great unwashed.

4 November at 0:02 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Bill Of Earth42

@NewtonMark A 500 million dollar defamation suit might improve their motivation.

4 November at 0:30 | Open on mastodon.world
Never Getting a Sabbatical

@NewtonMark Legally, I don't get how this is an issue. If my business model is a robot that punches a few random people in the face each day, I am liable for assault.

If my business model is an AI system that defames people, my company is liable for defamation.

4 November at 1:15 | Open on c.im
Mark Newton

Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs.

They offer a thing they're calling an "opt-out."

The opt-out (a) is only available to companies who are slack customers, not end users, and (b) doesn't actually opt-out.

When a company account holder tries to opt-out, Slack says their data will still be used to train LLMs, but the results won't be shared with other companies.

LOL no. That's not an opt-out. The way to opt-out is to stop using Slack.

slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/dat

Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs.

They offer a thing they're calling an "opt-out."

The opt-out (a) is only available to companies who are slack customers, not end users, and (b) doesn't actually opt-out.

When a company account holder tries to opt-out, Slack says their data will still be used to train LLMs, but the results won't be shared with other companies.
17 May at 8:52 | Open on eigenmagic.net
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Harald

@NewtonMark it's also unclear what Slack will do with free instances since those aren't technically customers.

17 May at 18:22 | Open on hachyderm.io
Deadly Headshot

@NewtonMark
I suspect this breaks EU GDPR (but not necessarily UK GDPR, sadly)...

17 May at 20:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Miroslav Kravec
Mark Newton

Well look at that: You spend decades saying you can’t live without them, then, all of a sudden, you give them the flick. It was that easy.
26 February at 7:27 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Preston de Guise

@NewtonMark Turns out you can get even better value by asking staff you're already paying for the answers to your questions.

26 February at 7:28 | Open on aus.social
Otte Homan - remember Geordie

@NewtonMark This is The Oz whingeing crocodile tears, right?

26 February at 8:24 | Open on theblower.au
Mark Newton

A rare photo of the last steam-sheep before electrification.
16 February at 9:37 | Open on eigenmagic.net
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:catroll:Lou 🇺🇦​🇨🇦​ :catroll:

@NewtonMark
No! The poor dear was fed ghost peppers and set herself on fire!

16 February at 13:39 | Open on mstdn.ca
Mourioche ⏚

@NewtonMark Les robots rêvent ils de moutons électriques ?

16 February at 13:44 | Open on mastodon.social
DELETED

@NewtonMark Either that or it’s the worst case of sheep farts EVER ! 💨💨💨

16 February at 13:46 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org
Mark Newton

Ports across Australia will be shut down for most of a week because a stevedore has allowed itself to suffer a ransomware attack.

Everyone spending half a week panicking about Optus, which was completely harmless. This one is actually serious.

smh.com.au/national/ports-to-r

11 Nov 2023 at 8:31 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Darkly, Glass Darkly

@NewtonMark good thing it's ransomware that's shut down the ports, not the unions. Cops must be pissed they can't set the dogs on someone.

11 Nov 2023 at 9:06 | Open on aus.social
Mark Newton
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@NewtonMark

Rainbow 1: is this a not going straight and hanging out with bad rainbows joke? *Light sarcasm intended*

Rainbow 2: 🌈 Get bent screwball! Go polish your reflection 😇

9 Oct 2023 at 6:43 | Open on aus.social
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