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Meta at it again

I gave up any Meta accounts a while ago. Partly because they’re quite despicable, but also because…it’s just adverts. But this is a really ‘unusual’ way of complying with EU privacy requirements if you want to opt out of Meta using your data for training their GenAI.

A Year of building with LLMs

This is not a short read but could be an interesting series. It will be split into tactical, operational and strategic. This is the tactical part. What We Learned from a Year of Building with LLMs (Part I)O’Reilly MediaEugene Yan, Bryan Bischof, Charles Frye, Hamel Husain, Jason Liu,

Ticketmaster breached

Half a billion users? Eesh. If confirmed that’s near enough top 10 for biggest data breaches. Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.Emails, phone numbers, addresses, and even financial details have allegedly been exposed by a notorious hacker group.MashableMatt Binder It’s only potentially

I'm a little suspicious

I’m starting to get a little suspicious of some of you folk with ‘AI’ in your titles. Over the weekend there was quite a bit of coverage of the EV Fella getting $6B in funding for his AI startup. Followed by a lot of ‘Ooo’ and ‘Ahh’ commentary. What

Say the quiet part out loud

Refreshing to see one of the big players (sort of) say the quiet part out loud: “There are still times it’s going to get it wrong, but I don’t think I would look at that and underestimate how useful it can be at the same time,” he said.

Google with a late night announcement

Ah late Friday announcements. Google have explained how they deleted Unisupers account - their $125billion pension fund customer in Australia causing two weeks of downtime “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backupsUniSuper, a $135 billion pension account, details its cloud compute nightmare.Ars TechnicaRon Amadeo Now

Recall is insane

A few days ago I said ‘Wait and see’ about Microsoft’s announced Recall feature. Initial discussions were a bit too ‘Henny Penny’ for me. Sometimes it’s good to base things on facts. The security aspect is concerning. Snapshots seem to be protected only by disk encryption (which is

Words vs Deeds

Words and deeds, they count. If I don’t know you then that’s what I’m going to be looking for. It builds trust. Due diligence helps as well. (Unless you work in my team. Then it gets flipped around. You have trust immediately - it’s yours to

Recall is a bad idea

A few weeks ago I was quietly applauding Microsoft for a new focus on security. I suspect a test is imminent. Yesterday they introduced new laptops. Copilot+ with a feature called ‘Recall’ Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs | TechCrunchMicrosoft unveiled a new lineup of

Good Interview to listen to

Meredith Whittaker Is always interesting to listen to. Worthwhile bookmarking this for your next coffee. Interview Of The Week: Meredith Whittaker, AI Ethics Expert - The InnovatorAI Ethics expert Meredith Whittaker talks about whether it is possible to have it All: Safe, Profitable, and Ethical AI?”The InnovatorJennifer L. Schenker