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Ethiopians suing Meta have been allowed to serve the social media site outside Kenya for failing to have physical offices locally and to stop amplifying violent posts during the Tigray War. The legal petition blames Facebook’s algorithm for amplifying hateful and violent posts that could have endangered lives. The petitioners seek to compel Meta to stop viral hate on Facebook, ramp-up content review in Kenya and create a $1.6 billion compensation fund.
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Source: ChatGPT resumes service in Italy after adding privacy disclosures and controls
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OpenAI has reintroduced its chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy after responding to concerns raised by the country’s data protection authority (DPA) that the service breached the EU’s GDPR. OpenAI now requires consent from a parent or guardian to use the service for individuals aged under 18 or 13 respectively. The firm has also expanded its privacy policy and provided information about the personal data used to train its algorithms. European regulators have launched a task force to assess the service.
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Source: #NotMyAI and other TC news
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Snapchat launched My AI, a generative chatbot, to its 750 million monthly users. TechCrunch reporter Amanda Silberling discusses making friends with robots online.
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Source: Amazon is developing an improved LLM to power Alexa
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Amazon is developing a new large language model(LMM) to enhance Alexa’s capabilities as a personal assistant. The CEO, Andy Jassy believes that the move towards more generalized and capable LMMs will make underlying models more effective and help achieve Amazon’s goal of building the “world’s best personal assistant.”
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