2023-04-20
Very interesting on what was fed in Google's C4 data set - 15 million websites that have been used to instruct some high-profile English-language AIs, called large language models, including Google's T5 and Facebook's LLaMA https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Analysis: Google's C4 dataset, used to train LLMs like Meta's LLaMA, has troubling content from 4chan, Kiwi Farms, white supremacist site Stormfront, and more
AI chatbots have exploded in popularity over the past four months, stunning the public with their awesome abilities …
2023-04-14
This is important, and won't stop at the EU borders. Questions are raised all around the world < European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force. The main issue for me is that we are talking about LLMs in terms of scientific developments - 1/x https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
The European Data Protection Board sets up a ChatGPT task force, a potentially important first step toward a common EU policy on setting privacy rules for AI
2023-03-27
France to prevent civil servants from downloading all types of social media platforms, gaming and video-streaming apps on their work phones because of cybersecurity & privacy concerns. Ban includes TikTok but is not limited to the Chinese-owned platform. https://www.politico.eu/...
The Register
The French government bans TikTok and all other recreational apps from staff phones, claiming none have sufficiently robust security for government devices
Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action — The government of France has banned TikTok - and all other recreational apps - from phones issued to its employees.
2023-01-15
“During Ms. Uusitalo's 16 years as a teacher, she has noticed a clear decline in reading comprehension skills, a trend she attributes to students' spending less time with books and more time with games and watching videos” 2/3
New York Times
How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success. Tweets: @cendemtech , @slwalter123 , @enjig , @m...
“With poorer reading skills and shorter attention spans, students are more vulnerable to believing fake news or not having enough knowledge about topics to identify misleading or wrong information”, she said. FIN
New York Times
How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success. Tweets: @cendemtech , @slwalter123 , @enjig , @m...