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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

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The paper , adorned with Google's iconic logo and listing 20 of its current and former researchers as authors, warns that "persuasive generative AI" including chatbots that take the form of friends or lovers can manipulate users and their decision-making. The degree to which the Google scientists' warning maps onto Character.AI

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Why Facebook should release the Facebook Files

The Verge

The company’s least-bad option might also do a lot of good The fallout from The Wall Street Journal ’s Facebook Files series continues. For others, the Facebook Files have been a welcome opportunity to discuss their greatest fear. In the internal divisions over the Facebook Files, though, I find another echo of Cambridge Analytica.

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Former White House AI chief: Heres how to protect kids from harm

Mashable Tech

SEE ALSO: Teens are talking to AI companions, whether it's safe or not Reed, a veteran of three Democratic presidential administrations, will lead Common Sense AI, which advocates for more comprehensive AI legislation in California. Last fall, bereaved mother Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against Character.AI

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With so many new top level domains launching, what should your strategy be?

The Next Web

The process of choosing a domain name is not unlike that moment in your teens or early 20s when you decided to get a tattoo. The longer a file name is, the longer the URL becomes and the less value it has from an SEO standpoint,” he says. Yes, we’re going there, but stick with this for a moment. What best defines you?

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The surprising security pitfalls of read receipts

Recode by Vox

Ten years later, we got MMS, or multimedia messaging service, which worked like SMS but with images, video, and audio files. Parents texting teens, a boss texting an employee, a husband texting a spouse I can see how theres value in just knowing a message was seen and it doesnt create any awkwardness.

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Apple’s controversial new child protection features, explained

The Verge

If a moderator confirms the presence of CSAM, they’ll disable the account and report the images to legal authorities. Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and many other companies scan users’ files against hash libraries, often using a Microsoft-built tool called PhotoDNA. Is CSAM scanning a new idea? Not at all. The system works as follows.

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Daily Crunch: Global VC firm Partech reaches first close of largest African fund at €245 million

TechCrunch

In the book, the author covers how cops go after cybercriminals, and it shows that there is hope in stopping drug dealers, dark web market kingpins and child abusers. Now, thanks to an SEC form filed on Friday, we know how much is sitting in the Sequoia Capital Fund. PST, subscribe here. What’s up, Crunchy readers!

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