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Angry Tech News #50: Ambiguous Intelligence

TikTok banned by more governments, Privacy in metaverse may be impossible, AI news, AI news, and too much AI news

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Privacy in metaverse worse than in real world
https://venturebeat.com/virtual/new-research-suggests-that-privacy-in-the-metaverse-might-be-impossible/
EU Commission bans TikTok on gov’t devices
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64743991
Canada bans TikTok on gov’t devices
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64792894
RadioGPT
https://bgr.com/tech/radiogpt-will-use-ai-to-put-your-local-dj-out-of-a-job/
MSFT releases chatgpt apps on mobile
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/22/microsoft-launches-bing-ios-app-with-chatgpt/
Snapchat gets AI chat; apologizes in advance
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/sorry-in-advance-snapchat-warns-of-hallucinations-with-new-ai-conversation-bot/
Spotify renames algo to “AI DJ”
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-02-22/spotify-debuts-a-new-ai-dj-right-in-your-pocket/
Amazon sees boom in AI-written books for sale
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chatgpt-launches-boom-ai-written-e-books-amazon-2023-02-21/
Clarkesworld blocks AI-generated submissions
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/sci-fi-becomes-real-as-renowned-magazine-closes-submissions-due-to-ai-writers/
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
Tencent, Ant instructed not to offer ChatGPT in China
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-tells-big-tech-companies-not-to-offer-ChatGPT-services

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Angry Tech News #49: Verified Inaccessible

Facebook gets subscription fees, Kia issues software patch for theft, AMD drivers brick gaming PCs, Chatbots go mental, and Samsung develops a feature that should never have been needed

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Facebook to get paid subscription
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/02/testing-meta-verified-to-help-creators/
Samsung “Message Guard”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23603919/samsung-message-guard-malware-zero-click-exploit-security-feature
TikTok Kia Challenge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challenge
Latest AMD drivers brick PCs
https://wccftech.com/latest-amd-radeon-graphics-drivers-reportedly-causing-pc-boot-issues-corrupting-windows/
Bing chatbot claims Mars has 2.5Bn people
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34785437
Bing chatbot goes mental
https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-stock-falling-as-bing-ai-descends-into-madness
MSFT demos AI-infused Office apps
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/10/23593980/microsoft-bing-chatgpt-ai-teams-outlook-integration
MSFT puts limits on Bing chat interactions
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/ai_news_roundup/
Alibaba to develop chatbot
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/08/tech/china-alibaba-ai-bot-announcement-chatgpt-rival-intl-hnk