Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission?

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A tool that’s harvesting pictures to train image-generating AIs has caused some measure of chaos among webmasters who’d rather their sites were not scraped.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 22:08:35 +0000

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has exposed its internal IT operations and database of nearly 900,000 customers. The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016.

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Q&A: At MIT event, Tom Siebel sees ‘terrifying’ consequences from using AI

Speakers ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) developers to law firms grappled this week with questions about the efficacy and ethics of AI during MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital conference. Among those who had a somewhat alarmist view of the technology (and regulatory efforts to rein it in) was Tom Siebel, CEO C3 AI and founder of CRM vendor Siebel Systems.

Siebel was on hand to talk about how businesses can prepare for an incoming wave of AI regulations, but in his comments Tuesday he touched on various facets of the debate of generative AI, including the ethics of using it, how it could evolve, and why it could be dangerous.

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Achieving Cloud Compliance Throughout Your Migration

Credit to Author: Andrew Stevens| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Part of a secure cloud migration strategy is ensuring compliance of all the moving pieces. Just like your cloud journey, cloud compliance isn’t all about the final destination. Discover how to leverage cloud security tools to ensure compliance is met along the way.

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Apple, Google team up to tackle Bluetooth tracker-stalking terror

The days when people can be abusively tracked using devices such as Apple’s AirTags may be numbered; both Apple and Google today jointly announced work on a new standard that will prevent this from happening and hinted that Android users will soon be able to tell whether they’re being tracked by an AirTag.

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The two companies say they have been working on a new industry specification to help prevent Bluetooth location-tracking devices being used to track people without permission. They also seem to have the industry behind them, as Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security, and Pebblebee have all expressed support for the draft specification, which has been filed with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

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