AFPChatGPT’s iPhone app NOS News•today, 13:47•Amended today, 3:30 pm In a letter, the Dutch Data Protection Authority has asked the maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI, for clarification on how it uses personal data to train the underlying language model. The regulator is concerned about the way companies such as OpenAI deal with such sensitive data. The…
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Privacy watchdog: Number of reports of data breaches stabilizing, severity is increasing
APAleid Wolfsen, chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority NOS News•today, 06:22 Everyone in the Netherlands must assume that their data has been leaked or that this will happen. This is what the Dutch Data Protection Authority says when presenting the data breach report for 2022. Five years after the introduction of the privacy law,…
Apple comes with a pricey headset, sales expectations are low
AppleApple’s headset the Vision Pro NOS News•yesterday, 22:22 Nando Kasteleijn editor Tech Nando Kasteleijn editor Tech Do you need another device in addition to your telephone, smart watch, tablet, laptop and TV? Apple thinks so. The tech giant has been working on its own headset for years, combining virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)….
‘Twitter’s ad revenue in the US has fallen almost 60 percent in a year’
AFPTwitter’s headquarters in San Francisco NOS News•today, 17:44 The revenue that the social media platform Twitter earns from advertisements has fallen by almost 60 percent in a year in the United States. The New York Times writes, based on an internal report, that Twitter staff expects that revenue to continue to fall. In the report,…
Great interest in AI from the business community can change professions considerably
Unsplash/Israel Andrade (CC)An office for illustration NOS News•today, 07:03 Nando Kasteleijn editor Tech Nando Kasteleijn editor Tech From writers to tax advisors and website builders. These are just a few professions that will sooner or later have to deal with generative AI (artificial intelligence). The advent of ChatGPT, the advanced text generator, has shown the…
YouTube will no longer allow videos about fraud in US elections
AFPYouTube explained the decision in a blog NOS News•today, 04:14 YouTube will stop removing videos alleging fraud in the 2020 US presidential election, ending the policy that was instituted in December 2020, two months after the election. Owner Google has explained the decision in a blog post. “While removing these videos helps counter disinformation, it…
Belgian youtuber reveals names of fatal hazing: ‘Play your own judge’
Acid 2/YouTubeAcid’s video NOS News•today, 08:48 yikes. Seed. shit fly. For a long time, Belgium only knew the main characters from the trial about the fatal hazing of Sanda Dia by their nicknames. The popular Belgian youtuber Acid put an end to that this week by revealing personal details, resulting in a fierce debate and…
Colonel US warns: AI drone killed client in war simulation
AFPA French reaper drone NOS News•today, 13:19 Lambert Teuwissen editor online Lambert Teuwissen editor online A US expert on artificial intelligence in warfare warns of unforeseen circumstances when using AI on the battlefield. For example, in a simulation, an AI drone had an original solution to achieve the final victory: it took out its hesitant…
Bergkamp asks Twitter to act against threats from MPs
APChamber President Bergkamp NOS News•today, 10:04•Amended today, 11:49 Speaker of the House of Representatives Vera Bergkamp is concerned about threatening and violent tweets sent to MPs. In a letter to Twitter’s head of Global Government Affairs, she pointed to tweets containing videos and images calling for violence or even murder. “These messages are probably punishable…
FIOD investigation into large illegal TV provider started with ‘smaller fish’
NOS NOS News•today, 19:59 In the Netherlands and in many other European countries, hundreds of thousands of TV and computer screens went black on Tuesday. This was the result of a raid by the FIOD in a data center in Den Helder, during which four suspects from that city and Almere were arrested. The starting…