@LornaWoods Grauniad says that today. What dyou think gov will do? Promising reports in 6 mos sounds like a non starter to me

@C__CS recorded?

@RDBinns that's actually a really good example of how reading skips over what it sees as errors. Like ifucnrdths..

@RDBinns hahaha omg I was tired!!!!!!!! I will delete in shame

@noybeu very well timed for my paper on this with @RDBinns next week at ACM CS&Law...

📰 "A Norwegian man said he was horrified to discover that ChatGPT outputs had falsely accused him of murdering his own children."

Ars Technica on our second complaint against OpenAI 👇

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/chatgpt-falsely-claimed-a-dad-murdered-his-own-kids-complaint-says/

Research for the European Commission on social media use and loneliness - DHOMBRES, B., KOVACIC, M., SCHNEPF, S.V. and BLASKÓ, Z., Loneliness and social media use in the European Union, European Commission, 2024, JRC135806
From the abstract: "Spending more than 2 hours per day on social network sites is associated with a substantial increase in the prevalence of loneliness. Intense passive use of social media is also linked with increased loneliness. ...." [1/2]

@LornaWoods wow this is word for word my usual elevator pitch on this

The Balanced Economy Project's submission to the AI and copyright Consultation:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9daef199ea70aa66592fe/t/67c6ddb73070d877b6700ea6/1741086136179/UK+AI+Submission_250225.pdf
In its newsletter BEP says "The UK’s creative industry has an impressive track record in contributing to national income, is a pioneer on the global stage, and enriches culture and society. Generative-AI is yet to prove itself as a positive force for public good. For a government that wants “growth at all costs”, the UK creative industry is a surer bet than an untested generative AI industry."

SWGfL (which runs amongst other things the Revenge Porn Helpline in the UK) has published a news release trying to estimate the scale of NCII. It is not cheery reading- their figures suggest that in the UK women equivalent in number to the population of Birmingham experience NCII each year (and for the US they estimate a group equivalent to the population of Louisiana). It seems to be more prevalent than CSAM.
https://swgfl.org.uk/magazine/the-scale-of-non-consensual-intimate-image-ncii-abuse-a-data-driven-global-analysis/

@cstross I'm sure you're aware of the current issue of Private Eye.

Boost if you want less generative AI in your tech in 2025.

@RDBinns and anyone who thinks children don't participate in the market and live in some state of blessed pre-econonic grace in fantasy hasn't read Cynthia Voigt or early Heinlein juveniles or hell, Dickens - but despite that I really enjoyed that, ta

@RDBinns I doubt it - children's books are written for the parents ( and libraries) who buy them

@LornaWoods I thought it was amusing this appeared at exact moment UK threw responsible AI under a bus ( or up Trumps arse)

For what it might be worth a letter has been written. TL;DR - Let the CMA and DMU do their goddam job and reign in big tech to help UK economy. Can’t blame the Grauniad for the mis-spell... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/06/tech-firms-publishers-which-magazine-raise-fears-new-boss-competition-regulator-doug-gurr

@j2bryson if you were conspiracy minded enough you might wonder if it's UK gift to the Chinese for favourable trade deal. But it's more likely cockup. Has UK actually given any reason why now? ( Apart from usual pedos/terrorists generic)

@LornaWoods yes but the parents are right, as long as some account ( suc) made for privacy of mature kids

Has anyone done a study on giving out different versions of MOO cards to punters and seeing how it affects engagement/ RoI? At £14 for up to 50 different variations on 50 cards, it's very tempting! 🤣

@LornaWoods