Meta's latest feature gives Facebook the power to continuously upload your private photos to its cloud -- even the ones you never intended to share. Here's how to stop it.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/06/27/meta-wants-to-upload-every-photo-you-have-to-its-cloud-to-give-you-ai-suggestions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

WHo is running iPadOS 26 Beta 2 on the iPad Mini? How is it so far? Usable? :)

Go Alex Eala! On to the semi-finals! #tennis

I am hoping for better copyright protections against infringing “GenAI” companies in the near future.

www.techdirt.com/2025/06/2…

#xp

@Cdespinosa hahaha same question haha

I learned something today: Google's Gemini "AI" on phones accesses your data from "Phones, Messages, WhatsApp" and other stuff whether you have Gemini turned on or not. It just keeps the data longer if you turn it on. Oh, and lets it be reviewed by humans (!) for Google's advantage in training "AI" etc.

But this only came to my attention because of an upcoming change: it's going to start keeping your data long-term even if you turn it "off": "#Gemini will soon be able to help you use Phone, #Messages, #WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off."

This is, of course, a #privacy and #security #nightmare.

If this is baked into Android, and therefore not removable, I'd have to say I'd recommend against using Android at all starting July 7th.

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/gemini-ai-will-soon-access-calls-and-messages-on-your-android-even-if-you

#spyware #AI #LLM #Google #spying #phone #Android #private #data

https://neatnik.net/remembering-anne-sturdivant/

You thought the dot com bubble where people raised millions on powerpoint slides was ridiculous? Welcome to the age of unbridled AI Hype where Sutskever gets $2B to promise not to release "superintelligence" & Murati gets $2 BILLION to...?

Sure. Its definitely not a bubble.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-closes-on-2b-at-10b-valuation/

Stopped watching the FilOil Basketball Game after finding out that NU is missing their FSA. Too-good-for-UAAP DLSU has unfair advantage.

I am begging writers & writing-related-workers of all kinds—but especially people working in journalism and blogs—to stop using “AI art” to accompany your writing.

Please have solidarity with your fellow creative workers 💜

There is a FilOil basketball game today at 4pm, Philippine Time - Too-good-for-#UAAP DLSU vs NU. I think it is live-streamed on pusop.com for free.

@Heliograph love this photo! :) Makes a good phone wallpaper haha

Scale AI used Google Docs to track work for customers like Google, Meta, and xAI, and left confidential AI training documents accessible to anyone with the link (Business Insider)

https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/scale-ai-exposed-sensitive-data-about-clients-like-meta-and-xai-in-public-google-docs/8p5f5ex
http://www.techmeme.com/250624/p37#a250624p37

I wish there is an iPad Mini keyboard case. If you know of one, please share here. Thanks.

Where is the solution to cancer, “AI” bros? How about something easier - please let us know how you will solve the climate crisis? C’mon! Nothing?

I agree! The role of higher education institutions is to resist AI! Universities should not boost the hype.

https://danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar.html

@luthien1126 grabe, no?! May thunder and lightning pa! Meralco supply fluctuating. Sheesh.

@luthien1126 oh. they have sale this week? nice. thanks for info.

There needs to be an ad blocker-like app except it blocks all the AI features on your apps.

@luthien1126 hehe san yang sale na yan, madam?