New from 404 Media: NASA bought access to controversial facial recognition technology Clearview AI. Part of NASA using it is one that has armed agents, does internal investigations. But refused say what they're using Clearview for

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NASA Bought Facial Recognition Tech Clearview AI

The oversight body of NASA bought access to the powerful facial recognition tool, according to U.S. government procurement data.

New: massive e-learning platform Udemy gave teachers a window to 'opt-out' of their material being used to train AI. That window is already over. We spoke to instructors who had no idea they had automatically been opted-in. See here, it's greyed out

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Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over.

Teachers are surprised they have been opted into having their classes scraped for AI training.

New from 404 Media: AI avatars are doing job interviews now. I spoke to someone who was interviewed by one. "It's laughable at best and terrifying at worst."

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AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now

“This HR AI avatar is a perfect demonstration of late stage capitalism,” Jack Ryan, someone who was interviewed by a tool called Fairgo.ai, tol...

New from 404 Media: the Secret Service paid tens of thousands of dollars to use OpenAI tooling, but is refusing to say why. Says "does not discuss the means or methods used for our operations."

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The Secret Service Spent $50,000 on OpenAI and Won’t Say Why

As the White House plans to force federal agencies to be more transparent with their use of AI, the Secret Service won’t say why it’s already s...