OpenAI stole “massive amounts of personal data” to train ChatGPT, a lawsuit alleges. The proposed class-action suit claims that Sam Altman’s company “secretly” harvested data to train its large language models so that its chatbot could replicate human language.
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI crawled the web to amass huge amounts of data, including vast quantities taken from social media sites. OpenAI’s proprietary AI corpus of personal data, WebText2, for example, scraped huge amounts of data from Reddit posts and the websites they linked to, the lawsuit claims.
The data accessed included “private information and private conversations, medical data, information about children — essentially every piece of data exchanged on the internet it could take — without notice to the owners or users of such data, much less with anyone’s permission,” per the lawsuit.
This amounted to “the negligent and otherwise illegal theft of personal data of millions of Americans who do not even use AI tools,” the lawsuit claims.
As well as OpenAI, major backer Microsoft was named as a defendant.
Gen Zers Report Highest Negative Impact From Social Media, Nonprofits Working to Change That
It’s no secret that people 25 and under, also known as Gen Zers, spend the most time on social media, and a McKinsey Health Institute study shows that higher use of social media coincides with poorer well-being.
The McKinsey study shows 35% of young people around the world say they spend more than two hours a day scrolling on social media.
“Embarrassingly, I spend probably six hours on average on my phone,” said 20-year-old Abigail Bettow, adding that her favorite app is TikTok, then Instagram.
People across generations report more positive than negative impacts of social media, but when it comes to Gen Zers, 27% report a negative impact, which is more than any other generation. The study found most of the negativity revolves around the fear of missing out, body image and self-confidence.
Airport of the Future: A Seamless, High-Tech Urban Oasis
Airports are slated to become more seamless and efficient, a new report finds, even as they get busier and larger to meet growing demand.
What’s happening: A passenger experience “revolution” is coming over the next decade, according to a new report by the Oliver Wyman Forum, the research arm of the global consulting company by the same name.
What’s next: Many airports are quickly moving toward “touchless” technology using facial recognition, AI, automation and biometric scanners to smooth check-in and security or immigration clearances.
Yes, but: Such a seamless experience would require secure data-sharing across a global travel industry, which could be a big hurdle. “Not everybody will want this seamless, contactless experience if it means sharing their digital identity,” says the study’s lead author, Rana Nawas.
Privacy Fears Dominate Launch of Digital Euro Plan
When the European Commission unveiled draft legislation paving the way for a digital version of the euro, its jitters over how to allay privacy concerns were only too apparent.
“This is not a Big Brother project,” Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness told reporters on Wednesday after presenting what, if it becomes a reality, will be a virtual extension of euro banknotes and coins and which will settle payments across the eurozone in seconds.
Supporters say the digital euro goes beyond providing a public good and will ensure the currency and European Central Bank remain relevant in a digital economy, where cryptocurrencies circulate and Big Tech companies dream of printing their own money.
But critics fear it will give governments a way to snoop on buying behavior. At the extreme end, conspiracy theorists portray the digital euro as a covert plan to phase out cash and monitor people’s shopping habits.
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