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Extended Deadline for INDL-8 “Contesting Digital Labor”
by Antonio Casilli April 26, 2025

April 26, 2025

Dear all, We have extended the abstract submission deadline to * May 5, 2025 * for the 8th annual International Network on Digital Labor conference to accommodate the diverse academic calendars of our international participants. See here: https://www.indl.network/indl-8/ We look forward to receiving your proposals! === Call for Papers INDL-8 "Contesting Digital Labor: Resistance, counter-uses, and new directions for research" Bologna, Italy, 10-12 September, 2025 [ Submission deadline extended until May 5, 2025 ] The International Digital Labor Network (INDL) is pleased to announce its eighth annual conference, which will be held at the University of Bologna, Italy, on September 10-12, 2025. INDL conferences provide a unique opportunity to share knowledge and new perspectives in research and practice related to digital labor. Broadly understood, the scope of this concept encompasses unpaid work on social media, paid work mediated by digital platforms (both location-based and online), formal employment in technology industries, and even traditional occupations that have undergone processes of digitization, platformization, and intensive use of big data and artificial intelligence. Each year, the organizers of the conference propose an overarching theme on which to particularly encourage submissions, as a way to reflect the rich diversity of views on this multifaceted object, to consolidate existing knowledge, and to highlight new ways forward. The theme of this year, “Contesting digital labor,” builds on the observation that the recent rise of digital labor parallels an unprecedented surge of forms of individual and collective resistance in multiple geographies and settings. The strikes of delivery riders in Latin America, the unionization of content moderators in Africa, the organization of data workers and social media influencers in Europe, accompany emerging and more informal initiatives of mutualism and solidarity as well as everyday acts of individual resistance. Digital labor is becoming a key site of contestation for the future of work and of technological development. The conference aims to explore a fundamental contradiction of digital labor. On the one hand, algorithms and digital technologies shape a new labor regime characterized by data extraction, widespread surveillance, and strict control on workers, which result in the fragmentation, individualization and casualization of jobs. On the other hand, digital labor also brings about an unexpected resurgence of labor conflicts. Most protests have been worker-led or initiated by grassroots organizations, while traditional trade unions have taken a leading role in some cases. Informal, sometimes individual actions of resistance have become increasingly common, in addition to formal, collective mobilizations. Some interventions have involved counter-uses of digital means in the workplace, for example through the creation of apps, tools, and software with the explicit aim of enabling workers to understand and reformulate their working conditions. In this perspective, digital affordances are open to interpretations, uses and practices that not only escape platforms’ surveillance but also establish social relationships other than those of labor exploitation, thereby undermining the efficacy of platforms’ power. This evidence suggests that digital platforms may not have an exclusive power to shape the digital age, and that workers, individually and collectively, can radically transform the trajectories of technological development. Uncovering the richness of collective and individual contestation practices that are emerging at the core of platform capitalism is essential to grasp the recent transformations of labor and the broader tendencies that are reshaping the digital age. This means looking at workers’ struggles not only as an object of research, but also as a crucial moment in which new knowledge is produced. Contestations reveal the reasons of workers’ grievances, grounded in their daily experiences, identities, skills, and aspirations. They bring to light aspects of labor organization and power asymmetries that would otherwise remain invisible, thereby potentially challenging the narratives of platforms. They allow comparing and contrasting the viewpoints of workers to those of intermediaries and clients, bringing more voices into the debate. Valuing this knowledge is a key goal of INDL-8 and an essential step to understand the current challenges and future perspectives of digital labor. This conference seeks to examine how platform workers navigate, challenge, and reshape algorithmic management systems while forging innovative forms of solidarity and collective action. It also aims to reflect on the perspectives that technological developments open for workers in order to escape everyday surveillance, to resist top-down control and to organize to defend their rights. For this purpose, this year’s INDL-8 conference invites submissions along four “Current topics” that explore these issues: Emerging forms of individual and collective action in digitally mediated work Workers’ resistance to algorithms Technology as a tool for worker organizing and collective action Legal frameworks, regulatory initiatives, and institutional responses Four more “Legacy topics” have been introduced, focusing on subjects that previously garnered substantial interest from conference presenters: Algorithmic management and labor control Platform cooperativism and alternative business models Platformisation and precariousness Gender and digital labor We also welcome submissions for a “Starting Topics” series, focusing on three emerging and currently under-researched areas that have the potential to drive meaningful progress in the field: the psycho-social and health-related risks of platform work the environmental challenges appertaining to digital labor the experiences, identities, purposes and viewpoints of the other “side” of the platforms, composed by clients and employers. We invite contributions from both confirmed and more junior academic researchers (also including PhD students), and from all professionals involved in the study of these themes, also including labor organizers and other practitioners. All disciplines involved in the study of labor and/or technology are welcome, for example economics, management, political science, law, sociology, psychology, history, geography, science & technology (STS) studies, media studies, design, and computer science. Submit your proposal Submission Guidelines: To submit, please click on the button above or visit: https://indl-8.sciencesconf.org/ Abstracts should: Have a maximum length of 400 words Be written in English Be submitted through the conference management system SciencesConf Please remember to specify: Your name and affiliation Title Abstract (including research objective, methodology, main findings and/or theoretical development, and where relevant, contribution to understanding worker organizing and resistance in digital labor) Through a drop-down menu, you will be asked to choose from among one of the 11 topics mentioned above (the four Current, the four Legacy, and the three Starting). You have the option to add a comment or a supporting file if needed. Abstract submission deadline: April 27, 2025. Submissions extended until May 5, 2025 Notification of acceptance: June 4, 2025 This edition of the INDL-8 conference is organized through a collaborative partnership between the University of Bologna, Fondazione Di Vittorio, DiPLab, and the International Labor Organization (ILO). -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris My new book: Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation, University of Chicago Press, 2025. My new documentary: In the Belly of AI, Federation Studios, 2025. *We respect your right to disconnect. My workflow efficiency accounts for the timing of this email. Taking action or responding outside of office hours is not required.*

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Programma GIG-ARTS Conference su Sovranità Digitale 26-28 maggio Salerno
by Mauro SANTANIELLO April 25, 2025

April 25, 2025

Gentili Colleghi, Siamo lieti di annunciare che il programma della 9ª edizione di GIG-ARTS è ora disponibile online. La conferenza di quest’anno, intitolata «The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges», proporrà dieci sessioni di panel, 38 presentazioni di paper, due keynote speech e una tavola rotonda per riflettere sulle narrazioni, le pratiche e le implicazioni della sovranità digitale in diversi contesti regionali e settoriali. L’evento si svolgerà presso l’Università di Salerno dal 26 al 28 maggio 2025. Potete consultare il programma completo qui: https://gig-arts.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Programme-GIG-ARTS-2025.pdf Le iscrizioni sono aperte fino al 15 maggio 2025. Ulteriori informazioni sulla conferenza: https://gig-arts.eu/ Speriamo di vedervi a maggio a Salerno! Prof. Mauro Santaniello (PhD) Associate Professor in Political Science ICPC <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/> Director| GIG-ARTS <https://gig-arts.eu/> Coordinator| Giganet <https://www.giga-net.org/> Secretary SWING <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/swing-2025> Scientific Coordinator | UNU-CRIS <https://cris.unu.edu/people> Associate Research Fellow PRIN on Digital Sovereignty <https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu/internet-and-communication-policy-cen…> Principal Investigator Latest publications <https://docenti.unisa.it/023694/ricerca/pubblicazioni>

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Re: [nexa] urgente: pareri e consigli su richiesta copytrack
by Marco Fioretti April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 14:01:14 PM +0200, alessandro marzocchi wrote: > Ciao Marco, sono in pensione da tempo cercando di dimenticare il più possibile > delle mie esperienze giuridiche. > Risponderei come hai ipotizzato, senza indicare l'importo che intenderesti > pagare. > Scriverei disconoscendo danni e tua responsabilità, aggiungendo che sei > disposto ad un pagamento esclusivamente per evitare azioni e/o richieste > ulteriori e chiedendo loro di indicare l'importo. > Cordialmente, > Duccio (Alessandro Marzocchi) Buonasera Duccio, e lista, grazie per il consiglio, solo una domanda: se ho capito bene, ritieni quindi che, oltre a disconoscere danni all'autore della foto e responsabilita', non sia opportuno/necessario dire subito esplicitamente che anche nell'eventualita' remotissima che profitto ci fosse stato, sarebbe praticamente nullo, dell'ordine delle **frazioni** di Euro? Grazie ancora, anche in anticipo a tutti coloro che vorranno intervenire. Marco > Il giorno mar 22 apr 2025 alle ore 21:12 <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > ha scritto: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:10:10 +0000 > From: "Marco Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)nexaima.net> > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Subject: [nexa] urgente: pareri e consigli su richiesta copytrack > Message-ID: <639ec84828873129a57ee9c4b9939695e1df4265(a)nexaima.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Salve a tutti, > > ho appena ricevuto la richiesta parzialmente copiata qui sotto, di pagare > 350 euro per una immagine che avrei inserito illegalmente in un post del > mio blog 5 anni fa. > > Dico "avrei" perche' ovviamente non ricordo assolutamente i dettagli della > cosa, ma 99,999... volte su 100 le immagini su quel blog sono screenshot a > bassa risoluzione di PARTI di immagini. L'unica cosa di cui sono > assolutamente sicuro e' che comunque stiano le cose aver usato > quell'immagine non mi ha fruttato piu' di 1 Euro in totale, a essere > proprio generosi. > > Inoltre, vedo online diversi "avvisi" che la compagnia in questione adotta > pratiche quantomeno discutibili: > > https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/10/11/ > from-interview-series-to-legal-battle-yay-images-and-copytrack-come-after-the-brutally-honest-blog > / > > https://kanzlei-franz.com/copytrack-scam-or-legitimate/ > > ma non mi e' chiaro quanto quelle considerazioni valgano per sito gestito > dall'Italia su hosting tedesco. > > A parte questo, che fare? Sul principio della cosa non ho nulla da > obiettare, ma modi e importo mi lasciano basito. > > Quanto spazio ho per rispondergli "sul principio sono d'accordo, se davvero > risulta che ho sbagliato, ma quella somma scordatevela, facciamo 10 Euro e > pace"? E come? > > Grazie in anticipo per qualsiasi aiuto. > > Marco > > L'email che ho ricevuto: > > Sent via email to XXXXXXXXXXXX on April 22, 2025 > Authorization request / Unauthorized image use - Case no: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx > Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXx > We, COPYTRACK, are writing to you on behalf of our client XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, > who > has assigned us the monitoring and protection of their licenses and image > rights. On April 17, 2025 we have been informed that XXXXXXXXXXXx is > likely > using an image without permission and the client has exclusively > commissioned > us with the clarification, administration of the image rights for the > territory > of the Federal Republic of Germany and, if necessary, the enforcement of > any > copyright infringement through our partner lawyers. Images are protected > by > copyright law almost worldwide and infringements are actionable under the > respective national law. Please see the attachment below for details. > On behalf of our client, we must first determine if you have a valid > license to > use the images in question in the territory of the Federal Republic of > Germany. > If you have a valid license or any other legal justification to use these > images, please reply to this email and include proof of license purchase > and/or > any other necessary information to validate the usage. > > Please note that you are obliged to provide the necessary information > about the > usage of the image to allow our client and us to verify the lawfulness of > such > usage. > > Please respond to this letter no later than May 2, 2025. > > If this is not the case, your use of the image material most likely > constitutes > a copyright infringement within the territory of the Federal Republic of > Germany. If no settlement can be reached, we as Copytrack are directly > instructed to enforce these rights for the territory in the Federal > Republic of > Germany through our German partner lawyers and, in addition, to instruct > our > respective partner lawyers in other countries to examine and, if > necessary, > enforce the infringement of the rights in the respective countries. You > could > then be legally obligated to compensate our client for the damage caused > by > this copyright infringement. > Rights XXXXXXXXXXXXx > holder > Image found on: URL OF POST > Online 2020 > Since > > 3 steps to solving your case > > In order to resolve this case amicably with you, we request your > cooperation. > Please complete the following steps to close this case: > > 1. Check > Review the evidence on this case by going to https:// > portal.copytrack.com https://portal.copytrack.com/ > and entering CASE ID XXXXXXXXXXXX > 2. Proof > Show us proof of your license by uploading it or providing any other > legal > justification to use these images and if it is valid, we will close > your > case immediately; > > If you do not have a valid license or any other valid justification: > > 3. Compensation / License > You now have the following 2 options: > Option 1: Purchase of a subsequent image license (includes past and > future use for one year after purchase). > Option 2: Compensation (includes the previous use and requires the > immediate deletion of the image). > > Image license (valid for 1 year from date of purchase) 389.59 € > Compensation costs (past usage) 350.00 € > Payment is due by May 21, 2025 > > Payments for both options can be made securely online at https:// > portal.copytrack.com by entering CASE ID XXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > We accept PayPal, credit card and bank transfer. > > We calculate these fees based on our client's license history, as well as > the > duration of use and type of rights infringement. Failure to provide a > proof or > pay for a valid license may result in your case being referred to our > partner > attorney and significantly higher additional fees. > > To avoid further action, including legal action, provide proof of a valid > license or any other relevant information by May 2, 2025, or acquire it by > making payment in our online portal. >

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AI, Papa Francesco paladino open source e lo scandalo dei calcolati
by don Luca Peyron April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

Buona lettura Dl https://www.key4biz.it/ai-papa-francesco-paladino-dellopen-source-e-lo-scan… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Pastorale Universitaria - Apostolato Digitale Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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GAO Report - Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects
by diego latella April 23, 2025

April 23, 2025

Pubblicato ieri: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107172?utm_campaign=usgao_email&utm_con… D -- Dott. Diego Latella - Formerly Senior Researcher with CNR/ISTI - Now retired

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Il Prof. Meo scrive al Prof. Valditara, Ministro dell'Istruzione e del Merito
by Marco Ciurcina April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Il Presidente dell'Associazione per il Software Libero, Prof. Angelo Raffaele Meo, ha inviato una lettera al Ministro dell'Istruzione e del Merito, prof. Giuseppe Valditara, suggerendogli di considerare il software libero per evitare i danni che i prodotti proprietari stanno causando al sistema scolastico. Il Ministro, in reazione alla notizia che un’applicazione di registro elettronico utilizzata nelle scuole ha esposto gli utenti a pubblicità, ha annunciato l’avvio di un’analisi del problema. Il Prof. Meo, ricordando le norme del Codice dell'Amministrazione Digitale che impongono alle scuole che acquisiscono software di preferire software libero, propone al Ministro di tenerne conto nello svolgimento dell'analisi. Suggerisce anche di estendere il lavoro d'analisi all'uso da parte delle scuole di software di videoconferenza e di produttività personale. https://www.softwarelibero.it/il-prof-meo-scrive-al-prof-valditara-ministro… -- Avv. Marco Ciurcina Via San Quintino, 32 10121 Torino TO tel +39 011 4546112 cell +39 335 6650910

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urgente: pareri e consigli su richiesta copytrack
by Marco Fioretti April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Salve a tutti, ho appena ricevuto la richiesta parzialmente copiata qui sotto, di pagare 350 euro per una immagine che avrei inserito illegalmente in un post del mio blog 5 anni fa. Dico "avrei" perche' ovviamente non ricordo assolutamente i dettagli della cosa, ma 99,999... volte su 100 le immagini su quel blog sono screenshot a bassa risoluzione di PARTI di immagini. L'unica cosa di cui sono assolutamente sicuro e' che comunque stiano le cose aver usato quell'immagine non mi ha fruttato piu' di 1 Euro in totale, a essere proprio generosi. Inoltre, vedo online diversi "avvisi" che la compagnia in questione adotta pratiche quantomeno discutibili: https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/10/11/from-interview-series-to-le… https://kanzlei-franz.com/copytrack-scam-or-legitimate/ ma non mi e' chiaro quanto quelle considerazioni valgano per sito gestito dall'Italia su hosting tedesco. A parte questo, che fare? Sul principio della cosa non ho nulla da obiettare, ma modi e importo mi lasciano basito. Quanto spazio ho per rispondergli "sul principio sono d'accordo, se davvero risulta che ho sbagliato, ma quella somma scordatevela, facciamo 10 Euro e pace"? E come? Grazie in anticipo per qualsiasi aiuto. Marco L'email che ho ricevuto: Sent via email to XXXXXXXXXXXX on April 22, 2025 Authorization request / Unauthorized image use - Case no: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXx We, COPYTRACK, are writing to you on behalf of our client XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, who has assigned us the monitoring and protection of their licenses and image rights. On April 17, 2025 we have been informed that XXXXXXXXXXXx is likely using an image without permission and the client has exclusively commissioned us with the clarification, administration of the image rights for the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and, if necessary, the enforcement of any copyright infringement through our partner lawyers. Images are protected by copyright law almost worldwide and infringements are actionable under the respective national law. Please see the attachment below for details. On behalf of our client, we must first determine if you have a valid license to use the images in question in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. If you have a valid license or any other legal justification to use these images, please reply to this email and include proof of license purchase and/or any other necessary information to validate the usage. Please note that you are obliged to provide the necessary information about the usage of the image to allow our client and us to verify the lawfulness of such usage. Please respond to this letter no later than May 2, 2025. If this is not the case, your use of the image material most likely constitutes a copyright infringement within the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. If no settlement can be reached, we as Copytrack are directly instructed to enforce these rights for the territory in the Federal Republic of Germany through our German partner lawyers and, in addition, to instruct our respective partner lawyers in other countries to examine and, if necessary, enforce the infringement of the rights in the respective countries. You could then be legally obligated to compensate our client for the damage caused by this copyright infringement. Rights XXXXXXXXXXXXx holder Image found on: URL OF POST Online 2020 Since 3 steps to solving your case In order to resolve this case amicably with you, we request your cooperation. Please complete the following steps to close this case: 1. Check Review the evidence on this case by going to https://portal.copytrack.com https://portal.copytrack.com/ and entering CASE ID XXXXXXXXXXXX 2. Proof Show us proof of your license by uploading it or providing any other legal justification to use these images and if it is valid, we will close your case immediately; If you do not have a valid license or any other valid justification: 3. Compensation / License You now have the following 2 options: Option 1: Purchase of a subsequent image license (includes past and future use for one year after purchase). Option 2: Compensation (includes the previous use and requires the immediate deletion of the image). Image license (valid for 1 year from date of purchase) 389.59 € Compensation costs (past usage) 350.00 € Payment is due by May 21, 2025 Payments for both options can be made securely online at https:// portal.copytrack.com by entering CASE ID XXXXXXXXXXXXXX We accept PayPal, credit card and bank transfer. We calculate these fees based on our client's license history, as well as the duration of use and type of rights infringement. Failure to provide a proof or pay for a valid license may result in your case being referred to our partner attorney and significantly higher additional fees. To avoid further action, including legal action, provide proof of a valid license or any other relevant information by May 2, 2025, or acquire it by making payment in our online portal.

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[CfP] IEEE IoT2C 2025 – The 11th International Symposium on IoT and Cloud Continuum – Submissions Now Open
by Antonio Montieri April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] -----------------Call for Papers-------------------------------- The 11th International Symposium on IoT and Cloud Continuum (IoT2C) Istanbul, Turkiye, 11-13 Aug 2025 [Hybrid] http://www.ficloud.org/iot2c2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Cloud continuum enables a seamless integration of distinct cloud services and models in order to encapsulate the growing adoption of cloud computing by businesses and organizations. The services and capabilities of cloud continuum are unified and supported by advances in communication networks (e.g., 5G network). They offer edge services for IoT devices such as smart sensors that generate large volume of data and that require connectivity with low latency. The objectives are to simplify the integration and development of modern cloud-enabled IoT applications; e.g., share resources, support extreme workload, efficiently process big data and place data and compute power closer to places where they are needed more. The symposium aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in order to discuss ideas and share knowledge on various issues related to IoT and cloud continuum. Topics of the symposium include (but not limited to): - IoT and cloud continuum models - Integration and collaboration - Network models and design - Software systems and microservices - Big data processing and management - AI and machine learning applications - Network communication protocols - 5G and SDN services - Fault tolerance and reliability - Performance evaluation and modelling - Edge, Fog and IoT continuum - SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models - Ecosystem: IoT, Edge,Fog, Cloud - QoS in IoT and cloud continuum - Security, trust and privacy - Service selection and provisioning - Continuum benchmarking - Modelling and simulation - Business models and standards - Service level agreements - Applications and case studies - Legal and ethical aspects Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 31 May 2025 Authors Notification: 10 June 2025 Final Manuscript Due: 20 June 2025 Submission Guidelines: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit is 6-8 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. Papers should be submitted as PDF files via the EasyChair submission system. Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. All papers accepted for this symposium are peer-reviewed and are to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). Best regards, -- *Antonio Montieri, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor (RTDa)* *Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell'Informazione (DIETI)University of Napoli Federico IIVia Claudio 21 -- 80125 Napoli (Italy)Phone: +39 081 76 83821 - Fax: +39 081 76 83816Email: antonio.montieri(a)unina.it <antonio.montieri(a)unina.it> <antonio.montieri(a)unina.it>WWW: http://wpage.unina.it/antonio.montieri <http://wpage.unina.it/antonio.montieri> <https://link.gmreg5.net/x/d?c=45868489&l=c299ed2c-3440-4043-a3e6-5a1601f209…>* *Skype ID: antmontieri*

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argomentazione giuridica e digitale (già: Jovanotti e ChatGPT)
by alessandro marzocchi April 19, 2025

April 19, 2025

Il giurista imparava che ogni argomentazione deve fare riferimento al testo della legge, quale ""fatto palese dal significato proprio delle parole secondo la connessione di esse ..."". Più volte ho incontrato argomentazioni giuridiche fondate NON sul testo della legge ma su altre interpretazioni, più o meno autorevoli o numerose. E' comprensibile anche se sarebbe bene non dimenticare la regola fondamentale dell'interpretazione della legge. Dimentichiamo sempre, a mio parere, che: 1 - ognuno di noi oggi incontra "*regole digitali*" molto più numerose delle "*regole legali*". 2 - le "*regole legali*" si basano sul cosiddetto linguaggio naturale comprensibile a quasi tutti, mentre le "*regole digitali*" sono comprensibili a quasi nessuno. 3 - la comprensibilità della regola è, mia convinzione, l'origine del problema digitale, quindi opposizione a linguaggi proprietari. Diventa secondario, anche se peggiora la situazione, che LLM, IA e simili lavorino sul significato proprio delle parole e secondo la loro connessione. Auguri cordiali. Duccio (Alessandro Marzocchi) Il giorno ven 18 apr 2025 alle ore 09:33 <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> ha scritto: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:32:42 +0200 > From: Eleonora Colombo <avveleonoracolombo(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [nexa] Jovanotti e ChatGPT > ... Personalmente mi preoccupa leggere, anche in questi giorni, notizie (su > cui > mi piacerebbe andare un po' più a fondo) di miei Colleghi che citano > sentenze inesistenti solo perchè suggerite da ChatGpt e senza farne alcun > controllo.

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Meta starts AI training with personal data - those who want to object must act quickly
by J.C. DE MARTIN April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025

*Meta starts AI training with personal data - those who want to object must act quickly* https://datenschutz-hamburg.de/news/meta-starts-ai-training-with-personal-d… 15 April 2025 Until now, Meta's AI technology has not been trained with the Facebook and Instagram data of European users. This is now set to change: From *the end of May 2025, Meta wants to use the data of all adult European Facebook and Instagram users for training of its own AI applications*. The data will then be used to train the company's AI-based services such as the Meta-AI chatbot on WhatsApp or language models such as Llama. *Start of training planned for 2024 postponed for the time being* Meta had already announced last year that it would use all public posts and photos from its European Facebook and Instagram users for AI training. *However, Meta then postponed the project *after the Irish Data Protection Authority (IDPC), which is the lead supervisory authority for Meta in the EU, approached the company with data protection issues, particularly regarding the legal basis and transparency. *The procedure that is now in place makes it easier to object *to Meta's use of personal data for AI training. *If users want to object, then now* Registered users of Facebook and Instagram must now decide whether the company may train AI models with their personal data (posts, photos, etc.). This applies not only to the future, but also to all data from the past. If you have no concerns about your publicly accessible posts, comments and photos in your own account being used for AI training, you don't have to do anything. Anyone who wants to prevent their own data from being used by Meta for AI training purposes *must take action now*. All European users of legal age will be notified accordingly by Meta and informed of their options. You can object in the respective apps or for Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583 <https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583> and for Instagram at https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182 <https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182>. For the objection to take full effect, it must be lodged before the end of May 2025. Although it is possible to object at any time after this date, it will no longer be possible to undo that your data has already been used for AI training. Training data is irrevocably incorporated into AI models and its influence can no longer be removed from the model according to the current state of the art. Thomas Fuchs, Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information: „I can well understand that users are concerned when all their images and texts shared on social networks are now incorporated into AI models. The only way to protect yourself here is to object in good time. If so, then now.“

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