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Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice
by Maurizio Borghi May 21, 2024

May 21, 2024

Lawyers for Scarlett Johansson are demanding that OpenAI disclose how it developed an AI personal assistant voice that the actress says sounds uncannily similar to her own. Johansson's legal team has sent OpenAI two letters asking the company to detail the process by which it developed a voice the tech company dubbed "Sky," Johansson's publicist told NPR in a revelation that has not been previously reported. After OpenAI held a live demonstration of the voice last week, many observers compared it to Johansson's voice in the the 2013 Spike Jonze romantic sci-fi film "Her," which centers on a man who falls in love with the female voice of his computer's operating system. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has said <https://www.google.com/search?q=sam+altman+her+and+salesforce&rlz=1C1GCEJ_e…> the 2013 Spike Jonze film is his favorite movie, invited comparisons by posting the word "Her" <https://x.com/sama/status/1790075827666796666> on X after the company announced the new ChatGPT version. But later, OpenAI executives denied any connection between Johansson and the new voice assistant. Then the company suddenly dropped the voice. .... [Continua qui:] https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-co… -- _______________ *Maurizio Borghi* Università di Torino https://www.dg.unito.it/persone/maurizio.borghi Co-Director Nexa Center for Internet & Society <https://nexa.polito.it/>

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Data Protection Regulation - AI labour : interviews request
by Thomas Le Bonniec May 21, 2024

May 21, 2024

Dear members of the Nexa mailing list, This e-mail is intended to ask for those of you who might be available and interest if you'd be willing to conduct an interview with me. I am now visiting the Nexa center up until the end of June, and will be presenting my research topic tomorrow on the [ https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-114 | 114th luch seminar. ] So if you : - engage in the topics of AI labour and/or personal data protection - are a member of an AI producing company // work (or worked) with or as a data annotator to train AI systems // provide support or advice to Data Protection Authorities in the EU // are or were a member of a union or an NGO engaging with personal data protection and AI at work and have some free time to have a chat, even an informal one, please let me know. Many thanks, Kind regards, Thomas Le Bonniec [ https://www.telecom-paris.fr/ ] Thomas LE BONNIEC Doctorant SES- I3 [ https://diplab.eu/ | DiPLab ] Bureau 3A343 19 place Marguerite Perey CS 20031 91123 Palaiseau Cedex Une école de [ https://www.imt.fr/ | l'IMT ]

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MEMENTO | 114° Nexa Lunch Seminar | 22 maggio 2024, ore 13.00
by Nexa - Media May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 22 maggio, dalle ore 13.00 alle ore 14.00, si terrà il 114° Nexa Lunch Seminar con un incontro dal titolo: "Personal Data Production: where AI labour & GDPR regulation intersect". Ospite dell'incontro: Thomas Le Bonniec (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE. SEDE FISICA dell'incontro: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono Portineria e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate lungo il percorso. QUI<https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. STANZA VIRTUALE dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Per maggiori dettagli è possibile consultare la pagina web dell'evento: https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-114 Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Officer Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/A - 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it<mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

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NetBSD Commit Guidelines ban LLM
by Giacomo Tesio May 16, 2024

May 16, 2024

Do not commit tainted code to the repository. If you commit code that was not written by yourself, double check that the license on that code permits import into the NetBSD source repository, and permits free distribution. Check with the author(s) of the code, make sure that they were the sole author of the code and verify with them that they did not copy any other code. Code generated by a large language model or similar technology, such as GitHub/Microsoft's Copilot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, or Facebook/Meta's Code Llama, is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed without prior written approval by core. <https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html>

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Re: [nexa] "...and... We've left the cloud!" - David Heinemeier Hansson / 37signals
by Giuseppe Attardi May 16, 2024

May 16, 2024

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[CDT:code is law/life] Fwd: Software Bug Results in Insulin Pump Injuries, Spurs Recall
by Andrea Trentini May 13, 2024

May 13, 2024

Quando il software regola la tua possibilità di sopravvivere: <https://hackaday.com/2024/05/11/software-bug-results-in-insulin-pump-injuri…> In realtà il rischio è basso (non come il famoso bug degli apparati radioterapici negli anni '80 che uccise un po' di gente), ma resta il tema del software che controlla funzioni importanti (e.g., aerei e altri veicoli, sistemi finanziari, ecc.) con grossi impatti sulla vita delle persone. Il software è troppo importante per lasciare che sia proprietario... -- Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ http://atrent.it public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B Dip.to di Informatica Università degli Studi di Milano

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"Why facial recognition technology makes these campus protests different from those in the past"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 13, 2024

May 13, 2024

*Why facial recognition technology makes these campus protests different from those in the past * /At campus protests across the country, many are covering their faces as fears of police surveillance, facial recognition technology, and doxing rise./ Chris Morris https://www.fastcompany.com/91116791/facial-recognition-technology-campus-p…

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114° Nexa Lunch Seminar | 22 maggio 2024, ore 13.00
by Valeria Bergantino May 13, 2024

May 13, 2024

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare al 114° Nexa Lunch Seminar che si terrà mercoledì 22 maggio, dalle ore 13.00 alle ore 14.00, con un incontro dal titolo: " Personal Data Production: where AI labour & GDPR regulation intersect". Ospite dell'incontro: Thomas Le Bonniec (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE. SEDE FISICA dell'incontro: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono Portineria e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate lungo il percorso. QUI<https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. STANZA VIRTUALE dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Di seguito maggiori dettagli: https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-114 Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Officer Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/A - 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it<mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

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Convegno "Di dati e di despoti. Scienza aperta, ricerca, repubblica" - Pisa, 3 e 4 giugno 2024
by Daniela Tafani May 12, 2024

May 12, 2024

Buongiorno, il 3 e il 4 giugno prossimi, a Pisa, nell'Aula Magna nuova del Palazzo della Sapienza, in Via Curtatone e Montanara, 15, si terrà il convegno "Di dati e di despoti. Scienza aperta, ricerca, repubblica". Il convegno è organizzato nell'ambito del Progetto PRIN 2022 “Clinical Trial Data between Privatization of Knowledge and Open Science” (CLIPKOS). L'ingresso è libero. Qui la locandina: https://www.sp.unipi.it/it/convegno-di-dati-e-di-despoti-scienza-aperta-ric… Un saluto, Daniela

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A joint statement from UniSuper CEO Peter Chun, and Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian
by Giacomo Tesio May 11, 2024

May 11, 2024

Che succede se metti tutte le uova in un paniere (e le affidi alle volpi)? <https://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/media-centre/2024/a-joint-statement-fr…> UniSuper and Google Cloud understand the disruption to services experienced by members has been extremely frustrating and disappointing. We extend our sincere apologies to all members. While supporting UniSuper to bring its systems back online, Google Cloud has been conducting a root cause analysis. Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian has confirmed that the disruption arose from an unprecedented sequence of events whereby an inadvertent misconfiguration during provisioning of UniSuper’s Private Cloud services ultimately resulted in the deletion of UniSuper’s Private Cloud subscription. This is an isolated, ‘one-of-a-kind occurrence’ that has never before occurred with any of Google Cloud’s clients globally. This should not have happened. Google Cloud has identified the events that led to this disruption and taken measures to ensure this does not happen again. # Why did the outage last so long? UniSuper had duplication in two geographies as a protection against outages and loss. However, when the deletion of UniSuper’s Private Cloud subscription occurred, it caused deletion across both of these geographies. Restoring UniSuper’s Private Cloud instance has called for an incredible amount of focus, effort, and partnership between our teams to enable an extensive recovery of all the core systems. The dedication and collaboration between UniSuper and Google Cloud has led to an extensive recovery of our Private Cloud which includes hundreds of virtual machines, databases and applications. UniSuper had backups in place with an additional service provider. These backups have minimised data loss, and significantly improved the ability of UniSuper and Google Cloud to complete the restoration. # What’s next? UniSuper and Google Cloud have been working around the clock on a resolution. The completion of the restoration swiftly, safely and securely remains Google Cloud and UniSuper’s top priority.

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