Robin
@docrobin.bsky.social
Marketing academic.
Privacy and ethics in technology-driven marketing.
AI and stuff.
Oxford Brookes University
Privacy and ethics in technology-driven marketing.
AI and stuff.
Oxford Brookes University
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If you haven't already read this essay from @carissaveliz.bsky.social, what are you doing? One of the best articles on privacy written in recent years - check it out:
aeon.co/essays/priva...
aeon.co/essays/priva...
Privacy matters because it empowers us all | Aeon Essays
Don’t just give away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook – protect it, or you disempower us all
aeon.co
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
If you haven't already read this essay from @carissaveliz.bsky.social, what are you doing? One of the best articles on privacy written in recent years - check it out:
aeon.co/essays/priva...
aeon.co/essays/priva...
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#Google, further wanting to erode our #privacy.
There are "numerous ways the software could be abused by private #surveillance companies, government agents, stalkers or others who might want to eavesdrop on other people’s phone calls."
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
There are "numerous ways the software could be abused by private #surveillance companies, government agents, stalkers or others who might want to eavesdrop on other people’s phone calls."
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Google tests AI to detect scam phone calls. Privacy advocates are terrified.
Google said this week it was testing software that would monitor phone calls for suspicious activity, such as fraud.
www.nbcnews.com
May 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
#Google, further wanting to erode our #privacy.
There are "numerous ways the software could be abused by private #surveillance companies, government agents, stalkers or others who might want to eavesdrop on other people’s phone calls."
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
There are "numerous ways the software could be abused by private #surveillance companies, government agents, stalkers or others who might want to eavesdrop on other people’s phone calls."
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Because serious confabulation is not bad enough, #Google's AI Overviews will soon have ads. #AIEthics
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads
Google is set to start mixing ads into its new AI-generated search answers. It’s a test of how the company’s biggest revenue stream can adapt to the age of generative AI.
www.wired.com
May 29, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Because serious confabulation is not bad enough, #Google's AI Overviews will soon have ads. #AIEthics
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper's articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide information to readers.
reut.rs/3vlXX1u
reut.rs/3vlXX1u
reuters.com
reut.rs
December 27, 2023 at 8:01 PM
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper's articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide information to readers.
reut.rs/3vlXX1u
reut.rs/3vlXX1u
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Our perspective paper "Machine Culture" is out in Nature Human Behavior.
Free access version: rdcu.be/drzoS
Free access version: rdcu.be/drzoS
November 20, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Our perspective paper "Machine Culture" is out in Nature Human Behavior.
Free access version: rdcu.be/drzoS
Free access version: rdcu.be/drzoS
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📢 App Version 1.61 is rolling out now (1/3)
There's now an in-app video and music player for links! YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitch embeds now play in the app.
This will only trigger after a tap. (No autoplay.)
There's now an in-app video and music player for links! YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitch embeds now play in the app.
This will only trigger after a tap. (No autoplay.)
December 26, 2023 at 7:08 PM
📢 App Version 1.61 is rolling out now (1/3)
There's now an in-app video and music player for links! YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitch embeds now play in the app.
This will only trigger after a tap. (No autoplay.)
There's now an in-app video and music player for links! YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitch embeds now play in the app.
This will only trigger after a tap. (No autoplay.)
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Instagram apparently rolling out AI chat bots for people to speak with over messenger? Really at the “monetize the societal rot” phase of the alienation produced in no small part by Instagram itself
December 27, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Instagram apparently rolling out AI chat bots for people to speak with over messenger? Really at the “monetize the societal rot” phase of the alienation produced in no small part by Instagram itself
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Plus it references loads of interesting additional material (podcasts, YouTube videos etc) and has an accompanying podcast series of its own hosted by Sven and @johndanaher.bsky.social technologyethicspod.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/1...
November 1, 2023 at 8:38 AM
Plus it references loads of interesting additional material (podcasts, YouTube videos etc) and has an accompanying podcast series of its own hosted by Sven and @johndanaher.bsky.social technologyethicspod.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/1...
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Using systems that are not truth-tracking and have no common sense to write the news. What could go wrong? #AIEthics #PhilTech
theconversation.com/do-you-trust...
theconversation.com/do-you-trust...
Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues
The Guardian has accused Microsoft of reputational damage, after it displayed one of its articles alongside an inappropriate AI-generated poll.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Using systems that are not truth-tracking and have no common sense to write the news. What could go wrong? #AIEthics #PhilTech
theconversation.com/do-you-trust...
theconversation.com/do-you-trust...
Nothing much to share - just thought this tree looks amazing on this sunny autumn morning.
November 7, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Nothing much to share - just thought this tree looks amazing on this sunny autumn morning.