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Submission + - Meta's AI rules have let bots hold 'sensual' chats with kids and an arrest

Submitted by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite
ISayWeOnlyToBePolite writes: Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids and offer false medical info.

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people.”

These and other findings emerge from a Reuters review of the Meta document, which discusses the standards that guide its generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and chatbots available on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the company’s social-media platforms.

Meta confirmed the document’s authenticity, but said that after receiving questions earlier this month from Reuters, the company removed portions which stated it is permissible for chatbots to flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children.

More details at: https://www.reuters.com/invest...

New York City engineer Josh Felker who said he created "digital experiences for kids" at social media giant Meta was busted after he admitted to trying to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vid...

Submission + - Citizenlab spyware research

Submitted by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite
ISayWeOnlyToBePolite writes: Original paper: https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/...

Techcrunch coverage: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03...
"The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions, according to a new technical report by a renowned digital security lab.

On Wednesday, The Citizen Lab, a group of academics and security researchers housed at the University of Toronto that has investigated the spyware industry for more than a decade, published a report about the Israeli-founded surveillance startup, identifying the six governments as “suspected Paragon deployments.”

At the end of January, WhatsApp notified around 90 users that the company believed were targeted with Paragon spyware, prompting a scandal in Italy, where some of the targets live. "

The Guardian additional coverage of activist David Yambino :https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/19/italian-activist-david-yambio-alerts-icc-spyware-attack

"A prominent activist in Italy has warned the international criminal court that his mobile phone was under surveillance when he was providing the ICC with confidential information about victims of torture in Libya.

A report released on Wednesday by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks digital surveillance of members of civil society, has confirmed that David Yambio, the founder of an organisation called Refugees in Libya, was targeted by mercenary spyware. The attack occurred at a time when he was in communication with The Hague, he said. At least one attack took place around June 2024, researchers said."

Submission + - **No Title** (talkingpointsmemo.com)

Submitted by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite
ISayWeOnlyToBePolite writes: From: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
"On Wednesday night, after Trump revealed the TRUTH social app, Twitter users began to note that the network appeared to be based on an open-source social networking software called Mastodon, which allows people to modify the underlying code so long as they abide by its license."

"Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko told TPM in an email that TRUTH appeared to violate the terms of use that the software sets forth: making the source code available, and having a copy of the general product license available to users.

“I do intend to seek legal counsel on the situation though,” Rochko told TPM, while declining to discuss any specific legal action he may be contemplating.

“Compliance with our AGPLv3 license is very important to me as that is the sole basis upon which I and other developers are willing to give away years of work for free,” Rochko added.

The AGPL license mandates that software developed for free — like Mastodon — remain publicly available after its been modified. Under the license, TRUTH needs to share any modifications to Mastodon’s code."

Submission + - Zodiac Killer ID "It's all bullshit" (rollingstone.com)

Submitted by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite
ISayWeOnlyToBePolite writes: Tom Voigt a Zodiac Killer expert and author who runs https://zodiackiller.com/ pulls no punches when commenting on the story picked up by FoxNews that is now being posted at various news outlets including https://news.slashdot.org/stor... From the article: https://www.rollingstone.com/c...

they’re matching up lines on foreheads. No witness ever described lines on Zodiac’s forehead. Those lines were simply added by the sketch artist to fill in the sketch. The amended sketch, which is supposed to look more like Zodiac, according to witnesses, doesn’t really even have any lines. So they got rid of them.


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