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Submission + - SPAM: Should Open Source AI Mean Exposing All Training Data?

kazekiri writes: We have examined what constitutes the “preferred form of making modifications” for AI in the philosophical, legal, and technical contexts. Philosophically, granting freedom for all components that affect an AI model’s performance is admirabpractical interpretation of many jurisdictions is that any rights in the training data do not extend to the resulting model. Coupled with privacy restrictions on certain datasets, requiring complete data disclosure can clash with reality. Meanwhile, from a technical angle, the code’s algorithm and pipeline are often more critical in defining how the model behaves, and the actual need for full data to achieve near-equivalent reproduction is limited.

Bringing this together suggests that mandating full dataset release as a requirement for “preferred form of making modifications” is not necessarily realistic. Instead, adequate documentation of how others might assemble or locate similar data can suffice to maintain alignment with existing laws and social norms. Although a purely philosophical approach to openness might champion complete training data, OSI’s approach—requiring training code, parameters, and comprehensive Data Information—represents a pragmatic balance that encourages broader adoption of Open Source AI.

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Submission + - DeepSeek in China: A Legal Overview of the Generative AI Regulation (shujisado.org)

kazekiri writes: In 2023, China enacted the Provisional Measures on the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services, which serves as the regulatory guidance for the generative AI services industry.
China’s AI regulations have two seemingly contradictory aspects: on the one hand, they establish a strong censorship system, and on the other hand, they emphasize international cooperation for technological development. This reflects China’s strategic approach to striking a balance between technological development and security.

Comment Hidden Traps in Meta’s Llama License (Score 1) 35

There is an article explaining that not only is Llama not open source, but it is also a license with a very high risk.
Meta can update the AUP at any time, and it is possible to trap all users. In addition, this trap is also effective for users of services that use Llama.

https://shujisado.org/2025/01/...

Space

This Is the Way the World Ends 394

Dave Knott writes "The CBC's weekly science radio show Quirks and Quarks this week features a countdown of the top ten planetary doomsday scenarios. Nine science professors and one science fiction author are asked to give (mostly) realistic hypotheses of the ways in which the planet Earth and its inhabitants can be destroyed. These possibilities for mankind's extinction include super-volcanoes, massive gamma ray bursts, and everybody's favorite, the killer asteroid. Perhaps the most terrifying prediction is the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field (combined with untimely solar activity), a periodic event which is currently 1/4 million years overdue."
Cellphones

Linux Kernel Booting On the iPhone 115

mhm was one of many readers to note that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to the iPhone. "Planetbeing, one of the iPhone devteam members, has been working on porting Linux to the iPhone (along with a custom bootloader called OpeniBoot). Today they managed to boot the kernel! Video showing the boot process has been posted. Instructions and binaries are available on the project blog."
Businesses

Greenpeace Slams Apple For Environmental Record 271

nandemoari writes "According to a recent advertisement airing on American TV, Apple's new Macbooks (well-received by most technology critics) are 'the world's greenest family of notebooks.' It seems an indication that the Cupertino-based company is increasingly aware of a consumer base that demands green electronics. However, Greenpeace is less than enthused with Apple's overall green performance. In their report (PDF), the environmentalists argue that Apple 'needs to commit to phasing out additional substances with timelines, improve its policy on chemicals and its reporting on chemicals management.'" Ars Technica points out that Greenpeace's research isn't quite up-to-snuff, and it's also worth noting that Greenpeace admitted to targeting Apple for the publicity in the past.
Media

BBC Trust to Meet With OSC Over iPlayer 125

Virgil Tibbs writes "With the Launch of the BBC's iPlayer imminent, the BBC trust has agreed to hear the Open Source Consortium's concerns regarding the BBC iPlayer's tie in with Microsoft's software. The move by the BBC to use Windows Media DRM & their apparent lack of commitment towards other platforms has caused outrage in many circles and prompted several online petitions."

Scientists Threatened For "Climate Denial" 1165

Forrest Kyle writes "A former professor of climatology at the University of Winnipeg has received multiple death threats for questioning the extent to which human activities are driving global warming. '"Western governments have pumped billions of dollars into careers and institutes and they feel threatened," said the professor. "I can tolerate being called a skeptic because all scientists should be skeptics, but then they started calling us deniers, with all the connotations of the Holocaust. That is an obscenity. It has got really nasty and personal." Richard Lindzen, the professor of Atmospheric Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [...] recently claimed: "Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves labelled as industry stooges. Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science."'"
PC Games (Games)

PC Gaming's Future Evolution 51

Dr. Eggman writes "1up.com is reporting on the GDC panel from last week entitled PC Gaming in an Age of Connected Consoles. Unlike the usual doom and gloom about the 'death' of PC games, this panel suggested that the death is of PC games as we know them - PC gaming will evolve. They believe the future of gaming on the PC lies in strengths like persistent-world environments; not just as MMOs but anything that has elements of a persistent nature such as Battlefield 2142. They go on to describe the PC's greatest edge over consoles: user created content and the supportive game communities built around it. The article also cited the panel's views on the weaknesses inherent in consoles' closed networks and content control."

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