Responding to a cease-and-desist order in Germany resulting from a lawsuit, Tesla advertising there will warn that its ‘sentry mode,’ records a car’s surroundings and may risk infringing on data privacy laws. But that leaves to the consumer the job of turning the car camera on & off in public spaces, so it doesn’t infringe on someone’s privacy.
The new chatbot, rolled out to select users late March, is slated for incorporation into Google products in the coming months. But the Center for Digital Hate found it generating 100 false and potentially harmful narratives, including on climate, Covid-19, LGBTQ+, antisemitism, and racism.
It’s Google’s world; you just live in it. In case you need reminding, Google Analytics will be removing first-click, linear, time-decay and position-based attribution models from its attribution reports. AI-based, data-driven attribution is Google’s preferred option, and they’ve decided that’s now your preference too. Don’t be bothered that Google controls the algorithms which measure its own performance.
Disney has agreed to license more than 200 characters, costumes, and environments (but not voices or talent likenesses) to OpenAI for Sora, its gen AI video platform. This is highly unusual for Disney, which generally sues AI models for copyright infringement; in fact, it sued Google for that a day before announcing the OpenAI deal. Disney will also invest $1 billion in OpenAI, nicely illustrating how very eager they are to join the AI party.