Category: Blog
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AI could be an existential threat to publishers – that’s why Mumsnet is fighting back | Justine Roberts
There is nothing wrong with mining content for data, but it has to be properly regulated and creators must be compensated Justine Roberts is the CEO of Mumsnet After nearly 25 years as a founder of Mumsnet, I considered myself pretty unshockable when it came to the workings of big tech. But my jaw hit…
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Social workers in England begin using AI system to assist their work
Magic Notes tool records and analyses face-to-face meetings and suggests follow-up actions Hundreds of social workers in England have begun using an artificial intelligence system that records conversations, drafts letters to doctors and proposes actions that human workers might not have considered. Councils in Swindon, Barnet and Kingston are among seven now using the AI…
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Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out
Even if you haven’t knowingly opted in, companies are still scraping your personal information to train their systems Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular site…