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Amanda Silberling /TechCrunch: The public feed of the Meta AI app is filled with private and sensitive information, suggesting users might not be aware they are sharing their chats publicly— It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea.
More: Wired, PCMag, Gizmodo, Business Insider, International Business Times, BBC, Malwarebytes, MediaPost, Digit, Laptop Mag, 9to5Google, Nokiamob, Business Today, implicator.ai, WinBuzzer, Android Authority, and Telegraph Bluesky: @leonardlloyd, @stardustbluepr.com, @hypervisible, and @amanda.omg.lol. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social X: @venturetwins, @racheltobac, @kyliebytes, @shl0ms, @venturetwins, @chrisd9r, @arictoler, @venturetwins, @venturetwins, and @heaney555 Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/technology, and Slashdot More: Kylie Robison /Wired: The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People's Bizarrely Personal Chats Jibin Joseph /PCMag: Be Careful With Meta AI: You Might Accidentally Make Your Chats Public James Pero /Gizmodo: PSA: Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now Katie Notopoulos /Business Insider: Meta AI's Discover feed is depressing to read as it seems some people are inadvertently sharing interactions containing personal information publicly Isaiah Richard /International Business Times: Meta AI ‘Discover’ Feed Unveils What Users Ask the AI, Posting Sensitive Info Tied to Their Accounts Imran Rahman-Jones /BBC: Meta AI searches made public - but do all its users realise? Pieter Arntz /Malwarebytes: Your Meta AI chats might be public, and it's not a bug Laurie Sullivan /MediaPost: Meta AI Personal Chats Appearing In Public Search Feed Jayesh Shinde /Digit: Meta AI app marks private chats as public, raising privacy concerns Nick Lucchesi /Laptop Mag: A simple mistake in the Meta AI app could expose your deepest secrets Andrew Romero /9to5Google: Meta AI's ‘Discover’ posts reveal what people actually use AI for Kreso /Nokiamob: META AI IS A DISASTER: USERS ARE UNWITTINGLY REVEALING THEIR MOST INTIMATE SECRETS Lakshay Kumar /Business Today: Your personal chats with Meta AI are not as private as you think Marcus Schuler /implicator.ai: Meta's AI Chatbot Exposes User Secrets in Public Feed Markus Kasanmascheff /WinBuzzer: Meta's AI App ‘Discover’ Feed Publicly Exposes Private Chats Without Users Knowing Matt Horne /Android Authority: Meta AI's public feed is a gold mine of accidental oversharing Matt Field /Telegraph: Baffled Facebook users share embarrassing personal details with world Bluesky: @leonardlloyd: Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now — As Moore notes, users are throwing all sorts of prompts into Meta AI without knowing that they're being displayed publicly, gizmodo.com/psa-get-your...@stardustbluepr.com:“If Meta wanted to get people to actually use its Meta AI app, then public embarrassment is certainly one way of getting attention.”@hypervisible:“Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as they post, or where they are even posting to. So, if you log into Meta AI with Instagram, and your Instagram account is public, then so too are your searches about how to meet ‘big booty women.’” Amanda Silberling /@amanda.omg.lol: things i have seen on the meta AI app today: — audio of guy asking why some farts smell worse than others — guy asking meta AI to post his phone # on groups to get “big booty women” to text him — someone asking if their sister is in legal trouble — divorce court mario … Mastodon: Zack Whittaker /@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social: Meta's AI app is a privacy hot mess of people publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot, including their personal information, home addresses, sensitive court details, the occasional federal crime... https://techcrunch.com/... X: Justine Moore /@venturetwins: Wild things are happening on Meta's AI app. The feed is almost entirely boomers who seem to have no idea their conversations with the chatbot are posted publicly. They get pretty personal (see second pic, which I anonymized). [image] Rachel Tobac /@racheltobac: If a user's expectations about how a tool functions don't match reality, you've got yourself a huge user experience and security problem. Humans have built a schema around AI chat bots and do not expect their AI chat bot prompts to show up in a social media style Discover feed — it's not how other tools function... Kylie Robison /@kyliebytes: what happens when you give one billion people access to an AI chatbot, and for some of that number, the ability to publish those conversations on social feed? well, now we know [image] @shl0ms: this is fucking crazy: some product manager at Meta decided their new AI app should post all conversations to a public feed by default. the app is full of boomers and young children talking about incredibly private or bizarre things, often with full audio recordings [video] Justine Moore /@venturetwins:@DanSchoonmaker It gets worse! A lot of people seem to be using it on their Meta glasses - so they accidentally post pictures and audio, too 😬 (I anonymized this one) [image] Chris Dehghanpoor /@chrisd9r: Fun fact: Meta axed the standalone app for their Meta Raybans and forced users to migrate to Meta AI. So any AI interactions that take place through the glasses - which can include the pics or videos from the users POV - can just as easily be shared by mistake. Aric Toler /@arictoler: I can't believe this is still up and public. You can just click right on the profiles and see the full names and profile photos of the people asking these questions. [image] Justine Moore /@venturetwins:Obsessed with this man who tries to use the app to find a woman with a “big booty and nice rack.” When it won't post on his behalf in local FB groups, he asks the bot to “delete my number.” Instead, he (accidentally?) shares it publicly - I redacted. [image] Justine Moore /@venturetwins:To clarify - conversations aren't public by default. You have to hit a “share” button, but many users seem to think it's posting to a private journal. Resulting in things like this...a man trying to write a romantic poem for his gf. You can hear a 6 min audio clip, here's a [image] David Heaney /@heaney555:@venturetwins @boztank the UX for sharing privacy is obviously not clear enough here Forums: r/BetterOffline: A public feed of people's AI chats. What could go wrong? r/technology: The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People's Bizarrely Personal Chats. Launched in April, the Meta AI platform offers a “discover” … Msmash /Slashdot: The Meta AI App Is a Privacy Disaster Bloomberg: Meta announces a $14.3B investment in Scale AI and hires CEO Alexandr Wang to help oversee its AI efforts; source: Scale AI's post-money valuation is $29B— Meta said Thursday that it has backed Scale, without including details. The size of the investment was $14.3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. More: Scale AI, New York Times, CNBC, Ars Technica, Reuters, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Wrap, The Verge, Spyglass, Cautious Optimism, Inc.com, Financial Times, Constellation Research, Fortune, Reuters, The Information, The Hans India, Silicon UK, Cryptopolitan, International Business Times, WinBuzzer, Analytics India Magazine, Silicon Republic, MarketWatch, Digit, Maginative, Ukrainian National News, Associated Press, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, Hürriyet Daily News, Verdict, Capital Brief, The National, Shawn Ryan Show on YouTube, Benzinga, and Axios X: @alexandr_wang, @alexeheath, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, and @shiringhaffary See also Mediagazer |
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Scale AI: Scale AI Announces Next Phase of Company's Evolution New York Times: Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab Jonathan Vanian /CNBC: Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal Ars Technica: Meta beefs up disappointing AI division with $15 billion Scale AI investment Reuters: Meta's Scale AI stake buyout spotlights other major deals amid regulatory risks Ivan Mehta /TechCrunch: Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving Mariella Moon /Engadget: Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI and recruits its CEO Sean Burch /The Wrap: Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI as Zuckerberg Builds New Artificial Intelligence Team The Verge: Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race M.G. Siegler /Spyglass: Hackquisitions & Hackquihires — The deal is done. Meta is paying $14.3B for a 49% stake in Scale AI. Alex Wilhelm /Cautious Optimism: The LLM paper wars continue Kit Eaton /Inc.com: Here's What You Need to Know About the Blockbuster Meta-Scale AI Deal Financial Times: Meta invests $15bn in Scale AI, doubling start-up's valuation Larry Dignan /Constellation Research: The problem with Meta chasing superintelligence Andrew Nusca /Fortune: Why Meta hired Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang Reuters: Meta finalizes investment in Scale AI, valuing startup at $29 billion The Information: Meta Finalizes $14.3 Billion Deal with Scale AI Kahekashan /The Hans India: Meta Bets Big on AI with $14.3 Billion Stake in Scale AI, Taps Alexandr Wang to Lead New Lab Tom Jowitt /Silicon UK: Meta Invests $14.3bn In AI Firm Scale, Poaches CEO Nellius Irene /Cryptopolitan: Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to make its biggest AI move Olivia Harper /International Business Times: Meta Invests $14.3B For 49% Stake In Scale AI To Boost AI Capabilities Markus Kasanmascheff /WinBuzzer: Meta Invests $14B in Scale AI Deal in a High-Stakes Bid for AI Supremacy, CEO Alexandr Wang Steps Down Aditi Suresh /Analytics India Magazine: From MIT Dropout to Billionaire: How Alexander Wang Built Scale AI Suhasini Srinivasaragavan /Silicon Republic: Meta invests $14.3bn in Scale AI, hires start-up's CEO Barbara Kollmeyer /MarketWatch: Meta's effort to revamp AI takes shape with reported $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI Ashish Singh /Digit: Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, hires its CEO to lead new AI Superintelligence lab Chris McKay /Maginative: Meta Bets $14.3 Billion on Scale AI—and Its CEO—to Lead New Superintelligence Lab Ukrainian National News: Meta is pouring over $10 billion into Scale AI and poaching its CEO Matt O'Brien /Associated Press: Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for ‘superintelligence’ team Business Insider: 5 things to know about Alexandr Wang, the buzzy Scale AI founder Mike Wheatley /SiliconANGLE: Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang departs to join Meta after securing multibillion-dollar investment Hürriyet Daily News: Meta makes major investment in Scale AI, takes in CEO Kuldeep Jha /Verdict: Meta invests in Scale AI and appoints founder to lead AI unit Capital Brief: Meta completes $22b Scale AI deal, hires CEO Alexandr Wang Cody Combs /The National: What is Scale AI? Co-founder Alexandr Wang confirms ‘massive investment’ from Meta Shawn Ryan Show /Shawn Ryan Show on YouTube: Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI | SRS #208 Ananya Gairola /Benzinga: Meta Invests In Scale AI At $29 Billion Valuation, Taps CEO Alexandr Wang To Drive Internal AI Push As Part Of Deepening Partnership Ina Fried /Axios: Sources: Meta finalizes $15 billion deal for Scale AI stake X: Alexandr Wang /@alexandr_wang: My note to Scale employees today— [image] Alex Heath /@alexeheath: It's official: Meta is paying $14.3 billion to buy 49% of Scale, the AI industry's leading data dealer. Scale CEO Alexandr Wang will report to Zuck. This is essentially Meta paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race. https://www.theverge.com/... Rat King /@mikeisaac: and the worst kept secret in the valley is done: Meta has inked its deal with Scale, making a near $15 billion investment in the company as Alexandr Wang joins to help lead Meta's new “Superintelligence” AI lab https://www.nytimes.com/... Rat King /@mikeisaac: really hard to even care about “building the AI god” when shit like tonight kicks off... Alex Heath /@alexeheath: This is just the first shoe to drop. I'm expecting Meta to unveil its new “superintelligence” team that Zuck has personally been driving (and Wang will lead) as soon as next week. Shirin Ghaffary /@shiringhaffary: And it's closed. Deal we originally scooped late Saturday night has been confirmed: Meta investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI https://www.bloomberg.com/... See also Mediagazer |
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Jackie Davalos /Bloomberg: Meta's Scale AI deal dwarfs rivals' “reverse acquihires” in scope and ambition, showing that its fear of lagging in AI outweighs fears of regulatory backlash More: Artificial Ignorance |
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Shirin Ghaffary /Bloomberg: Alexandr Wang says he is departing Scale AI as CEO to join Meta and names Chief Strategy Officer Jason Droege as interim CEO; Wang will remain a board director
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| Ashley Capoot /CNBC: Scale AI plans to promote strategy chief Droege to CEO as founder Wang heads for Meta |
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The Information: Sources: Meta's Scale AI bet came from Mark Zuckerberg wanting new leadership for Meta's AI efforts, Meta executives' relationships with Alexandr Wang, and more
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Alex Heath /@alexeheath: This is also the latest example of a Big Tech co hiring the founder(s) of a hot AI startup and sending a bunch of money to its shareholders to basically buy it without triggering antitrust review. Microsoft/Inflection Amazon/Adept Google/Character Meta/Scale
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