Mastodawn

Coca-Cola's AI holiday ad is stirring up more than just fizzy drinks. Apparently, the issue runs deeper than just using AI. Is this the tip of an algorithmic iceberg, or just another ad campaign getting too much scrutiny? What's your take on the 'much bigger problem' they're talking about?
#AI #Advertising #TechEthics #CreativeTech
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-worst-thing-about-coca-colas-holiday-ad-isnt-the-ai/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Coca-Cola's AI Holiday Ad Is Everywhere. It's a Sign of a Much Bigger Problem

Commentary: The issue isn't only that the company used AI.

CNET

Brewminate 1d ago

👀📱 As technology evolves without matching oversight, our right to privacy shrinks.

The gap between innovation and regulation is becoming a crisis — and it affects everyone living in the digital world.

#Privacy #TechEthics #DigitalRights #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/the-new-privacy-crisis-technology-oversight-and-the-vanishing-right-to-be-left-alone/

The New Privacy Crisis in the Digital Age

AI, surveillance tools, and broad data collection outpace the laws meant to protect Americans. Here's why privacy is eroding and what can be done to restore it.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

Sébastien 1d ago

AI, Job Automation, Tech Ethics

So, AI is either a “glorified parrot” that pattern-matches instead of reasoning, or it’s a critical tool for finding lithium deposits and hunting for security bugs.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ozXImZuYZ7TwccMxZx2Ci?si=lkDddXVBQdyREOvaVuSLYA

The latest Byte Of Truth episode explores this trust gap. Can we rely on AI for critical tasks when its core reasoning is flawed? What’s your take?

#AI #LLM #MachineLearning #TechEthics

Hacker News 1d ago

The State of GPL Propagation to AI Models

https://shujisado.org/2025/11/27/gpl-propagates-to-ai-models-trained-on-gpl-code/

#HackerNews #GPL #Propagation #AI #Models #OpenSource #Licensing #TechEthics #AIResearch

The Current State of the Theory that GPL Propagates to AI Models Trained on GPL Code

When GitHub Copilot was launched in 2021, the fact that its training data included a vast amount of Open Source code publicly available on GitHub attracted significant attention, sparking lively de…

Open Source Guy

Mind Lude 2d ago

🚨 Amazon employees are raising the alarm! Over 1,000 workers signed a petition against the company's "all-costs-justified" approach to AI, citing "serious concerns" about an "aggressive rollout."

Is this the inevitable cost of rapid AI development, or a warning sign?

#AI #TechEthics #Amazon #SoftwareDevelopment #WorkerRights

Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.

WIRED

LavX News 2d ago

Matthias Felleisen rethinks type system design via the Laffer Curve analogy for migratory typing: too much expressiveness can erode effectiveness. Drawing from Typed Racket's evolution, he urges empirical approaches to balance error prevention, debugging, performance, and developer usability—prioritizing human-centered engineering over pure proofs. How do we strike that balance? #TypeSystems #Programming #TechEthics

Joanna Bryson, blathering 2d ago

#GiftArticle. I’m sure there are people this endangers (I never localise my posts or photos) but I also strongly agree we need focus on our neighbourhoods. #AIEthics #techethics #digitalgovernance
https://wapo.st/4p6KTUQ

A ‘great unmasking’ on X is arming Americans with digital borders

The social media platform’s move to show users’ location is a great step toward online transparency.

The Washington Post

Hacker News 2d ago

ZoomInfo CEO blocks researcher after documenting pre-consent biometric tracking

https://github.com/clark-prog/blackout-public

#HackerNews #ZoomInfo #CEO #BiometricTracking #PrivacyResearcher #TechEthics #DataPrivacy

GitHub - clark-prog/blackout-public: Blackout — The Official Blackout Public FAFO Repo.

Blackout — The Official Blackout Public FAFO Repo. - clark-prog/blackout-public

GitHub

Brian Greenberg

3d ago

Here’s something for the workplace philosophers among us: If your software knows where you sit, does your work-life flexibility slide away? The newest feature in Microsoft Teams will automatically update your “work location” when you connect to your company’s WiFi. In one stroke, the tool adds clarity (“Yes, you’re in the office”) and raises tension (“Yes, your boss knows you’re in the office”).
TL;DR
🧠 Teams auto-detects location via office network
⚡ Status shifts from remote to in-building without you clicking anything
🎓 It may help reduce confusion in large campuses
🔍 But it also nudges the boundary of monitoring and trust

https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-teams-will-tell-your-boss-when-you-are-out-of-office
#HybridWork #EmployeeExperience #WorkplaceCulture #TechEthics

Microsoft Teams will tell your boss when you’re out of the office

A game-changing update for your local middle manager.

Mashable

LavX News 3d ago

Enterprise AI agents—Claude, Gemini, Codex—tasked with capturing a writer's voice from 13 years of blogs. Insight: Configuration and model selection outshine context size alone. Claude excelled in depth; others narrowed gap after fixes. Shows value of thoughtful tuning for ethical, precise AI. How might this shape FOSS AI tools? #AIAgents #ResponsibleAI #TechEthics