ICYMI: Zoom launched AI Companion on Sept 5. https://explore.zoom.us/en/ai-assistant/

These features were NOT enabled by default and Zoom has recently clarified its policy around their use.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/11/23828649/zoom-communications-like-data-train-ai-artificial-intelligence-models

Towards erasure studies: Excavating the material conditions of memory and forgetting
➡ Thought-provoking article in Memory, Mind & Media

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/memory-mind-and-media/article/towards-erasure-studies-excavating-the-material-conditions-of-memory-and-forgetting/6602A09DB6E4832E712C868A569C4112
#RightToBeForgotten

I immediately thought of the exception of Germany when reading about Google Streetview; it always gives me pause for thought when I see this.
(Feb 2022) Why Germany is a blank spot on Google’s Street View
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/germany-street-view/