Topic: third-party vendors
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Meta's Scale AI Partnership Shows Signs of Strain
Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI is facing turbulence, including executive departures and Meta's expansion to rival data labeling vendors. Scale AI is losing major clients and pivoting to government contracts, while Meta's AI division struggles with talent retention and internal reorga...
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Meta's New AI Content Systems: Less Outsourcing, More Control
Meta is deploying advanced AI systems to autonomously identify and remove harmful content like terrorism and fraud, aiming to reduce reliance on external moderation partners. The AI has shown early success, doubling the detection of some violating content and significantly lowering error rates co...
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Internet Age Verification Could Force Trans People to Out Themselves
New online age verification laws requiring government ID scans threaten to systematically expose and exclude transgender people due to mismatches between their lived identity and official gender markers. These automated verification systems are flawed, often relying on gendered physical features ...
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Discord to Require Face Scan or ID for Full Access
Discord is implementing a mandatory global age verification system, automatically restricting all accounts to a "teen-appropriate" experience unless users prove they are adults to access age-restricted content and features. Users must verify via AI facial age estimation or a third-party ID check,...
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FTC Won't Enforce Kids' Privacy Law for Age Verification Data
The FTC will not enforce a key children's privacy law (COPPA) against websites that collect minors' data **solely for age verification**, aiming to encourage the adoption of new age-checking technologies. To qualify, websites must follow strict protocols, including promptly deleting the data afte...
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Artisan AI Returns to LinkedIn After Brief Ban
Artisan AI was temporarily banned from LinkedIn due to unauthorized use of LinkedIn's name on its website and issues with third-party data scraping, which violates the platform's terms of service. The ban, which lasted two weeks, generated significant publicity and unexpectedly improved the compa...
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Discord's Age Verification: A Step Toward a Gated Internet?
Discord is implementing mandatory age verification next month, requiring facial scans or government IDs, which will restrict server access and features for non-compliant users. This policy reflects broader industry trends, as platforms like Google and OpenAI use AI to estimate ages and enforce sa...
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