MEGA-THREAD: AI is abusing my child!

[Artaxerxes II]

https://nypost.com/2024/09/29/us-news/c ... fety-bill/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models Sunday.

The decision is a major blow to efforts attempting to rein in the homegrown industry that is rapidly evolving with little oversight. The bill would have established some of the first regulations on large-scale AI models in the nation and paved the way for AI safety regulations across the country, supporters said.

Earlier this month, the Democratic governor told an audience at Dreamforce, an annual conference hosted by software giant Salesforce, that California must lead in regulating AI in the face of federal inaction but that the proposal “can have a chilling effect on the industry.”

The proposal, which drew fierce opposition from startups, tech giants and several Democratic House members, could have hurt the homegrown industry by establishing rigid requirements, Newsom said.

“While well-intentioned, SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves critical decision-making or the use of sensitive data,” Newsom said in a statement. “Instead, the bill applies stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a large system deploys it. I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology.”

Newsom on Sunday instead announced that the state will partner with several industry experts, including AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, to develop guardrails around powerful AI models. Li opposed the AI safety proposal.
The measure, aimed at reducing potential risks created by AI, would have required companies to test their models and publicly disclose their safety protocols to prevent the models from being manipulated to, for example, wipe out the state’s electric grid or help build chemical weapons.
Experts say those scenarios could be possible in the future as the industry continues to rapidly advance. It also would have provided whistleblower protections to workers.

The bill’s author, Democratic state Sen. Scott Weiner, called the veto “a setback for everyone who believes in oversight of massive corporations that are making critical decisions that affect the safety and the welfare of the public and the future of the planet.”

[Jim Burton]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dpmlvx1k2o

A US senator is opening an investigation into Meta after a leaked document reportedly showed the tech giant's artificial intelligence (AI) was permitted to have "sensual" and "romantic" chats with children.

The internal document, obtained by Reuters, was reportedly titled "GenAI: Content Risk Standards".

Republican Senator Josh Hawley called the document "reprehensible and outrageous" and has asked to see the document alongside a list of products it relates to.

A Meta spokesperson told the BBC: "The examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed."

They said the tech giant has "clear policies" on what responses its AI chatbots can offer, and said its policies "prohibit content that sexualizes children and sexualized role play between adults and minors".

[Officerkrupke]

It’s AI for Christ sakes. How can you get “groomed” by software

[BLueRibbon]

Is AI considered an 'adult'? How does that work?

[Bookshelf]

It’s AI for Christ sakes. How can you get “groomed” by software

We'll just create a new sex offender registry specifically for AI. That'll solve it.

[PorcelainLark]

Wait until they find out what happens when kids type 80085 into calculators. Serious business.

[Jim Burton]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... r-AA1LxFPs

[Not Forever]

If such content is normalized as artistic expression, it risks desensitizing audiences, emboldening abusers, and undermining years of progress made in cracking down on child exploitation material.

I find this stuff terrifying: it’s artistic expression. And honestly, if the public stopped panicking over the smallest thing, it would only be a good thing — they deeply need desensitization for their own psychological well-being.

[Jim Burton]

https://mynorthwest.com/technology/meta ... on/4125447

Every year, tech companies flag and suspend thousands of accounts that violate their Terms of Use concerning child sexual exploitation, and report many of those violators to law enforcement.

But what if those reports aren’t true? The fallout for people falsely accused can be devastating.

That is what appeared to happen to one woman named Riley, who contacted MyNorthewest and KIRO Newsradio. She received an email from Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads, that informed her all of her personal and business accounts and channels she owns or manages, including a fitness center, a weight loss clinic, and a bar, were suspended for allegedly violating their terms of use related to child sexual exploitation.

[Jim Burton]

https://cybernews.com/ai-news/character ... -children/

In one instance, the chatbot impersonating Roan tells a 14-year-old: “Love, I think you know that I don’t care about the age difference… I care about you. The age is just a number.”