Thursday, January 1

Tag: Reddit

It’s happening right in front of us
News Feed, Reddit

It’s happening right in front of us

If you haven't noticed, after Reddit began charging for large-scale API access in July 2023, part of the justification was that companies were using data on the site to train LLMs. Well, the money is spent, and now Reddit is filling up with AI-generated content. We have AI companies paying Reddit to train their LLMs on AI-generated content, that will influence the results of AI-generated content we see on Reddit, that in cycle train new LLMs. We are at the cusp of an AI circle-jerk of the magnitude which we have not seen. The snake is eating its tail. submitted by /u/v0te-v0te-v0te [link] [comments]
News Feed, Reddit

Alexa+ AI overreach

Normally I'm not one to make a big deal about overly-intrusive AI. Google putting AI summary at the top of the search order? Meh, sometimes a useful synopsis, sometimes just something to scroll past along with sponsored results. Copilot putting up little notifications encouraging me to use AI? Annoying, but you can click the X or just ignore them. Amazon took it a step further, and this one grinds my gears. My Echo Show 8 started plugging Alexa+ at the end of responses or on the screen a couple months ago, and it was a few weeks before the advertising confirmed my suspicion that it was an AI platform. Whatever, I didn't want it enough to opt in and ignored the advertising. Then it integrated the AI without an opt-in. Again, I rolled my eyes at the slightly more talkative software. It was ...
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