Open Source AI has been defined, and we think that's something to celebrate! 🧠

It is an important milestone for the Open Source movement, for AI, and for users — helping you choose the right #AI tools for your needs.

Read our opinion for details:

nextcloud.com/blog/open-source…

Open Source AI is here - Nextcloud

Today, the Open Source Initiative has released its first official definition of Open Source AI. Find out why this is an important milestone.

^{Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)}

The methods practiced on #X disqualify the network for any sensible communication.
Now it is also making money by spreading #AI-generated #FakeNews and influencing elections in the USA, as the BBC reports:
bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dpj48…

#Universities and other #research and #educational institutions that want to provide fact-based information should switch to the real social media of the #Fediverse 🐿️ like #Mastodon 🐘 as soon as possible.

It is beyond reason that the legitimization of lying networks like X is supported with #taxpayers' money.
Help change this soon and sign the petition 👇
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon #eXit
@maxplanckgesellschaft @fraunhofergesellschaft

How X users earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images

The accounts are part of pro-Trump and pro-Harris networks sharing each other’s content multiple times a day.

^{Marianna Spring (BBC News)}

@iagondiscord The problem is that it's not targeting Codeberg. It's the #AIgoldrush. The web was completely crawled, just not by everyone yet. So startups start their #crawlers, carelessly and explicitly ignoring robots.txt to get the #biggestdata.

It does not matter if the web can no longer serve humanity due to this. Training the #AI is the only thing that matters.

Maybe a bit like a sacrifice for faith.

~f #goldrush

At @Vivaldi , we make browsers. Powerful browsers, with more functionality than others, but still browsers.

What we are not is:
1. An OS company.
2. A search company.
3. An ad company.
4. An AI company.

None of our major competitors can really say the same. We focus on doing one thing really well.

If you like that, give us a try! If you are already with us, please share with your friends!

#Vivaldi #Windows #Mac #Linux #Android #Ios #AI

🗓️ Wed. 25 Sept.: 8:30am - 5:00pm PDT

The @w3c Breakouts schedule is now available!
▶️ w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/breakouts.…

#w3cTPAC participants organize discussions among the full W3C #community about new or existing topics. This year, a total of 89 proposals were allocated across 10 categories including topics like #identity, #AI, permissions, #WebComponents, #WebApps, and more.

During the WebEvolve 2024 conference in #Shanghai, @tidoust explored the standardization efforts in @w3c, covering real-time #media, web #games, #AI, the #metaverse, and the latest developments in these areas.

Check slides and event report:
▶️ w3.org/2024/01/webevolve-serie…
▶️ w3.org/2024/01/webevolve-serie…

... and watch the 🎬 youtu.be/Xa1KqZn1k4k?si=eHM5Fd…

(sorry for the bad sound! fortunately there are subtitles 😁)

We wrote in our appeal for universities to move from #X to #Mastodon:
„The increasing use of so-called #AI methods exposes users to ever more subtle manipulation, for which the excessive collection of personal data has created the conditions.“
A recent report on the existence of these systems shows the relevance of this point:
defenseone.com/threats/2024/07…

#Unis4Mastodon
Sign the petition 👉 openpetition.de/unis4mastodon

US, allies take down Kremlin-backed AI bot farm

Allegedly launched by a deputy editor at a Russian state-backed news agency, the bot farm spread disinformation on X/Twitter.

^{David DiMolfetta (Nextgov/FCW)}

#AI and #MachineLearning models are shifting a number of core assumptions on which the various Web stakeholders have been relying on for years.
In this presentation at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @dontcallmeDOM reviews the systemic impact and possible mitigation the Web community should consider to ensure the long term prosperity of the #Web in the face of these changes.

▶️ Read the underlying report: w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/
🎬 Watch the video: youtu.be/OwLRtquaLOk

In der letzten Ausgabe der @freakshow rede ich länger über suno.ai und warum ich glaube, dass dieser Dienst den „Midjourney-Moment“ für Musikproduktion definiert.

Ich spiele mit dem Gedanken, in einem noch etwas ausführlicheren Text Eigenarten der Songbeispiele zu erläutern. Der Podcast ist hier ja eher auf Gaudi aus.

Aber: wäre mal wieder Arbeit, daher, NACH Hören der Passage:

freakshow.fm/fs277-das-goldene…

#freakshow #ai # sunoAI

FS277 Das goldene Zugpferd

Wir besprechen unsere jüngsten und anstehenden Reisen, reden über den technologischen Bedarf auf Veranstaltungen, den Sinn von Save Buttons, geben Feedback zum letzten Minecraft-Segment und reden dann – wie sollte es auch anders sein – wieder über AI…

^{Freak Show}

• Würde gern mehr dazu lesen (56%, 59 Stimmen)
• Ich denke der Podcast reicht (15%, 16 Stimmen)
• Das Thema interessiert mich generell nicht (27%, 29 Stimmen)

The @w3c breakouts day 2024 recap is out!
▶️ w3.org/blog/2024/breakouts-day…

Participants organized 19 sessions, covering:
- detailed technical discussions (FedCM, #RDF)
- strategic discussions (#AI, #Privacy, funding the ecosystem)
- ideas for more efficient work (incubation, managing registries)
- new/proposed groups (#identity, real estate)
- Web for #developers (@MDN, @openwebdocs, installing #WebApps)

Check session slides, minutes, notes and links, and potential follow-up discussions.

Kommentar: Künstliche Intelligenz erfordert mehr Medienkompetenz

fschaar.de/kommentar-kuenstlic…

#openai #chatgpt #ai #ki #kunstlicheintelligenz #politik #politics #medienkompetenz #blog #blogeintrag

Scientist/blogger Erik Hoel is deeply worried about the "enshittification" of the internet via generated #AI #content. He argues that at the end of the day, it's not just about bad actors and spammers, but about massive mainstream #pollution, a "tragedy of the #commons" that even small children will be exposed to every day. The only answer to the problem, according to Roel: Some sort of "Clean Internet Act".

theintrinsicperspective.com/p/…

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI

Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content

^{Erik Hoel (The Intrinsic Perspective)}

I enjoyed this more optimistic AI-adjacent prediction from Andrew Golis for @niemanlab. It jibes with something I've been thinking about lately, which I talked about on Tech Won't Save Us: real humans like real human things, and AI companies can't change that.

niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-robo…

h/t @timberry for the share
#AI