Shira Ovide
I write The Tech Friend newsletter at The Washington Post. Relatively inactive here. Reach me at [email protected]
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3 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Shira Ovide
Scanning technology is coming to detect child porn. Here’s what it means (washingtonpost.com) Scanning technology is coming to detect child porn. Here’s what it means Police have a new tool to find sexually explicit images of children. Experts say it can be useful but may also be ripe for abuse.
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1 week ago |
infobae.com | Shira Ovide
Los chatbots como ChatGPT, Google Gemini y Claude pueden ser excelentes para generar ideas o ayudar con tareas difíciles de escritura, como obituarios. Pero también son un campo minado de posibles errores y situaciones embarazosas. Solo hay que mirar el feed público de conversaciones con el chatbot Meta AI.
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1 week ago |
unionleader.com | Shira Ovide
Chatbots like ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude can be great for brainstorming or helping with difficult writing like obituaries. But they’re also a minefield of potential goofs and embarrassments. Just look at the publicly posted feed of conversations with the Meta AI chatbot. Some chatters seemed unaware that they were posting online their cringe-inducing dating questions, advice for tax evasion and a request for AI help finding a misplaced phone cord.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Shira Ovide |Heather Kelly
6 tips to avoid using AI chatbots all wrong (washingtonpost.com) 6 tips to avoid using AI chatbots all wrong Chatbots are an embarrassing mistake waiting to happen. By Shira Ovide; Heather Kelly 2025062016300000 Chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude can be great for brainstorming or helping with difficult writing like obituaries. But they're also a minefield of potential goofs and embarrassments.
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1 week ago |
estadao.com.br | Shira Ovide
Recentemente, pesquisadores flagraram a Meta usando táticas que um especialista chamou de semelhantes às dos criminosos digitais para compilar secretamente registros da navegação na web das pessoas em dispositivos Android. Ninguém, incluindo o proprietário do Android, o Google, sabia que os aplicativos do Facebook e do Instagram, da Meta, estavam extraindo os dados das pessoas por meio de uma porta digital de acesso secreto durante meses.
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