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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 17:15:22 JST nixCraft 🐧

   How long before OpenAI, Microsoft, and other big techs start hiding microphones in public spaces to collect more AI training data? They are going batshit crazy these days.

   • Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 17:16:38 JST Nazo

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     @nixCraft Don't be silly.

     They already are.

     They don't need to put self-reporting microphones on the streets when everyone their customers already have them installed on their computers.

   • Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 17:56:40 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @nixCraft What, you mean they haven't already been placing microphones in public spaces for the past 10 years?

   • mmby (mmby@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 18:56:46 JST mmby

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     @nixCraft always-on smartphone data ingestion, including bodycam

     they start complaining that the data isn't enough to make their models smart - they'll just want more data - to have access to services (for which there'll be few alternatives, like making doctor's appointments or similar) you'll have to opt into the collection scheme

   • Brokar (brokar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 19:01:12 JST Brokar

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     @nixCraft My first laptop had a switch with which you could turn off the builtin microphone. Long lost technology.

   • Rin3d (rin3d@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 20:46:05 JST Rin3d

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     @nixCraft did you just forget they everyones phones have constantly recording mics sending audio back to servers? A data request to google shows you hundreds of voice recordings at times you never used the voice features. Hell this was before the big AI wave.