I wonder if reddit trains AI or allows AI to be trained off users who have not given consent (Which is supposedly the complaint from Reddit against Anthropic in this lawsuit).
For example: users who signed up under a specific version of reddit's TOS, stopped using reddit, and did not accept later version of the TOS allowing their content to be used.
If you search in google with a time-qualifier you'll probably get better results, especially for 'current-event stuff (but it works with nearly anything!)
do your search on Google, then click "Tools" then click the dropdown box which says "any time" and select either a generic time from the picklist or click "custom range" and specify your own date range.
The above works really well for cutting out SEO BS, and it's a great method to get past propaganda or whatever topic & opinion is being pushed (for example: if you search "Haitian Cat" you will get a bunch of results from biased media pushing an agenda - all about September 15, 2024.. however, if you set the time-qualifier end date to "Sep 01, 2024" , bam your results are cleared up!)
more options:
- use a different search engine (this one is paid with a trial - people say it's worth it!): https://kagi.com/
- I use a bookmark manager called raindrop.io - it makes offline copies, indexes , and allows you to tag things (among many other features). Sites which you come across that are especially cool or useful, tag "news source" or "source"- then, when you're looking for stuff - start there. It's a bit of a habit to be cognizant and on the lookout for 'cool sites' but once the ball is rolling it's super easy. This in itself isn't an exact solution but is a great way to build your own reference of sites you appreciate - and much more than a normal bookmark manager which simply saves the title of the page & URL.
- try an AI like perplexity which searches the internet and cites every statement it makes. It will probably cite reddit though-- maybe there's a way to prevent that.
I've been avoiding reddit for years and when it's brought up (especially professionally) I ask for alternative cites / sources.
Skimming through the article, it seems like the extent of this is to require IAAS (Infrastructure) providers to verify the identity of those who are using their services to train AI. It's an attempt to stymie sanctioned or malicious actors, from training AI and especially from hopping between services or using aliases to continue training on their model.
It seems a bit benign and I don't understand the parallels others on this HN discussion are making. Is it that it's a slippery slope or perhaps I'm being naïve in regards to the scope?
Data is submitted voluntarily - I'm curious how thorough the submitted data is and which jurisdictions opt not to report.
I imagine it's not in the interest of public officials to submit data which weakens their authority, undermines or invalidates their positions - and that opposite holds true too.
The data seems less than substantial because it's not thorough nor potentially accurate, even when collected. Perhaps there's substance in comparing data here to data elsewhere to highlight official intent.
I realize you're making a direct reference but scare-quotes seem more applicable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"documents of the FVEY have shown that they are intentionally spying on one another's citizens and sharing the collected information with each other"
They're extremely versatile with loads of first & third party apps, protocols, integrations, and possible connections.
You can use the cloud as a backup or hybrid, or even stick another NAS elsewhere and make your own cloud of sorts. I don't have experience with load balancing to different sites but it's probably possible.
The backup features are tough to beat cost and function-wise, especially for m.365, g.workspace and hypervisor/vm.
They connect to both enterprise and personal cloud stuff (azure, OneDrive, Google drive, etc.)
They also provide iscsi, replication and so much more.
And yes there are mail and calendar apps provided by Synology. You can also find and install third party apps for it, as well as use docker to host anything.
Oh and some of the apps like "photos" can replace, for example, Google photos both the service and phone app. It will do face recognition and automatic scene recognition all on-device.
I've probably only barely touched on what they can do, all without a steep learning curve.
I wonder if he purchased the license through a vendor which supports o365, or from Microsoft directly.
It sounds like he's the sole user on an o365 account. I wonder if his account was compromised leading to the loss of access. Seems kind of negligent on his behalf if he's the sole (admin) user. If his company has compliance requirements, meeting them would have likely addressed this issue.
Quick temporary fix would be to change public-facing DNS records: MX and likely (hopefully) SPF & DKIM, pointing them to a different mail host. At least that way he could get his email.
Education and resources for things to that end are potentially being directed and filtered by and through a self-perpetuating "bureaucracy of thought" product and marketers, which, allegedly, demands strict adherence and conformity with their dogma, beliefs, and potentially facts if some topics are taboo.
The article & discussion is relevant to hackernews in many respects: subversion is often construed with hacking. education and hacking.
If you believe the topic taboo, then your taboo is being 'hacked'.
I concede that the primary goal is likely to foster discussion of individuals found on hackernews opposed to inform the hackernews audience, though it's not without merit either way.
(An admx is for adding group policy templates but group policy is essentially a nice list of registry changes.
You (reader) can find the reg entry and enter it manually or might can download and install the admx package and make the change through your computers local group policy (gpedit.msc)
Raindrop snapshots and indexes most things you bookmark with it.
It also has an API and integrations with ITTT.
There are desktop and mobile apps as well.
I used to live by chromes syncing bookmark feature but it wasn't always easy to get content bookmarked in chrome on my phone especially.
Now, anything which can be shared on my phone (with the share button) I can send to bookmark and be done with it.
My biggest gripe is that the search is direct and doesn't provide much wiggle room in finding what you're looking for. Super handy though if you can remember a key phrase from the article.
For example: users who signed up under a specific version of reddit's TOS, stopped using reddit, and did not accept later version of the TOS allowing their content to be used.