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270 terabytes of books stolen for AI training

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ð—Ąð˜‚ð—ŧ ð—ķ𝘀𝘁 𝗞ð—ģð—ģð—ēð—ŧð—Ŋð—Ūð—ŋ ð—ąð—ķð—ē 𝗞ð—Ū𝘁𝘇ð—ē ð—Ū𝘂𝘀 ð—ąð—ē𝗚 ð—Ķð—Ū𝗰ð—ļ! As reported by several media (e.g. https://lnkd. in/e-bvsSX8), Meta has now confirmed that it used the illegal pirated library LibGen to train its AI. The explanatory memorandum states that books are of Continue Reading

𝗚ð—ēð—ŋð—Ūð—ąð—ē ð—đð—ē𝘀ð—ē ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ, ð—ąð—Ū𝘀𝘀 ð—”ð—―ð—―ð—đð—ē ð—ŧ𝘂ð—ŧ𝗚ð—ēð—ĩð—ŋ “𝗟ð—ķ𝘃ð—ē-𝗧ð—ŋð—Ūð—ŧ𝘀ð—đð—Ū𝘁ð—ķ𝗞ð—ŧ𝘀” 𝗚ð—ķ𝘁 ð—ķð—ĩð—ŋð—ēð—ŧ 𝗔ð—ķð—ŋð—―ð—žð—ąð˜€ ð—―ð—đð—Ūð—ŧ𝘁 (ð—ĩð˜ð˜ð—―ð˜€://𝘄𝘄𝘄.ð—Ŋð—đ𝗞𝗞𝗚ð—Ŋð—ēð—ŋð—ī.𝗰𝗞𝗚/ð—ŧð—ē𝘄𝘀/ð—Ūð—ŋ𝘁ð—ķ𝗰ð—đð—ē𝘀/ðŸŪ𝟎ðŸŪðŸą-𝟎ðŸŊ-𝟭ðŸŊ/ð—Ūð—―ð—―ð—đð—ē-ð—―ð—đð—Ūð—ŧ𝘀-ð—ķ𝗞𝘀-𝟭ðŸĩ-ð—ģð—ēð—Ū𝘁𝘂ð—ŋð—ē-𝘁ð—ĩð—Ū𝘁-ð—đð—ē𝘁𝘀-ð—Ūð—ķð—ŋð—―ð—žð—ąð˜€-ð—đð—ķ𝘃ð—ē-𝘁ð—ŋð—Ūð—ŧ𝘀ð—đð—Ū𝘁ð—ē-𝗰𝗞ð—ŧ𝘃ð—ēð—ŋ𝘀ð—Ū𝘁ð—ķ𝗞ð—ŧ𝘀). 𝗘ð—ķð—ŧ 𝘀ð—ēð—ĩð—ŋ ð—đ𝗞ð—īð—ķ𝘀𝗰ð—ĩð—ēð—ŋ ð—ŧð—ŪĖˆð—°ð—ĩ𝘀𝘁ð—ēð—ŋ ð—Ķ𝗰ð—ĩð—ŋð—ķ𝘁𝘁.

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The now outstanding quality of noise canceling, even with in-ear headphones, makes it possible. Not only can you completely block out your surroundings, you can also decide what to “fade in” instead. And thanks to AI, this can now also Continue Reading

ð—Ēð—―ð—ēð—ŧ 𝗔𝗜 ð—ĩð—Ū𝘁 ð—ēð—ķð—ŧð—ēð—ŧ “ð—Ģð—ĩ𝗗-𝗟ð—ē𝘃ð—ēð—đ 𝗔𝗜-𝗔ð—īð—ēð—ŧ𝘁” ð—Ūð—ŧð—īð—ēð—ļ𝘂Ėˆð—ŧð—ąð—ķð—ī𝘁, ð—Ūð—đ𝘀𝗞 ð—ēð—ķð—ŧð—ē 𝗞𝗜 ð—Ū𝘂ð—ģ 𝗗𝗞ð—ļ𝘁𝗞ð—ŋ-ð—Ąð—ķ𝘃ð—ēð—Ū𝘂. 𝗙𝘂Ėˆð—ŋ 𝘀𝗰ð—ĩð—đð—Ūð—―ð—―ð—ē ðŸŪ𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎$ ð—―ð—ŋ𝗞 𝗠𝗞ð—ŧð—Ū𝘁. 𝗗ð—Ū𝘀 ð—ķ𝘀𝘁 𝗚ð—Ūð—đ ð—ēð—ķð—ŧ 𝗊𝗞ð—ŋ𝘁…

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Supposedly, the thing (and yes, I am deliberately calling it a “thing”) is supposed to be able to “ð˜Ī𝘰ð˜Ŋð˜Ĩð˜ķð˜Īð˜ĩ𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļ ð˜Đ𝘊ð˜Ļð˜Đ-𝘭ð˜Ķ𝘷ð˜Ķ𝘭 ð˜Ēð˜Īð˜Ēð˜Ĩð˜Ķð˜Ū𝘊ð˜Ī ð˜ģð˜Ķð˜īð˜Ķð˜Ēð˜ģð˜Īð˜Đ, ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ē𝘭𝘚ð˜ŧ𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļ ð˜Ī𝘰ð˜Ūð˜ąð˜­ð˜Ķð˜đ ð˜Ĩð˜Ēð˜ĩð˜Ē ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ĩ ð˜Ķ𝘷ð˜Ķð˜Ŋ ð˜Ļð˜Ķð˜Ŋð˜Ķð˜ģð˜Ēð˜ĩ𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļ 𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ŋ𝘰𝘷ð˜Ēð˜ĩ𝘊𝘷ð˜Ķ ð˜Đð˜šð˜ąð˜°ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķð˜īð˜Ķð˜ī” (source: https://medium.com/@derrickjswork/openais-phd-level-ai-agent-for-20-000-per-month-sparkes-debate-2cb26be7cb69) 𝗔𝘂ð—ģ ð—ī𝘂𝘁 𝗗ð—ē𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰ð—ĩ: 𝗚ð—Ūð—ŧ ð—ļð—Ūð—ŧð—ŧ 𝘀ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ ð—Ŋð—Ūð—đð—ą ð—ģ𝘂Ėˆð—ŋ Continue Reading

Why do we search the internet for traffic lights, stairs, bicycles and other nonsense?

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𝗖ð—Ūð—―ð˜ð—°ð—ĩð—Ū’𝘀 𝘀ð—ķð—ŧð—ą ð—Ūð—đð—đð—īð—ēð—īð—ēð—ŧ𝘄ð—ŪĖˆð—ŋ𝘁ð—ķð—ī 𝘂ð—ŧð—ą 𝘀𝗞ð—đð—đð—ēð—ŧ ð—Ūð—đ𝘀 𝘄ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ𝘁ð—ķð—īð—ēð—ŋ ð—Ķð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩð—ēð—ŋð—ĩð—ēð—ķ𝘁𝘀𝗚ð—ē𝗰ð—ĩð—Ūð—ŧð—ķ𝘀𝗚𝘂𝘀 ð—ąð—Ūð—ģ𝘂Ėˆð—ŋ 𝘀𝗞ð—ŋð—īð—ēð—ŧ, ð—ąð—Ū𝘀𝘀 𝗠ð—Ū𝘀𝗰ð—ĩð—ķð—ŧð—ēð—ŧ 𝘀ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ ð—ŧð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ𝘁 ð—Ūð—đ𝘀 𝗠ð—ēð—ŧ𝘀𝗰ð—ĩð—ēð—ŧ ð—Ū𝘂𝘀ð—īð—ēð—Ŋð—ēð—ŧ. Incidentally, the term stands for “𝘊𝘰ð˜Ūð˜ąð˜­ð˜Ķð˜ĩð˜Ķ𝘭𝘚 𝘈ð˜ķð˜ĩ𝘰ð˜Ūð˜Ēð˜ĩð˜Ķð˜Ĩ 𝘗ð˜ķð˜Ģ𝘭𝘊ð˜Ī 𝘛ð˜ķð˜ģ𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļ ð˜ĩð˜Ķð˜īð˜ĩ ð˜ĩ𝘰 ð˜ĩð˜Ķ𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰ð˜Ūð˜ąð˜ķð˜ĩð˜Ķð˜ģð˜ī ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ĩ 𝘏ð˜ķð˜Ūð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜ī ð˜ˆð˜ąð˜Ēð˜ģð˜ĩ” and thus already points to the problems Continue Reading

I actually wanted to write a post here today about “𝗞𝗜-𝗗ð—ķ𝘀ð—ŋð˜‚ð—―ð˜ð—ķ𝗞ð—ŧ ð—ķ𝗚 ð—Ķ𝗞ð—ģ𝘁𝘄ð—Ūð—ŋð—ē-𝗘ð—ŧð—īð—ķð—ŧð—ēð—ēð—ŋð—ķð—ŧð—ī”. However, like many others here, I am still under the influence of the events that took place yesterday in the USA. Here, my original topic suddenly feels very small and unimportant and it feels wrong to write anything about it.

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However, it feels right not to leave uncommented what is currently happening all over the world: ð—ēð—ķð—ŧð—ēð—ē 𝗚ð—Ū𝘀𝘀ð—ķ𝘃ð—ē 𝗗ð—ķ𝘀ð—ŋð˜‚ð—―ð˜ð—ķ𝗞ð—ŧ, i.e. the breaking up of existing structures, profound changes through “innovative” ideas and / or technological progress. And we need to Continue Reading

I recently received an obviously 100% AI-generated answer to an important and serious question from a very esteemed colleague. And was at a loss at first.

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𝗊ð—ķð—ē𝘀𝗞 𝗚ð—Ū𝗰ð—ĩ𝘁 ð—ēð—ŋ ð—ąð—Ū𝘀? 𝗊ð—ķð—ēð—ē ð—īð—ēð—ĩð—ē ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ ð—ąð—Ū𝗚ð—ķ𝘁 𝘂𝗚? I have to admit, it felt pretty strange! When my counterpart “doesn’t even bother” to respond personally to my request and instead comes back with chat-GPT-generated, 0815-soft-spoken content with no opinion Continue Reading

𝗞𝗜 ð—ķ𝘀𝘁 ð—ļð—ēð—ķð—ŧ 𝗜𝗧-𝗧ð—ĩð—ē𝗚ð—Ū!

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AI is a company-wide transformation that is supported in small parts by IT. Melanie Kleemann has written a good article on this today(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/90-der-unternehmen-scheitern-diesen-fehlern-bei-melanie-kleemann-5m6ye/?trackingId=zf9bLEmp84KLxTH4TAScRA%3D%3D), which I am happy to endorse. In my view, there are ð—ąð—ŋð—ēð—ķ 𝗞ð—ēð—ŋð—ŧð—Ūð˜€ð—―ð—ēð—ļ𝘁ð—ē that every company must Continue Reading

What does a PFH professor do in Brussels?

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Yesterday was the day again…Meeting of 𝗔ð—Ĩ/ð—Đð—Ĩ-𝗖𝗞ð—Ūð—đð—ķ𝘁ð—ķ𝗞ð—ŧ in Brussels. It was great to meet many friends from the industry in person again and to discuss and advance the topic of AR/VR in a European context. 𝗔ð—Ŋð—ēð—ŋ… 𝘄ð—Ū𝘀 𝗚ð—Ū𝗰ð—ĩð—ē 𝗜𝗖𝗛 ð—ąð—Ū Continue Reading

NNTR – no need to reply!

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𝗜ð—ŧ ð—ēð—ķð—ŧð—ē𝗚 ð—Ūð—ļ𝘁𝘂ð—ēð—đð—đð—ēð—ŧ ð—Ģð—ŋ𝗞𝗷ð—ēð—ļ𝘁 ð—Ŋð—ēð—ļ𝗞𝗚𝗚ð—ē ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ ð—ķ𝗚𝗚ð—ēð—ŋ 𝘄ð—ķð—ēð—ąð—ēð—ŋ 𝗠ð—Ūð—ķð—đ𝘀 𝗚ð—ķ𝘁 ð—ąð—ēð—ŋ 𝗔ð—Ŋð—ļ𝘂Ėˆð—ŋ𝘇𝘂ð—ŧð—ī “ð—Ąð—Ąð—§ð—Ĩ – ð—ŧ𝗞 ð—ŧð—ēð—ēð—ą 𝘁𝗞 ð—ŋð—ēð—―ð—đ𝘆”. 𝗔ð—đ𝘀𝗞 ð—Ąð—Ū𝗰ð—ĩð—ŋð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ𝘁ð—ēð—ŧ, ð—Ū𝘂ð—ģ ð—ąð—ķð—ē ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ ð—ŧð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ𝘁 ð—Ūð—ŧ𝘁𝘄𝗞ð—ŋ𝘁ð—ēð—ŧ 𝘀𝗞ð—đð—đ. 𝗔𝘂𝘀 𝗘ð—ģð—ģð—ķ𝘇ð—ķð—ēð—ŧ𝘇-𝗚ð—ŋ𝘂Ėˆð—ŧð—ąð—ēð—ŧ… “𝘏𝘊ð˜Ķð˜ģ ð˜Ĩð˜Ķð˜ģ ð˜Ē𝘎ð˜ĩð˜ķð˜Ķ𝘭𝘭ð˜Ķ 𝘚ð˜ĩð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ĩ ð˜Ĩð˜Ķð˜ģ 𝘒ð˜Ē𝘭𝘎ð˜ķ𝘭ð˜Ēð˜ĩ𝘊𝘰ð˜Ŋ – 𝘕𝘕𝘛𝘙”. ð˜ķð˜īð˜ļ. ð—Ķ𝗞ð—đð—đð—đ ð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩ 𝗜ð—ĩð—ŧð—ēð—ŧ Continue Reading

AI hype in 4 phases

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ð—Ģð—ĩð—Ū𝘀ð—ē 𝟭 ð—ąð—ē𝘀 𝗞𝗜-ð—›ð˜†ð—―ð—ē𝘀….: ð—Ģð—ēð—ŋ𝘀𝗞Ėˆð—ŧð—đð—ķ𝗰ð—ĩð—ē 𝗘ð—ģð—ģð—ķ𝘇ð—ķð—ēð—ŧ𝘇 Employees are starting to use AI for their work. Unasked, uncontrolled, uncontrolled. Not strategically, not “intentionally”. They do it anyway to get their work done in less time. More free time! Better work/life balance. Continue Reading