- Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo now lets you customize the ‘personality’ of AI responses (Episode 3)) [insideduckduckgo.substack.com]
The story behind Duck.ai customizations: Adjust the tone, length of AI responses — or give it a role like chef, teacher, or fitness trainer! How many emojis is too many? Your choice.
Watch the full episode here, or find it at 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify.
- From Our Founder: What Banning AI Surveillance Should Look Like, at a Minimum [gabrielweinberg.com]
Gabriel Weinberg outlines what can be done to address the issue of AI surveillance in the US. Spoiler alert: Congress should pass an AI-specific privacy law that bans clearly harmful practices, imposes higher scrutiny or human review for consequential uses, and guarantees consumer rights like access, correction, opt‑out, and plain-language AI disclosures. "We can get the productivity benefits of AI without the privacy harms."
In the news...
- Meta Greenlights Facebook, Instagram Ads Based on Your AI Chats [cnbc.com]
"Meta will soon show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the company’s digital assistant and related products powered by generative artificial intelligence (including voice interactions with the Meta AI digital assistant when wearing the company’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses)," reports Jonathan Vanian.
"People will not be able to opt out of the upcoming recommendation engine change."
- Massive Data Leak Just Exposed the Personal Info of 6 Million Shoppers — How to Stay Safe [tomsguide.com]
"A major e-commerce company, VTEX, has been leaking the personally identifiable information and sensitive data of more than 6 million people for more than half a year ... VTEX powers 3,500 online stores and is used by major brands like Walmart, Sony, Samsung and more. They have clients across 38 countries, and are responsible for global commerce so this could have a wide ranging impact." Amber Bouman shares more about the data leak and how you can protect yourself.
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