Tag Archives: moderation

Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites

Getty Images reader comments 7 A familiar debate is once again surrounding Cloudflare, the content delivery network that provides a free service that protects websites from being taken down in denial-of-service attacks by masking their hosts: Is Cloudflare a bastion of free speech or an enabler of spam, malware delivery, harassment and the very DDoS… Read More »

Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal

reader comments 163 On Monday, Stack Overflow and OpenAI announced a new API partnership that will integrate Stack Overflow’s technical content with OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant. However, the deal has sparked controversy among Stack Overflow’s user community, with many expressing anger and protest over the use of their contributed content to support and train AI… Read More »

Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

Enlarge / A cropped portion of the unauthorized AI-generated version of Hanks that the actor warned about on his Instagram feed. reader comments 113 with News of AI deepfakes spread quickly when you’re Tom Hanks. On Sunday, the actor posted a warning on Instagram about an unauthorized AI-generated version of himself being used to sell… Read More »

Twitter’s latest robo-nag will flag “harmful” language before you post

Enlarge / Before you tweet, you might be asked if you meant to be so rude. reader comments 35 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Want to know exactly what Twitter’s fleet of text-combing, dictionary-parsing bots defines as “mean”? Starting any day now, you’ll have instant access to that data—at least,… Read More »