A Warning for Parents, DeepSeek, and AI World Dominance
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A quick note before the bullet list. Some of this week’s roundup calls back to articles previously written. If you only have time for one, read our article on AI Chatbots. It’s a major heads up for parents on something easily overlooked.
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A federal lawsuit against Character.ai was filed in December on behalf of two families from Texas alleging the platform exposed their kids to harmful and hyper-sexualized content. Related↓
PARENTS, if you missed our article in November on a previous lawsuit, click on the link below to read about the potential harms of AI chatbots like the ones from Character.ai. Read↓
DeepSeek, a Chinese company, released an open source AI model that rivaled some of the latest American models at a fraction of the cost. Related↓
OpenAI questions if DeepSeek used distillation, a kind of shortcut where AI models are trained on existing output instead of raw data. Related↓
The irony is that OpenAI has never revealed the raw data it uses to train their models. The company is currently facing over 30 copyright infringement lawsuits including the New York Times. Related↓
OpenAI claims using copyrighted works to train models is fair use, though many filmmakers, journalists, authors, and songwriters see it differently. Read↓
All of this is part of an AI race for world dominance, with national security as a major US impetus. Read↓
A couple of Know Curtains updates: Much of our week was filled with conversations about “Driver’s Training for Social Media” and developing a subdomain to help market the course by itself. We’re gaining traction!
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