O mercado financeiro parece ter gostado do fim da mídia física no PlayStation: as ações da Sony cresceram nos últimos dias. Leia!

Google is working on a new feature called “Audio Memory” for Pixel phones that will “keep track of what you hear throughout your day.”

Matt Stoller thinks Google's next goal is to control nearly all prices based on collecting personal information about nearly all purchases and personal preferences. See https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/ and https://substack.com/redirect/d27787e6-e804-4231-8f23-2eaf0e1bc652?j=eyJ1IjoiMmRjd2YyIn0.m51z6BBZ0nK06POYEEH_mMhm8t1iRiokalBUx8IccKE It is unfortunate that Stoller effectively boosts this scheme by describing it with the term "artificial intelligence".

Prepare-se para um debate profundo sobre autonomia tecnológica! No dia 14 de maio, às 20h, o canal Bate Papo Nerd recebe um time de peso para discutir...

If you’re worried about deepfake likenesses of yourself showing up online, you’re not alone; YouTube is worried for you. It wants to protect you by having you upload a selfie video and government ID to its site. The idea is that the video giant will use its own AI to patrol the service for fake videos using your likeness. In exchange, you get the chance to have them taken down. This isn’t available for everyone, though. It’s for celebs, those in vulnerable jobs, and now, most YouTube creators. YouTube has been working on this concept, which it calls its “likeness detection” system, since it first floated the idea publicly in September 2024. That December, it launched a partnership with the Creative Artists Agency that saw it using the technology with sporting and entertainment figures. In October last year, it expanded likeness detection to cover more creators, and then in March it expanded it again to cover politicians and journalists. And last month, it widened the net again, offering the service to Hollywood celebs. They can use it regardless of whether they have a YouTube account, it added. Now, in its latest move, anyone 18 or older with a selfie and ID can sign up. At least in theory, as it hasn’t rolled out to everyone yet. It’s also for faces only; AI-generated voice clones are another problem entirely. ## **The privacy risk** Privacy advocates warned that YouTube’s likeness detection system could normalize handing biometric data to large tech platforms, even if YouTube says the data is only used to improve likeness detection models with creator permission. On the help page for the likeness detection service, YouTube says creators can separately choose whether their face and voice templates are used to improve its likeness detection models. > “When you sign up for Likeness detection, you also have the option to allow YouTube to use your face and voice templates to develop and improve likeness detection models. This helps us build better, more accurate likeness detection technologies.” Adding: > “You can opt out of YouTube’s use of this data for development and improvement of likeness models at any time.” YouTube supports legislation intended to tackle deepfakes, such as the NO FAKES and TAKE IT DOWN acts. These are designed to help stop the misappropriation of someone’s image online. TAKE IT DOWN, which became law a year ago, focuses purely on “nonconsensual intimate imagery.” But that doesn’t cover other kinds of deepfakes, such as fake politicians or celebrity endorsements. Those are becoming increasingly common. NO FAKES, which hasn’t yet become law, is far broader in scope, assigning people federal rights over their own image. ## **So is it worth the trade?** Deepfakes, intimate and otherwise, are definitely a threat, especially for YouTubers who become popular. And the barrier to entry is lowering all the time. Google’s own DeepMind researchers found most generative AI misuse isn’t sophisticated; it’s mundane likeness manipulation by anyone with a browser. So do you hand over your face and government ID for your protection, to a company whose broader data collection practices have faced years of scrutiny, and hope its policies don’t change? Or do you skip it and hope that the deepfake merchants don’t decide to target you? Creators commenting on YouTube’s video revealing the service six months ago were less than impressed. One commenter said: > “I was 100% on board, up until the ID upload. That makes me very uncomfortable.” Echoing several others who complained that it’s difficult to get takedown requests actioned, another added: > “If YouTube actually acted upon these kinds of reports, then I’d be more in favour of this.” Whether you decide to sign up for the service or not, just be sure to do it with your eyes open. * * * ### **Someone’s watching your accounts.** Make sure it’s us. PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY * * *

Ken Paxton accuses streamer of designing addictive platform and falsely representing data collection practices

A Meta, controladora do Facebook, Instagram e WhatsApp, iniciou nesta quarta-feira uma nova rodada de demissões que deve atingir aproximadamente 8 mil funcionários em diferentes regiões do mundo. A medida faz parte de uma reestruturação interna voltada à ampliação dos investimentos da companhia em inteligência artificial (IA).

Demitir um funcionário porque a tecnologia pode reduzir custos não se enquadra nos motivos legalmente permitidos. Leia no Poder360.