Happy Father’s Day! Absolutely none of these links has anything to do with Father’s Day.
AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children | WIRED: The insatiable need for training data makes stories like this inevitable, and show the danger of these systems.
Those late whistles NBA fans and players hate? There’s a method to the madness - The Athletic (nytimes.com): Its a reasonable explanation, but the NBA (and all sports leagues) don’t have a great record when it comes to referees and game managment.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 12, 2024 - GoComics; Tech bros are out to ruin unicorns!
Florida school board bans book about book bans (tallahassee.com): Not an Onion headline.
Uncovering the Cover-up: How Republican Pennridge School Board Directors Secretly Banned Books - Bucks County Beacon: Dishonesty AND book banning!
Special report: Newcastle United sponsor Noon and shocking allegations of worker mistreatment - The Athletic (nytimes.com): Sports washing works because teams care more about money than they do people.
Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo | PetaPixel; Also not an Onion headline.
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes | Ars Technica: As every writer knows, pay in exposure is a sign that your work is not actually valued.
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! - Reactor (reactormag.com): Excellent story about who gets to matter.
Have a great week, everyone.