Reading news and staying up to date with the topics of the world is part of my breakfast routine. Digiday had an interesting article on whether or not open-source Large Language Models belong in the newsroom.
The case against them: Not a rally against LLMs, but the fact that OpenAI has a head start in capabilities and access to the AP's data.
The points in favor are the customization and data ownership aspect of controlling your LLM.
https://digiday.com/media/the-case-for-and-against-open-source-large-language-models-for-use-in-newsrooms/
#AI #dataownership #opensource #LLM

‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.
Fed up with A.I. companies consuming online content without consent, fan fiction writers, actors, social media companies and news organizations are among those rebelling.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/technology/artificial-intelligence-models-chat-data.html
#dataownership #copyright #AITraining

It's going to be tough to stay off Reddit, moreso than the birdsite, but the hypocrisy of those who run the platform is too much to bear.

"That 'corpus of data' is the content posted by millions of Reddit users over the decades."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/17/there-is-no-moral-high-ground-for-reddit-as-it-seeks-to-capitalise-on-user-data

#dataownership #redditmigration

Whenever we start talking or explaining #ssi we focus on #dataownership and #usercentrisity. It is critical criteria, but it is not a game changer. You could find a lot of #administrative systems that offer it to some extent. For me, the essence of the self-sovereign system - is the untakable right to make a statement on behalf of yourself. Every member has equal possibilities and rights. You could simultaneously be an asset owner, issuer authority, or verification party. it is a gamechanger

MeWe social network with 20M users to integrate with Polkadot parachain - The integration is built on DSNP, a protocol created by Project L... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/mewe-social-network-with-20m-users-to-integrate-with-polkadot-parachain #projectliberty #braxtonwoodham #dataownership #frankmccourt #jeffreyedell #amplicalabs #socialmedia #frequency #weme

Degoogling Your Analytics With Umami and Forge
taking control of your own data is part of keeping the web open and free. Without holding and controlling your own data, you are allowing others to use it too - for their purposes.
https://releasecandidate.dev/posts/2020/tutorial-umami-on-laravel-forge/

#degoogle #analytics #data #tracking #dataownership #privacy #dataprivacy #opensource #foss #oss

@Sleestak if you use free email service it probably is without you having to do anything :] #DataOwnership

Nice! mariushosting.com just posted how to install @plausible on a Synology NAS and it’s already up and running on my sites now. https://mariushosting.com/how-to-install-plausible-on-your-synology-nas/ #martech #privacy #dataownership

The merit in #blockchain is transparency, #decentralization, #dataownership, and #sovereignidentity.

These new innovations could enable users to actively protect themselves from digital oligarchs.

My pragmatism comes from the fact that our current systems build around fiat aren't really that much more "real" or stable or trustworthy – they are just backed by our tax dollars if they fail.

RT @KirkDBorne
Major tax-filing websites secretly share income data with Meta (the social network formerly known as Facebook)! Financial data was sent to Meta by TaxAct, H&R Block, and TaxSlayer: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/
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#DataPrivacy #DataOwnership $DAG $ADS

Here's your regular reminder that these companies collect our data and sell it with impunity. We deserve to have ownership over our own data.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing

#DataOwnership #DataDignity

@missiggeek @CastlebridgeChief The only consistency with "data mesh" is that inevitably, bullshit around #dataownership comes up, and that's a tell-tale sign of someone who shouldn't be taken seriously.

Here’s a sensible thing to do whether or not you are leaving Twitter.

1. Download your Twitter archive.
2. Convert it into a plaintext format
3. Back it up; on cloud and on a local drive

(Worth doing for email, blog, photos etc too)
#MastIndia #DataOwnership #techpolicy

Love the Mastodon concept 😊❤️ #dataownership #decentralized #internet #socialmedia