"This week in the ➡️ #Metaverse" #35
March 29, 2023
"This week in the ➡️ #Metaverse" #35
Your weekly roundup of what’s happening in the digital land(scape). Metaverse ethics, governance and interesting trends from crypto, AI, gaming and regulation.
👁️🗨️What's going on:
A bill dubbed the ‘RESTRICT’ act that was submitted to Congress could have severe consequences for virtual private network (VPN) users in the United States. It was initially dubbed the “TikTok Ban Bill,” but has far wider ramifications. Furthermore, VPN users could face hefty fines or jail sentences under the bill. More on => beincrypto.com
Apple Sets June 5 WWDC Where It Plans Mixed-Reality Headset Debut.
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Disney reportedly shuts down its metaverse division.
More on => engadget.com
WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and the Metaverse is taking place on March 29 and 30, 2023.
More on => wipo.int
From PayPal to Web3: Digital identity could play key role in unlocking mainstream adoption
More on => cointelegraph.com
🤖I Am Not A Robot: AI news
FTC Is Reviewing Competition in Artificial Intelligence: The regulator aims to ensure the field isn’t dominated by existing big tech companies and that the claims companies make about what AI products can do are not overstated
More on => competitionpolicyinternational.com/
Italy temporary bans access to ChatGPT citing GDPR violations. The Italian privacy regulator stated that there is no legal basis that justifies the collection and mass storage of personal data OpenAI uses to train the AI.
More on => gizmodo.com
Microsoft lets generative AI loose on cybersecurity: As a part of its continued quest to inject generative AI into all its products, Microsoft today introduced Security Copilot, a new tool that aims to “summarize” and “make sense” of threat intelligence.
More on => techcrunch.com
Clearview AI CEO claims company's database of scraped images is now 30 billion strong: Police have used the software nearly 1 million times, according to Hoan Ton-That.
More on => engadget.com and here
Stable Diffusion used for photo restoration
More on =>reddit.com
🤦The WTF award of the week goes to…
Midjourney has halted free trials of its service, blaming a sudden influx of new users who were creating deepfakes. “We think the culprit was probably a viral how-to video in china,”
More on => theVerge.com
🎮Gaming news
AI Bots Listen In on the Toxic World of Videogame Voice Chat: New artificial-intelligence tools can mute, ban players who violate conduct rules.
More on => wsj.com
🧠Neurotech:
The Australian military was able to control robots with the power of thought using a Microsoft HoloLens headset.
More on => gagadget.com
Reconstructing the images inside your brain with AI
More on => businessinsider.com
😬Meme corner:
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