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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25156749 > I woke up this morning to find a new little friend on my phone! **Android Safety Core**. > > So what is this great new application that was **non-consentually installed on my device** with no indicator that it ever was except an alert from Tracker Control. > >  > > There isn't a of information on it, but essentially its an app that **"protects" you from obscene images on your phone.** > > "One of the new features the company announced is called Sensitive Content Warnings. This is designed to give you more control over seeing and sending nude images. When enabled, it blurs images that might contain nudity before you view them and then prompts you with what Google calls a “speed bump” containing “help-finding resources and options, including to view the content.” The feature also kicks in and shows a so-called “speed bump” when you try to send or forward an image that might contain nudity." - [Android Authority](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-nudes-3499420/) > > As for the Google play description, it's very detailed about what your new friend entails. > >  > > Very descriptive. > > **So essentially it blurs any images of nudity that is sent to you or that is seen.** > > Obviously the app has to see all the images that are sent to you in order to do this. I'm sure this won't be abused! > > The Google reviews on this one sure aren't happy. > > You may want to remove this. It can be uninstalled. However to find it on the store you need to look up the link in your browser. I also provided it [here.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore&hl=en-US) > > Dont we all love google and what it does behind our backs for us? > > > > TL;DR > > Google recently non-consentually installed a new "safety" feature on our devices that blur any nude images that are sent to you or seen on your phone. They didn't include any sort of update alert or anything and simply slipped it onto devices quietly. Here's a [link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore&hl=en-US) to the app where you can uninstall if you wish. Of course in order for an app to do this, it needs to see every photo that is ever sent to you. A clear privacy invasion if I say so myself.

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1527018 > > - DeepSeek has recruited recent graduates and interns from China’s top universities. > > - Facing visa hurdles and high living expenses, more of China’s AI researchers are choosing opportunities at home rather than abroad. > > - U.S. chip restrictions have forced Chinese companies to accelerate innovation.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/23276792 > A project called "Remove-DEI" shows the tweaks used to remove "forbidden words" from a database about childhood school readiness. > > The updates, shown in Github commits, are to a database for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Head Start program. They show a project called “Remove-DEI,” which reveal some of the back-and-forth that is happening behind the scenes to align federal agencies with Donald Trump’s executive orders that forbid almost anything having to do with race or gender within federal agencies. The Github pages show software engineers discussing amongst themselves how to best remove all instances of “forbidden words” from a specific database, and the code updates they used to do it. The changes also show that, while thousands of government datasets are disappearing from the internet, even ones that remain are having parts of their utility deprecated or broken in a way that may not be visible to those outside the government.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25011462 > SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE > > This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025’’. > > > SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORT AND EXPORT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY > > (a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.—On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the importation into the United States of artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence technology or intellectual property developed or produced in the People’s Republic of China is prohibited. > > > > >Currently, China has the best open source models in text, video and music generation.

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53880308 > **_Summary_** > > Trump plans to impose tariffs of up to 100% on semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, aiming to push U.S. tech companies like Apple, Nvidia, and AMD to produce chips domestically. > > The tariffs target Taiwan's TSMC, a key supplier, despite its partial U.S. production in Arizona. > > Trump criticized Biden’s CHIPS Act for funding companies like Intel and proposed tariffs as an alternative incentive. > > Experts warn the move could raise prices for electronics as most TSMC chips are assembled in Asia before export to the U.S.

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