Friday, February 07, 2025

Does this surprise you? Given the background and expertise, what else would you expect?

The muskrats reportedly are feeding your data to Azure AI, with security worry secondary to their interests.

It is widely reported, and you can read of it, e.g., here and here.

In parallel, Forbes also is reporting of a muskrat in a bind. Named Eliz, the reporting is that the man was posting positively of eugenics on social media, then resigning when the posting was noted, with Elon now trying to gin up support to put him back in place. 

That is unsightly

Elon should be embarrassed greatly. Instead, he's beating the drums and ringing the bells. Like, "It's alright folks." 

It is not.

UPDATE: There is extended reporting of the AI use at WaPo. It was not cited above because WaPo has a subscription wall. My browser was, however, able to download the full item, so you too may have access.

This link

FURTHER: The guess here is one of the muskrats could feed a prompt, "Summarize everything in the data about Eric Zaetsch." That prompt, readers, substitute your name for mine. Or Marcy Wheeler's. Or Nichoe Sandler. Data mining is not an undeveloped skill set. It has been around for years. Fear the aggressiveness, it is you next.