Hacker News Recap September 1st, 2023 | Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI?
Sep 2, 2023
Microsoft, a technology company, discusses the ethical implications of using personal data to train AI. Other topics include the features of Organic Maps, monitoring website updates, Supreme Court case on civil forfeitures, single-pair Ethernet, and browser-based Wikipedia search engine.
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Privacy-First Offline Maps
- Organic Maps provides offline, open-source mapping with no ads, tracking, or data collection to protect user privacy.
- Users praise its simplicity and offline navigation as superior for hikers, cyclists, and privacy-conscious travelers.
Remembering Doug Lenat
- The episode reflects on Doug Lenat's ambitious work on Cyc (referred to as Sykes) and his push for machine common-sense reasoning.
- Commenters remembered Lenat fondly for his intelligence, bluntness, and influence on symbolic AI research.
Ambiguity Over Microsoft Data Use
- Microsoft's new service agreement ambiguously suggests data from 130 products could be used to train AI, worrying legal and privacy experts.
- The ambiguity made experts urge Microsoft to explicitly clarify whether personal data will train models.