Ruth Janal

law professor, dilettante surfer, interested in connections of all sorts

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

The definitions of ISPs under the #DigitalServicesAct #DSA:
A 🧵

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

Looks great! Can’t wait to read it & hope those are not fruits of a poisonous tree! 🍎

[Martin Husovec @hutko]

The DSA book visuals are in. One thing is clear. This will look extremely well on your bookshelf. The illustration was prepared by a young Italian artist, Marco Melgrati. We finally also have the release date: August 2024.

[Jon Piccini @JonPiccini]

Defend my PhD thesis? After all it did to me??

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

Freue mich schon auf die Lektüre!!👏👏👏

[Benjamin Raue @benjamin_raue]

Out now!

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

Glückwunsch! 👏 👏 👏

[Natalia Umansky @NataliaUmansky]

I was coming home from my Easter break last night and decided to play around with the ChatGPT API to pass the time 🤓. While I had used the text-generator before, I was baffled by what I found when I asked the AI to generate images... 🧵

[Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape @JonLamArt]

So the founder of Stability Ai basically said they’d bypass FIREWALLS to get private data for generative Ai when public data is exhausted.. i.e hacking..WTF

#unethicalasshit #stolendata #stabilityai #createdontscrape

[The DSA Observatory @DsaObservatory]

📣@dsaobservatory and @ivir_uva are delighted to announce that registrations are open for our first Summer Course on “EU Platform Regulation”, which will take place in Amsterdam on 3-7 July 2023.

All details on Course’s objectives and registration here: https://t.co/waDNwP2mfM

[Katy Glenn Bass @KGlennBass]

We have the most INCREDIBLE list of participants for @knightcolumbia & @random_walker’s symposium on algorithmic amplification, April 28-29 at Columbia: https://t.co/3aUEu6AKdI

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

Though one might argue that recommender systems shouldn‘t favor extreme content, irrespective of user interaction!

[Manoel @manoelribeiro]

We dub this apparent contradiction the amplification paradox:

- "if the recommendation algorithm favors extreme content, why is it not driving its consumption?"

And provide an answer to it:

- "Because these audits do not consider how people actually use recommender systems."

[Ruth Janal @recht_tech]

Just goes to show how difficult those DSA audits will be…

[Manoel @manoelribeiro]

New preprint 🚨
We show that recommender system audits are of limited utility in determining the prevalence of phenomena like radicalization, rabbit holes, etc., if they do not model how users interact with algorithms (which no one really does!)

📰: https://t.co/Gyvc3rOaJm

[Elizabeth M. Renieris @hackylawyER]

"The research analyzed more than 2.5 million VR data recordings . . . from more than 50,000 players of the popular Beat Saber app & found that individual users could be uniquely identified with more than 94% accuracy using only 100 seconds of motion data." https://t.co/zR9Vm2pGmr

[Martin Husovec @hutko]

Here is my brief explainer of what the reported DSA numbers mean, and why some numbers are lower than expected: "The DSA’s Scope Briefly Explained" (I will keep updating the company tables/explanations; feel free to send me questions/corrections/new info)
https://t.co/En1Z46THwO

[Martin Husovec @hutko]

We now have 8 social media VLOPS (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube,), 2 app stores (Google, Apple), 3 marketplaces (Amazon, Bookingcom, Google Shopping), 1 maps (Google Maps), 1 wikipedia (Wikipedia) and 2 VLOSEs (Bing, Google) = 17 VLs

[Algorithmic Justice League @AJLUnited]

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the 📰paper that shone a light on the biases & harms of #AI & #FacialRecognition technologies.
Dr. @jovialjoy & Dr. @timnitGebru will be hosting a live event together.
🗓️RSVP at link below⬇️

[Felix Reda @Senficon]

Im Fall @Quad9DNS behauptet #Sony, #Quad9 wäre als Täterin für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter verantwortlich. Das ist eine gefährliche Fehlinterpretation der BGH-Rechtsprechung, wie @recht_tech in einem neuen Gutachten für @freiheitsrechte erklärt: https://t.co/wTNUdLE8rN

[Bruna Santos (宝煊) @hourly_radio]

The Brazilian Senate has released a 900+ page report & draft AI Law, drawing inspiration from earlier proposals & research into how OECD countries regulate AI. Here are some aspects I read in the draft AI law...

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

The big advancement that language generating technology (like ChatGPT) needs to make: Citing its sources.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

ChatGPT is everywhere and everyone is using it.

But most academics don't know how to use it *smartly.*

Here's how to use ChatGPT intelligently (and ethically) for academic purposes:

[Katharina Kaesling @KKaesling]

🚨 #DigitalServicesAct : Welche Vögel sind sehr große Online-Plattformen/ -Suchmaschinen? Die @EU_Commission hat nun eine Guidance hierzu veröffentlicht, mit Antworten auf FAQ: https://t.co/oxmvMZSIuY
🏁Bereits zum 17.2.23 sind zum 1.Mal Nutzerzahlen zu übermitteln!