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  • LLMs performance are getting closer to plateau due to lack of data easily available. OpenAi is going around trying to license some data, but it won’t be enough.

    The company with more touch points with users is better positioned to transform these into Data Probes. Msft has windows, Apple has iOS and Google… Well Google is fucked because the other two have OS level access and can restrict what Google collects.

    Now that LLM Foundation models are out, the game will be “who can get the most data” to retrain, optimise and ultimately monetise these models. And there’s another whole “can of worms” with the legality of training models with unlicensed data collected trough “system snapshots”. I.e.: Collecting NY Times data through windows snapshots of users that visit the site.















  • UnitedHealthcare, is being sued over claims it is using a flawed AI model. The system is said to have wrongfully denied health coverage to critical elderly patients and disagreed with doctors’ determinations.

    The lawsuit followed an investigation by Stat News about the use of an AI algorithm called nH Predict developed by Navihealth. The algorithm is used to anticipate how long patients will stay in rehab following acute injuries, illness, or events. Post-acute care includes the likes of nursing homes and rehab centers. The algorithm reportedly does this by examining a database of medical cases from 6 million patients and estimating a patients’ medical requirements and length of stay.

    The lawsuit alleges that the AI system has a 90% error rate and overruled the post-acute care opinions of physicians.



  • The key difference is that Meta mislead parents, and breached privacy laws by gathering children’s data to further enhance advertising.

    The lawsuit claims that Meta’s platforms were designed to maximize the time children and teenagers spend on its apps using psychologically manipulative features, and falsely portrayed its products as safe, all in an effort to generate profit .

    The lawsuit suggests a perceived lack of transparency and potential violation of federal children’s online privacy laws, which is being challenged in court. This legal action could set a precedent for how digital platforms, including video games, might be regulated in the future, especially regarding features that could be seen as exploitative or harmful to younger users.

    In comparison, video games have a rating system in place to help parents decide if it’s suitable for their children, and exploitative mechanics like Loot Boxes were banned in Europe for under 18yo.