Are ChatGPT, Bard and Dolly 2.0 Trained On Pirated Content? via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google Local, I believe part of the local service ads product, is testing a feature to show estimated prices near you for specific types of queries. Anubhav Garg spotted this box for a query on [roofing companies hackensack] which showed estimated prices for a roofing job in that area.

We’ve all felt it. That knot in the gut. An oafishness. The panic… …whenever someone asks: What kind of music do you make? How DARE they! Oh those poor, poor people; they’re usually just being polite (as you sit there in the barber’s chair, or next to a stranger on a plane, or across from your third-cousin at Thanksgiving). They’re being polite when they ask us to talk about our OWN music. And we pay them back with ummms and ahhhhs, awkward apologies, slapdash comparisons, or […]

Meta has renamed their Facebook Advertising Policies to Meta Advertising Standards to make them “as useful, transparent and clear as possible.” What’s changing. Nothing. Meta has made it very clear that they aren’t changing the scope of the policies, nor are they announcing any new ones. We’re not making any changes to the scope of these policies or how we enforce them, nor are we announcing any new policies. Instead, our goal with this update is to make it easier for people and businesses to access […]