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Apple Seemingly Restricting Generative AI Apps to 17+ or Older App Store Rating
The update to BlueMail uses OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT chatbot API to help write emails using content from previous emails and calendar events. In communications sent to BlueMail developer Blix Inc., Apple’s App Store review team expressed concerns that AI-powered language tools could generate inappropriate content for children, requesting that the app increases its age restriction to age 17 or older, or include content filtering. BlueMail’s current age restriction is age four or older. The developer insists that the app already has content filtering and that placing a substantially higher age restriction could stop it from attracting new potential users.
Normally, 17 or older age restrictions on the App Store include apps with offensive language, sexual content, or references to drugs, leading to accusations of unfair treatment from Blix. Blix claims that other apps that promote ChatGPT-like capabilities do not have such stringent age restrictions. A spokesperson for Apple said that developers are able to dispute such decisions via the App Review Board appeal process and it is investigating Blix’s complaint.
Microsoft’s recently updated version of Bing that includes Chat GPT functionality has a 17 or older age restriction on Apple’s App Store, while there is no such rating for the version of the app on Google’s Play Store, suggesting it is a requirement from Apple. This indicates that Apple is already cementing strict requirements around new AI apps amid concerns about its ability to moderate generated content.
Apple appears to be largely staying out of the race to develop generative AI tools. While the company recently held its annual AI summit for employees, the following sessions reportedly focused on aspects like healthcare, privacy, and computer vision, rather than its own generative AI technologies.
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Some Universities Are Now Restricting TikTok Access on Campus
“In compliance with the Governor’s Executive Order 2022-33, effective immediately, no university employee or student shall access the TikTok application or website on University-owned or operated devices, including OU wired and wireless networks,” the University of Oklahoma said in an email this week. According to the email, the school will also require that university-administered TikTok accounts be deleted and “alternate social media platforms utilized in their place.” Further reading: TikTok steps up efforts to clinch U.S. security deal.
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Music industry welcomes new laws in California restricting the use of lyrics in criminal proceedings
Nicki Minaj SLAMS YouTube for Age Restricting ‘Likkle Miss’ Video
Nicki Minaj is not holding back.
For, she is now slamming YouTube for putting an age restriction on her ‘Likkle Miss’ music video.
Full story below…
In a series of since-deleted posts, she said:
“Imagine this. They restricted my f***ing video but have things a million f***ing times worse on their BOGUS FKNG PLATFORM.
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RIAA boss sets out support for restricting use of lyrics in criminal cases in California
San Diego joins other cities in restricting cops’ use of surveillance technology
San Diego is joining the ranks of cities clamping down on surveillance technology. The San Diego Union-Tribunereports the City Council has given a final greenlight to an ordinance requiring approval for tech that can identify and track individuals, such as body and streetlight cameras. Municipal government workers will have to outline the intended uses of a surveillance system, while a new privacy advisory board and residents will be asked for input. Councillors will also conduct yearly reviews of in-use systems.
The city has a year-long grace period to both form the advisory board and give departments a chance to examine their surveillance tech inventories. Organizations that already use these systems will need authorization to continue use. An exception will allow police on federal task forces to use surveillance, however. San Diego Police Department Chief David Nisleit requested the carve-out over concerns that local officers couldn’t participate in federal operations that bar disclosure of surveillance tech.
The council first approved the ordinance in November 2020. The late approval comes after multiple employee groups exercised their right to review the new rules. That process alone took about 18 months, The Union-Tribune said.
San Diego is relatively late to such regulations. San Francisco and other cities have banned facial recognition, for instance. Even so, its approval might increase pressure on other local governments to either restrict surveillance hardware or offer more transparency regarding their monitoring tools.