The Hated One

Episode 215 - What makes open source AI really dangerous

In this episode, I discuss the true and not so true dangers of open source AI and where harms are most severe. We compare AI to nukes, biological and chemical weapons, terrorism, cyber crime and extinction threats.

BREAKING: Google ruled an illegal monopoly

On Monday a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, saying the organisation

is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.

Google disputes the ruling. Its president of global affairs, Kent Walker, said “this decision recognises that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes tha...

Episode 214 - Nvidia, Apple stole my video to train their AI

News source on this: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-apple-and-others-allegedly-trained-ai-using-173000-youtu...

Episode 213 - Interview with CEO of ENTE - an encrypted cloud photo backup

This is a conversation with Vishnu, the CEO of Ente.io, a private and encrypted photo backup service.

Some useful links:

• https://github.com/ente-io/ente

• ente.io/archi...

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Do you believe AI is a net positive or a net negative at its current state?

Rate your view on the current contributions of artificial intelligence in the broadest most popular sense of the word.

Is Open Source AI Too Dangerous?

There is a new open source AI out there. It was published by Meta and it’s one of the most powerful models ever developed. And now a lot of people want to stop it. They say Meta is too dangerous and irresponsible. And what if they are right this time? Why would Mark Zuckerberg do this? Who should you believe and what if open source AI is a mistake?

Let me shine a light on all of these t...

How to run AI locally and 100% privately (collab with Naomi Brockwell)

[This is a tutorial on how to install AI locally on your device; it's a segment I made for a video collab with Naomi Brockwell on AI privacy which will be released in the future].

Running AI locally is the most certain way to protect your privacy. To get started, you’ll only need to follow a few steps. My goal is for you to be empowered so I am gonna guide you through the process and wi...

Episode 212 - Pulbic money, public code. Switzerland did it first!

Government contracts should made software is licensed open source. Switzerland seems to be first to take this step.

Sources

The law: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2023/682/de

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Episode 211 - Replace your friends with AI replicas

The weird origin story of Replika reveals the dark secrets of AI companion apps.

Episode 210 - Do NOT trust AI companion apps

AI girlfriend/boyfriend apps are designed for user exploitation and dependence under perverted incentive structure.

Delete her - The dark side of AI companions

AI companions are exploding in popularity. And the world is more and more looking like the movie “Her”. And not in a good way. Because who is developing these AIs and how exactly do they make money? [0]

There is something these companies are not telling you. And I am gonna show why you should not trust or even use these AI chatbots. And I will also show you what you can do to better p...

Episode 209 - Delete her

Your AI girlfriend is not your friend.

Episode 208 - Should governments enforce open source contracts?

When private companies seek government contracts, should they be required to open up their technology to the commons?

Source: https://dataethics.eu/how-france-adopts-an-open-source-based-education-strategy-free-of-big-tech/

Episode 207 - Signal responded and it's ugly

Signal is in a hot water for insecurely storing messages of desktop users. Their responses makes things even worse.

Sources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-downplays-encryption-key-flaw-fixes-it-after-x-drama/

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Episode 206 - Why did Microsoft ban Android phones in China?

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-08/microsoft-orders-china-staff-to-switch-from-android-phones-to-iphones-for-work

Footnote - Is Apple Intelligence open to other apps?

This is a footnote to my video on Apple Intelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YbeGjnqEZ8

It clarifies how Apple Intelligence APIs will enable third party developers to leverage Apple AI features.

Episode 205 - Signal exposed for an EMBARASSING oopsie

Signal thinks securing your messages on your device is not their responsibility.

Source and Signal's repsonse: https://stackdiary.com/signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/

Do Not Trust Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is artificial intelligence, but private. Because Apple is a privacy company, unlike the rest of the big tech, of course. Or maybe it’s all just marketing bull*hit. I don’t know. Pick one. [0]

I can’t believe that Apple is doing it again and gets away with it. Every single keynote, Apple introduces a new set of features that had already existed elsewhere for a whil...

Episode 204 - Apple Intelligence is another privacy lie

Apple Intelligence sounds, looks and works very much like Android System Intelligence. Apple Private Cloud Compute sounds, looks and works very much like Android Private Compute Core. Why is Apple taking all the praise?

Episode 203 - Do Not Trust Apple Intelligence

Coming up in my new video I am currently working on.

Episode 202 - Assange wins, journalism loses

Julian Assange plead guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets. He is now a free man. This is a dangerous precedence for journalism. This is the real reason US Justice Department agreed to the plea deal.

Articles: https://apn...

Episode 201 - Can you use AI privately?

Destroying a subscriber who dared to criticize my magnificence by providing a privacy analysis of using cloud-based AI.

I use LINDDUN privacy threat model for this: https://linddun.org/

We Need To Stop OpenAI

OpenAI is North Korea of software development.

What does the word "open" in OpenAI mean? [0]

Even their supreme leader is full of shit. Who would have thought?

Back in 2015, we’ve been sold OpenAI as a strife to “democratize AI power”. [1]

That was due to fears that if any corporate entity develops AI privately, they would be too powerful to be trusted with it. So ...

Episode 200 - Open washing

When "open" doesn't mean "open".

The Linux Foundation proposal for open source AI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13784

The Free Software freedoms: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

Episode 199 - Hacking ChatGPT to extract its training data

Article: https://not-just-memorization.github.io/extracting-training-data-from-chatgpt.html

Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17035

Episode 198 - We have to stop OpenAI

This is the script for my latest video on YouTube.

Episode 197 - Microsoft/OpenAI massive privacy invasion

This is a continuation of my deep dive into AI privacy invasion. This time, we are tearing apart Microsoft and OpenAI privacy policies and practices.

Episode 196 - Gemini is a surveillance nightmare

Google's LLM Gemini is a massive step back in privacy practices. This is how terrible the AI data collection can get.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Unironically Based Now

ZUCK IS BASED

I am not a fan of Mark Zuckerberg. The evil illuminati triangle of his social media apps is a poison for your mental health, it’s riddled with manipulation and it’s a privacy nightmare. But for once, Zuck did something right. Here, let me show you.

I am running Large Language Model Application, or Llama, directly on my laptop that you’ve seen me editing my vide...

Episode 195 - Naomi Brockwell

The Hated One and Naomi Brockweel discuss privacy, women's rights, government, corporate control, AI and more. Check her channel Naomi Brockwell TV https://www.youtube.com/@NaomiBrockwellTV

TImestamps:

00:00:00 Naomi roasts THO in the first 30 seconds

00:00:35 Who is Naomi Brockwell?

00:06:...