Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
Does Maven have anything to do with AI despite being backed by a dude who works for open AI?
Yes, the entire platform trains itself on posts within its platform to make algorithmic decisions and present it to users. Instead of likes or follows, you just have that.
Genuine question, do instances not have a GPL license on their content? With that license, anyone can use all the data but only for open source software.
The current assumption made by these companies is that AI training is fair use, and is therefore legal regardless of license. There are still many ongoing court cases over this, but one case was already resolved in favor or the fair use position.
yeah but who posts to mastodon under public instead of unlisted/quiet public?
I was confused why a package manager would need to import posts from a social network.
Why name a new product the same as a very popular existing product?
Classic Scam Altman!
