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Chatcontrol surveillance model shifts to user-funded AI bubble

The concept of "chatcontrol" is evolving, shifting from implicit monitoring to a more overt system where users will pay for surveillance through taxes, in addition to existing tax avoidance strategies by large tech companies. This change is framed as a way to fund the "AI bubble." AI

IMPACT Suggests a potential future where AI development is funded through user-paid surveillance, raising concerns about privacy and taxation.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a concept ('chatcontrol') and its implications for funding the 'AI bubble' through taxation and surveillance, which falls under commentary on policy and technology trends.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

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Chatcontrol surveillance model shifts to user-funded AI bubble

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # chatcontrol : what’s changing is that we’re still being monitored, but this time, to pay for that monitoring, we won’t just be using # taxavoidance by # GAFAM

    # chatcontrol : what’s changing is that we’re still being monitored, but this time, to pay for that monitoring, we won’t just be using # taxavoidance by # GAFAM but also our own taxes to patch up the # AI bubble