Quality decays exponentially following AI arrival': Research shows experts and contributors leaving online communities amidst silent 'knowledge reset'

Driving experts away instead of attracting them

Generative AI may have unintentionally pushed away some of the highest-quality 'expert' contributors to sites such as Stack Overflow as users increasingly adopted tools trained on their feedback instead

The issue stems from said users feeling their expertise and effort are unrewarded, with AI often offering the same solutions at a faster pace

The move is not limited to online coding communities, threatening to spill over into other areas such as classrooms, corporate workplaces, and scientific communities

https://www.techradar.com/pro/quality-decays-exponentially-following-ai-arrival-research-shows-experts-and-contributors-leaving-online-communities-amidst-silent-knowledge-reset

Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt, due to seemingly installing adware on PCs — and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features, to comply with 'wiretapping' laws

Users says they've observed LG gaming monitors automatically installing unwanted software on PCs

LG's terms of service warn that conversations may be "captured and processed" on TV with the latest version of webOS

The terms say you must now warn guests they may be recorded "in compliance with applicable wiretapping… laws"

How smart should a smart TV be? According to LG's latest TV terms and conditions, the answer is "not quite smart enough to comply with wiretapping laws", because that's now your responsibility if LG captures the voice of a guest in your house through its AI voice services. Though the situation with LG monitors appears to be even more dramatic.

As Gamers Nexus reports, some LG monitors appear to be installing adware on Windows PCs without asking for permission: in addition to the LG Monitor App Installer, they also install McAfee Scam Detector.

LG's own app requires full access to all system resources, which potentially includes all your online activity, logins, hardware, location and more — while McAfee has a long history of being installed on devices as 'bloatware', and people are not reacting positively to suddenly finding it on their PC.

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/lgs-gaming-monitors-and-tvs-are-facing-a-user-revolt