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Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)
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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.

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[–] FinchHaven@sfba.social 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@deadsuperhero

Instructive to read #Maven's #About page and see who's behind it.

Here: https://www.heymaven.com/about

Selected excerpts from "Who is behind Maven?"

"CEO Ken Stanley is an expert on open-ended discovery in both AI and human systems and ... (most recently leading the Open-Endedness Team at #OpenAI )."

At: "Is Maven part of a larger company?"

"No, Maven is an independent startup."

But

"Here are a few of our investors, who also commented on their reasons for supporting Maven:

-- Ev Williams, co-founder of #Twitter: “Maven lets you follow your deepest curiosities instead of the trends of the day.”

-- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI: ”In Maven, there is a chance for AI to play a role in fixing much that is broken in our online discourse.”

-- Rana El Kaliouby, co-founder of Affectiva..."

Sam Altman

#SamAltman

Where have I heard that name before?

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Sam Altman

Everything he touches tends to inevitably turn to shit. This guy and his fellow silicon valley cronies are scum of the earth