A social network founded by a former OpenAI employee was caught importing public posts from Mastodon...and ran AI analysis to add tags to them.

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.

  • FinchHaven
    13•18 days ago

    @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.eeEnglish
      6•17 days 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