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eva (^_^)/
@eva.computer

you shouldn’t have to show your ID and verify your identity to have a conversation with an AI agent authoritarian overreach into private conversations fueled by mass hysteria

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org

The revised GUARD Act no longer appears to cover every AI chat service. That’s an improvement. But it still pushes identity-linked verification systems, raising privacy, anonymity, and speech concerns. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

eff.orgCongress Narrowed the GUARD Act, But Serious Problems RemainFollowing criticism, lawmakers have narrowed the GUARD Act, a bill aimed at restricting minors’ access to certain AI systems. The earlier version could have applied broadly to nearly every AI-powered

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Public Universal Girlfriend
@girlfriend.bsky.social

The problem here is whether or not it's getting shoved into things which mandate an ID check, like Excel-- or in this case programs you might use to communicate with others, like word, regardless of whether you personally use AI features.

Andreas Reuter
@robotcheck.bsky.social

Hard agree — anonymous access to information and conversation is a foundational right. The irony is that AI systems already fingerprint your behavior far more accurately than any ID check would. Worth asking: who actually benefits from that verification requirement?