Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to useventurebeat.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to useventurebeat.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareEven_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoReminder that this is made by Ben Zhao, the University of Chicago professor who stole open source code for his last data poisoning scheme.
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoPardon my ignorance but how do you steal code if it’s open source?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou don’t follow the license that it was distributed under. Commonly, if you use open source code in your project and that code is under a license that requires your project to be open source if you do that, but then you keep yours closed source.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI still wouldn’t call it stealing, but I guess “broke open source code licenses” doesn’t have the same impact, but I’d prefer accuracy.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIt’s piracy, distributing copyrighted works against the terms of its license. I agree stealing is not really the right word.
Reminder that this is made by Ben Zhao, the University of Chicago professor who stole open source code for his last data poisoning scheme.
Pardon my ignorance but how do you steal code if it’s open source?
You don’t follow the license that it was distributed under.
Commonly, if you use open source code in your project and that code is under a license that requires your project to be open source if you do that, but then you keep yours closed source.
I still wouldn’t call it stealing, but I guess “broke open source code licenses” doesn’t have the same impact, but I’d prefer accuracy.
It’s piracy, distributing copyrighted works against the terms of its license. I agree stealing is not really the right word.