people give flak to google for their "don't be evil" motto (and their inoffensive, "friendly" and colorful branding) to this day, so this is just fine. wonderi

people give flak to google for their "don't be evil" motto (and their inoffensive, "friendly" and colorful branding) to this day, so this is just fine. wondering about what happened to some company's initial or former values, or about whitewashy branding that projects some kind of image that doesn't really line up with the company's actions, is all good and well. it's a relevant and worthwhile conversation about consumer awareness, when moves like this influence consumers and make them think some kind of way about a company. something like, 'well, I use OpenAI, and they're probably good? they're "open"? this is a responsible consumer choice, and they probably make responsible choices too? or so it seems.' would those things turn out to be really true? maybe not so much. and AI companies, more than anyone would like to have you believe that you, and they as well, are making "responsible choices", while engaging in unabashed and enormous data collection. having more consumer awareness, and being a responsible consumer (and creator, or company), is something that AI field could really use. more of that, over vague "it's AI!" handwaving.