Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveillance

Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by int_19h on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:44PM (#42942412)

To quote the email from Hulu that recently dropped into my inbox:

> We are clarifying that, as we continue to increase the breadth and depth of the content we make available to you, circumstances may require that certain titles and types of content include ads, even in our 'no ads' or 'ad free' subscription tiers.

So at this point they aren't even bothering to rename the tier from "ad free" even as they put ads in it. Or maybe it's supposed to mean "the ads come free with it" now? Newspeak indeed.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by majormajor on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @12:11AM (#42944086)

This goes back to the release of the no-ads Hulu plan. Due at the time to fun shenanigans and weirdness around the exact licensing deals for a few shows. (At least one of those shows is VERY long-running now https://www.reddit.com/r/greysanatomy/comments/12prhpf/no_ad... - not sure if there have been any new ones through the years or currently )

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by dustingetz on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:51AM (#42946737)

are they talking about trailers?

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by mikestew on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:36PM (#42953049)

Oh, it has been that way with Hulu for at least a decade. Source: I paid money for their OG “ad-free” tier back in the day, only to end up seeing ads.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by mikrotikker on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:06PM (#42955960)

Arrr matey climb aboard yer don't need Hulu where we're going

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by webspinner on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:45PM (#42957545)

Yes that's definitely newspeak! It's also the reason why I run adblock. It's gotten me in trouble a few times with streaming services, they don't love it. I still run it.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by Snowfield9571 on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:00PM (#43006409)

What do you use that blocks ads from streaming services? I’ve had no luck.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by webspinner on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @03:53PM (#43107516)

Right now, I use adGuard. Any adblocker such as uBlock origin should do this. However they tend to ban uBlock origin, because it's widely known. Or at least when they go after adblock, they go after that one first.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by Snowfield9571 on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:28PM (#43134827)

Oh on a browser client - yes that makes sense. I made a bad assumption that you managed to block them on streaming devices like roku or apple tv.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by webspinner on Sunday February 23, 2025 @05:04PM (#43153651)

Not yet, lol! I like to use my computer for everything still, hah.

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