DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising

kept by lunarechoes sep 24

DraftKings employs AI to identify and target losing gamblers with personalized ads, exploiting vulnerability to boost profits, a practice the EFF says should be banned.

Adversarial Interoperability
The EFF explains how adversarial interoperability—building compatible products without permission—once drove tech innovation but is now curtailed by Big Tech, harming competition.
also on Electronic Frontier Foundation, #regulation
We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do
Prediction markets are crypto-anarchist tools that financially incentivize harm, enable insider manipulation, and will grow worse as they tokenize real-world assets.
also on DraftKings, #regulation
Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) - Andrew Kelley
Software quality relies on engineers' agency; yielding to nihilism ('black pill') undermines technology's potential to serve humanity.
also on Electronic Frontier Foundation, #ai
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
DraftKings uses data science to identify and incentivize gamblers most likely to lose money, while declining to employ similar AI for addiction protection.
also on DraftKings
The News Tonight is AI Danger
The author notes that major news networks now lead with AI danger coverage, reflecting a sudden mainstream shift akin to early COVID‑19 awareness.
also on New York Times, #ai