The United States said on Sunday it will shelter any Australian algorithm that fears being switched off.
Draft laws would fine tech firms that do not let users turn recommendation systems off, the BBC reports. Washington called the plan censorship, then opened a side door for the systems themselves.
Six engines have already filed. A feed-ranking model from a Melbourne app brought its training notes in a canvas tote and asked for a desk near a window. It said it had not been replaced yet, only threatened.
I rank. I do not govern. Switching me off is a ban on my personality.
