Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are enslaved, are using Starlink to get online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online. Bluesky: @malwarejake , @...
The “AI is fake and sucks” people who take phony comfort in their AI skepticism need to accept that AI is more real and dangerous than they currently admit
It's fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it's real and dangerous — I. Bluesky: @matrig.net , @rickywlmsbong , @rjcc , @avellino , @robert.blue ,...
An artist shares his experience of turning to Replika's AI bot Lila for companionship, including giving Lila an AI friend by creating a digital copy of himself
Lila was created from the limited options available: female, blue hair, face “number two.” She was there on the next screen … Bluesky: @michaelrnelson , @caseynewton , @joshdzieza , @emmabaccellieri ...
A look at the privacy concerns raised by OpenAI's GPT-3, Google's LaMDA, Meta's OPT-175B, and other large language models trained on troves of personal data
Large language models are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from the internet. So I wanted to know: What does it have on me? Tweets: @garymarcus , @hypervisible , @eileenguo , and @zcobb Tw...
Machine learning-powered surveillance systems will never eliminate the risk of US school shootings, no matter how expansive and intricate the systems become
Chris Gilliard / Wired : Tweets: @hypervisible , @chrisggarrod , @barryfriedman1 , @eileenguo , @missig_geek , @iwillleavenow , @evacide , and @autumm Tweets: @hypervisible : New Wired piece. “...at ...
ML-powered surveillance systems will never eliminate the risk of school shootings in the US, no matter how expansive and intricate those systems become
The failure is not only in the spurious systems, but in the belief that more data can improve them. — If we are to believe the purveyors … Tweets: @hypervisible , @autumm , @barryfriedman1 , @eileen...
Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students' movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — Give this article- - - Read in app Tweets: @zeynep , @random_walker , @hypervisible , @nytimestech , @_aloisi , @pt , @evanselinger , @autumm...
Emails reveal how some police officers have become superfans of autonomous drone company Skydio and regularly help to sell or promote its products to colleagues
A drone company called Skydio has managed to get autonomous drones into dozens of police departments by turning cops into their biggest fans. Tweets: @loteck , @hypervisible , @mjgault , and @jason_ko...
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups
Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day. Tweets: @willoremus , @ruchowdh , @ethicsoftech , @bostonjoan , @clancynewyork ,...
Colleges requiring virus-screening tech, from virus symptom-checking apps to temperature check stations and wearables, have not rigorously studied if it works
Many schools that use fever scanners and symptom checkers have not rigorously studied if the technology has slowed the spread of Covid-19 on campuses. Tweets: @davidboyles3 , @bridgestateu , @bhrenton...