Viral TikTok videos of glitchy AI bots interviewing job candidates are bringing attention to screening tech that more companies have adopted since at least 2023
slate.com/life/2025/05... @bellechere : All I ever want when applying/interviewing for a job is to talk to a real human. — This is a nightmare and I hate it. Dystopian af. @slate.com : Whatever hap...
Blind patients with Second Sight's electronic retinal implants are in danger of losing their artificial vision as the tech becomes obsolete and unsupported
Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark — Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour … Tweets: @carnage4life , @stephencass , @earthheir...
Review of Amazon's $100 Halo Band, a health tracking bracelet: excessively invasive without offering much in return for the data
and makes the absolute least use of it.” Comes with bonus sexism: “an automated system that essentially says, 'Hey, sweetie, why don't you smile more?'” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jason Gurwi...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
Leaked Chinese government docs reveal the mechanics of running mass detention camps in Xinjiang, predictive policing, mass surveillance, and snooping on expats
"brainwashing" — to which China is subjecting at least one million detained Uighur and other Turkic Muslims until they renounce Islam and their ethnicity. https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/....
Instagram's Close Friends feature proves controversial as both an influencer revenue stream and superficial gateway to intimacy
Gabi Abrao, better known as @sighswoon on Instagram, is “developing a language with the invisible.” Her page is half memes, half photos of her—eating fresh fruit … Tweets: @jake_meador , @jennyearnes...
Predictim, a service using AI to generate character scores for babysitters based on years of online activity, provides questionable recommendations to parents
When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … Tweets: @zeynep , @justinhendrix , @katecrawford , @ai , @carnage4life , @etbrooking , ...
Inside DARPA's neurotechnology research program for healing and enhancement of the human body and mind through neural implants and brain-machine interfaces
I. Who Could Object? — “Tonight I would like to share with you an idea that I am extremely passionate about,” the young man said. Tweets: @theatlantic , @scalzi , @kelly2277 , @cstross , @rosannecas...
Profile of Japanese-owned Shiru Cafe at Brown University in the US, where students pay with their personal info like names, email addresses, and their majors
Chaiel Schaffel / NPR : Tweets: @jessysaurusrex , @npr , @asanwal , @pnjaban , and @amatwyshyn Tweets: Jessy Irwin / @jessysaurusrex : This is exactly the opposite of what should be modeled and what ...
Reports suggest India's Aadhaar national ID database was breached, exposing information of ~1.2B Indians and allowing creation of admin accounts by other admins
> https://youtu.be/... Nikhil Pahwa / @nixxin : All those people who have Aadhaar... How often do you make payments authenticated using biometrics? Arun jaitley said in parliament: there were 20 cases...