AI language translation was one of the most beneficial uses of AI during major global elections in 2024, and AI misinformation was not as catastrophic as feared
The most significant impact turned out to be AI being used to bridge language gaps everywhere from India to New York and make candidates messages multilingual Eric Smalley / @ericsmalley : AI is now p...
AI tech like ChatGPT can be used by bad actors to lobby within democracies at incredible speed and scope, costing far less than troll farms like Russia's IRA
New York Times : Tweets: @intuitmachine , @willwilkinson , @pstasiatech , @nytopinion , @orinkerr , @arfung , and @geoffmanne Tweets: Carlos E. Perez / @intuitmachine : Is the side-effect of ChatGPT ...
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...
India says 75M+ people downloaded its contact tracing app, but privacy advocates worry about its potential as a tool for state surveillance beyond the pandemic
the app will soon include state-issued e-passes to let people move around the country + gig workers are already required to have it installed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @PranavDixit Sarah Emers...
India says 75M+ people downloaded its contact tracing app, but privacy advocates worry about its potential as a tool for state surveillance beyond the pandemic
the app will soon include state-issued e-passes to let people move around the country + gig workers are already required to have it installed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @PranavDixit Sarah Emers...
Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets
but it can be fixed Stephen Warwick / iMore : Today on Zoom: ‘Not suited for secrets’, encryption issues and more Mercury News : Zoombombing: FBI warns video calls are getting hijacked Tweets: Glenn F...
Laws that ban facial recognition miss the larger point: we need laws on all tech used for identification and to decide how much of our data should be surveilled
and the ways that data is combined to create searchable profiles of us without any consent on our part. https://www.nytimes.com/... Dahlia Peterson / @dahlialpeterson : “A ban on facial recognition wo...
Educated guesses on who the Shadow Brokers are and how they acquired their NSA exploits
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Tor Project replaces its board with a new slate of directors including Bruce Schneier and Matt Blaze, in the wake of Jacob Appelbaum's resignation
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How algorithmic systems to score humans like FICO and China's Sesame Credit can lead to social control, and some possible remedies to this problem
The risks — and benefits — of letting algorithms judge us — Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and chief technology officer …