A look at the international battles to regulate AI, as nations, lobbyists, and tech companies vie for influence over the future of AI policy
Inside the shadowy global battle to tame the world's most dangerous technology — Can anyone control AI? — By Mark Scott, Gian Volpicelli, Mohar Chatterjee, Vincent Manancourt,
Elon Musk says Twitter has temporarily limited verified accounts to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping
Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’ Jonas Mäki / Gamereactor UK : Twitter stops data collection by adding lots of restrictions Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph : Elon Musk impose...
A look at the relationship between Frances Haugen and anti-tech lobbying group Reset, which has guided her EU tour
As soon as Frances Haugen landed in Europe, she was given the VIP treatment. She met senior officials in Paris, Berlin and London. She testified to lawmakers in Brussels. Tweets: @markscott82 , @web...
Despite fears in the West, China's alleged AI prowess is mostly limited to computer vision, useful for domestic control of citizens, while the US is far broader
The nation excels in computer vision and facial recognition, but practical applications are limited to surveillance. Tweets: @s8mb , @parmy , @tculpan , and @markscott82 Tweets: Sam Bowman / @s8mb : P...
Facebook says it accidentally removed thousands of posts around the Jan. 6 riots from CrowdTangle, blaming a now-fixed error that has existed since at least May
The social media company said it was a technical error, and has been fixed, but tens of thousands of posts are still missing. Tweets: @markscott82 , @natematias , @markscott82 , @jason_kint , @profcar...
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says Mark Zuckerberg's influence is staggering and that it is time to break up Facebook
and that's made Facebook dangerous Bloomberg : Facebook Breakup Call From Co-Founder Easier Said Than Done Charlotte Henry / The Mac Observer : Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Says The Company Should...
The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka
DIGANA, Sri Lanka — When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked access to Facebook last month amid a wave of violence against Muslims … Tweets: @profgalloway , @miqdaad , @rmac18 , @francis_wad...
Analysis shows that US election-style misinformation and alt-right-inspired memes, many backing Le Pen, aren't being shared widely during the French election
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Sources: BBC websites hit by DDoS attack, services disrupted for several hours
or so Beeb tells Beeb (and best 2015 TV) Mark Scott / New York Times : BBC Websites Said to Be Target of Online Attack Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter : BBC Website, iPlayer Goes Down After Cyber Att...
Mark Zuckerberg praises carriers at MWC, attempts to allay concerns that Internet.org is a threat to their business
Recap Mark Scott / New York Times : Mark Zuckerberg Goes on Charm Offensive for Internet.org Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Zuckerberg Says Push to Spread Facebook Helps Phone Companies; Some Telco...