Omnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a North Carolina state senator and CNN Brazil found DM9 used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads
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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies up to $1M if their algorithms promoted violent or extremist content
To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature. Sophia Bollag / GovTech : California Governor Signs New Artificial Intelligence Laws Anabel Sosa / S...
As Meta proudly unveils AI tools, Facebook users find feeds clogged with AI junk, even when Facebook is needed as a civic resource to coordinate disaster relief
by which they mean there are no instances of deep fakes of candidates themselves or voting-related activities. It has been a weird coverage cycle. Mark Little / @marklittlenews : A big concern at the...
A look at “Terrorgram”, a network of far-right Telegram channels posting info on power grid attacks, which the North American Reliability Corp. says have spiked
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg : X: @jeffstone500 . Forums: r/technology , r/law , r/politics , and r/conservativeterrorism X: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : new for @BW: Shootings + plots against US power sta...
The NHTSA finds that Tesla's driver-assist features insufficiently keep drivers engaged in the task of driving, and links them to 100+ crashes and 10+ deaths
In March 2023, a North Carolina student was stepping off a school bus when he was struck by a Tesla Model Y traveling at …
Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas X: @robleathern , @nitashatiku ...
A look at Project Maven, the US DOD's flagship AI effort which identifies battlefield targets, and at concerns, including adversaries poisoning training data
On a summer evening in 2020 at Fort Liberty, a sprawling US Army installation in North Carolina, soldiers from the 18th Airborne Corps pored …
The challenge of closing the digital divide for students has proved daunting in N. Carolina, which has a large rural population lacking reliable internet access
https://www.nytimes.com/... James Young / @jdyubergeek : Broadband Access was a big part of @jennawadsworth's platform, and it is still a crisis now that the election is over. Almost a century ago, th...
DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Despite scattered reports … New York Times : Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote Kate Cox / Ars Technica : “Stay Home” robocalls to voters prompt FBI,...
As bars check IDs with PatronScan, its manufacturer, Servall Biometrics, touts a global database with 40K+ banned patrons, amid fears of enabling discrimination
the “nightlife equivalent of a no-fly list.” Important reporting by @susie_c: https://onezero.medium.com/... Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett : You hand over your ID to be scanned at the door to a bar. And...