Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag
we still have agency and an opportunity to act. https://www.nytimes.com/... Stephen Witt / @stephenwitt : I'm on the front page of the New York Times with an article about “The A.I. Prompt That Could ...
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe
Time spent on the platforms is declining in every age group, though is most pronounced in younger generations … Stefano Santinelli : AI floods our feeds - and social media's ceiling is showing. — 📊 ...
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
Documents show direct ties between Russia's government and a former Florida deputy sheriff behind a network of fake news sites using AI and targeting US voters
hard to see how this guy doesn't qualify: — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... X: Shayan Sardarizadeh / @shayan86 : BBC Verify has extensively reported on an AI-powered influence operation run by M...
As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explore experimental clean energy projects such as atomic fusion and futuristic geothermal power plants
“In Omaha, where Google and Meta recently set up sprawling data center operations, a coal plant that was supposed to go offline in 2022 will now be operational through at least 2026. The local utilit...
A look at the rise of Fusus, controversial police tech that merges public and private cameras with predictive policing, used in 60+ US cities across 12+ states
The spread of Fusus, a police technology platform that merges public and private cameras with predictive policing and other surveillance tools … Mastodon: @thomasapowell@fosstodon.org and @yo_bj@glamm...
How a slowing digital ad market, Apple's ATT changes, tech companies' internal turmoil, weak content moderation, and more are contributing to a junk ad epidemic
written after Apple's new App Store ad format placed gambling ads next to gambling addiction apps — as the antecedent rebuttal to the NYT's piece this weekend that questions why, all of the sudden, ad...
A look at digital pets site Neopets, which had 25M users in the mid-2000s, as owner JumpStart Games says 30%-40% of former users returned since March 2020
When Allison Kennedy visited her Neopets in May after a four-year hiatus, they were crying. Big blue tears of hunger and sadness ran down their cheeks. Tweets: @_rossandrea , @abbyhamblin , @nytimesa...
Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42
Saddened by news of the death of Dan Kaminsky, a member of the ICANN Trusted … Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : The cybersecurity researcher Dan Kaminsky has died Tweets: Sarah B / @sarahbrie :...
Research renews concerns about gender bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon
A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. — MEN OFTEN JUDGE women by their appearance. Turns out, computers do too. Tweets: @wom...