Letter: the US Treasury says China-backed hackers gained access to some Treasury workstations and unclassified docs; a vendor notified it of the hack on Dec. 8
FBI Investigation Underway, China Suspected Huileng Tan / Business Insider : The US Treasury says some computers were breached by China-backed hackers United States Department of the Treasury : Dear C...
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 ...
NewsGuard: since May 2023, websites hosting AI-created fake news articles have grown from 49 to 600+; some post “hundreds if not thousands of articles” per day
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social . X: @pranshuverma_ . LinkedIn: Franky Saegerman Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : The issue isn't volume o...
The US military is embracing video gaming culture to attract and retain talent, but faces internal challenges and fierce outside criticism for doing so
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Tweets: @launcherwp and @amyjnelsonphd Tweets: Launcher / @launcherwp : In Feb., U.S. Army major Jon-Marc Thibodeau wrote in a since-revised statement: “The ‘Nintend...
Some Google staff say Google is willfully ignoring caste bias after it canceled a presentation on the topic, which led to the resignation of a senior manager
The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees and an activist on caste bias. Tweets: @audreytruschke , @pransh...
Addiction scholars say cryptocurrency has characteristics that make it more addictive than sports betting, gambling, and traditional financial investing
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Tweets: @pranshuverma_ , @lucasmtny , and @coin_trades Tweets: Pranshu Verma / @pranshuverma_ : new: Crypto was supposed to make these traders rich. Instead, they go...
Experts warn anti-sexual harassment VR training offered by startups like Vantage Point and Sisu VR could trigger survivors and do little to change bad behavior
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Tweets: @cydharrell and @wolven Tweets: Cyd Harrell / @cydharrell : sometimes I wonder whether things wouldn't be a lot better if respect - rather than “empathy” - w...