Meta's Yann LeCun says regulating R&D for AI “is incredibly counterproductive” and only serves to reinforce the dominance of Big Tech and stifle competition
Their innovation is about running over peoples autonomy [embedded post] X: Stephanie Hare / @hare_brain : “There's no question that we'll have machines assisting us that are smarter than us. And the q...
Emails: some UK Home Office officials lobbied the ICO to act “favorably” towards Facewatch, which is rolling out facial recognition tech across the country
Officials reflected policing minister's enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settings X: @allytibbitt , @silkiecarlo , @hare_brain , and @daviddav...
“Religious” chatbots, based on the Bhagavad Gita, emerge in India, with millions using them, some answering ~50K questions per day and others condoning violence
Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script. — • NEW DELHI, INDIA Tweets: @cengizyar , @hare_brain , and @karan_singhs Tweets: Cengiz / @cengizyar : Talk to you...
Q&A with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on OpenAI's ChatGPT, research into LLMs, companies using AI, Deep Blue and chess, practical uses for generative AI, and more
Richard Waters / Financial Times : Tweets: @carlquintanilla and @hare_brain Tweets: Carl Quintanilla / @carlquintanilla : IBM CEO: “We do have a shortage of labour in the real world and that's becaus...
Investigation: starting in November 2021, OpenAI contracted Kenya-based Sama to label violent and toxic content, paying workers $2/hour, to improve ChatGPT
Content warning: this story contains descriptions of sexual abuse — ChatGPT was hailed as one 2022's most impressive technological … Mastodon: @karengregory@mastodon.scot , @parismarx@mastodon.onlin...
Purdue University expands semiconductor education as some estimates say the US' chip reshoring effort needs 50,000+ new engineers over the next five years
Purdue University races to expand semiconductor education to fill yawning workforce gap that threatens reshoring effort Tweets: @hare_brain , @costasamaras46 , @trevorpeterstv , and @jimpethokoukis Tw...
Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in Ireland's High Court on behalf of traumatized content moderators
innocent or guilty — could be mangled by systems beyond their control. And she learned how to beat billion$ opponents with a fraction of the financial firepower. She describes her work as “asymmetric ...
A look at efforts by developers, hobbyists, and students in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and other Asian countries to track and offer information about COVID-19
Bloomberg : Tweets: @hare_brain and @quicktake Tweets: Stephanie Hare / @hare_brain : “Taiwan's digital minister, Audrey Tang, was a civic hacker before joining the cabinet in 2016. She created her g...
How GCHQ, the UK's intelligence service, has adapted to evolving tech and security threats and the challenges in recruiting and retaining its ~6,000 staff
David Bond / Financial Times : Tweets: @hare_brain , @hoofnagle , @estherbintliff , and @djbond6873 Tweets: Stephanie Hare / @hare_brain : “Paul cites an example of a UK developer who has created a p...
How GCHQ, the UK's intelligence service, has adapted to evolving tech and security threats and the challenges in recruiting and retaining its ~6,000 staff
Five years ago, Rob, a 38-year-old father of two, was fitting kitchens and bathrooms for a living. Now he is a digital spy. Tweets: @hoofnagle , @hare_brain , @estherbintliff , and @djbond6873 Tweets...