Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @olaf@social.secr...
Crunchbase: Black US founders raised ~$39.7M, or 0.13% of all capital allocated to startups in Q3 2023, down from $212M in Q2, $352M in Q1, and $1B in Q3 2022
it fell 20x. https://techcrunch.com/... Tawana Petty / @poettpetty : “To many Black founders, the dip in funding was expected. A lot of the diversity, equity and inclusion promises made after 2020 wer...
Travelers can say no to a TSA facial recognition scan, but some TSA agents tell travelers the scan is required or that refusing will cause a significant delay
Let's ask two questions about airports' use of facial recognition: Is it truly voluntary? And is it worth it? Twitter: @evan_greer , @pettypropolis , @ajlamesa , and @greta Twitter: @evan_greer : “Op...
Tel Aviv-based startup Hour One is paying people to use their likenesses to create AI-voiced characters for marketing and educational videos for its clients
i.e. they scan your face while you make expressions and talk, then they can autogenerate you saying *anything* for ads, promo, customer service, etc: https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Bill Fitzger...
Tel Aviv-based startup Hour One is paying people to use their likenesses to create AI-voiced characters for marketing and educational videos for its clients
AI-powered characters based on real people can star in thousands of videos and say anything, in any language. Tweets: @strwbilly , @timsowula , @pomeranian99 , @carolhtucker , @giano , @funnymonkey , ...
Ahead of a key contract renewal date, activists are pushing to end facial recognition use in Detroit, the US city with the highest percentage of Black residents
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng , @edmarkey , @phil_lewis_ , @combsthepoet , and @alfredwkng Tweets: @alfredwkng : New: Detroit is the largest city in the US with a majority Black population. ...