A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia
and, I think, an indication of how the new Moscow-DC axis will tilt. — www.wired.com/story/russia... @wired.com : His life? A rags-to-riches fairy tale. A lavish wedding, a beautiful wife, five ki...
Putin, a new English-language Polish film about Vladimir Putin in which AI is used to superimpose his real face onto an actor, sparks a debate about AI use
Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland :
Sources: Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since late 2022; Putin asked Musk to not activate Starlink in Taiwan as a favor to Xi Jinping
Regular contacts between world's richest man and America's chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters
An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia's Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin's online tactics
The Country's Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too — In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known … X: @b_novak , @ridt , @oajonsson , @ridt , @ridt , ...
Telegram, used by half of Russia's 140M residents, has become a refuge for LGBTQ+ citizens, who routinely create new channels to avoid government surveillance
Sassafras Lowrey / Wired : X: @fredpagesf X: Fred Page / @fredpagesf : Life for LGBTQ+ Russians is harrowing. Over the past decade, building on anti-"gay propaganda" laws, President Vladimir Putin ha...
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 some government contractors that are helping US intelligence agencies and others use targeted mobile ads to track down people
Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, “the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man.” Mastodon: @simontsui@infosec.excha...
Elon Musk says his companies “have probably done more to undermine Russia than anything” and calls accusations that he is a Vladimir Putin apologist “absurd”
all the evidence points to the... Garry Kasparov / @kasparov63 : It's a war. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the front line, but it extends to every aspect of the free world vs authoritarians. Trump &...
A deepfake of President Vladimir Putin, built by a Saint Petersburg State University student, asked Putin about AI and doppelgangers during a public Q&A session
Interviews with Sam Altman and 20+ people in his circle reveal a complicated portrait of being brilliant but slippery, as Time names him CEO of the Year 2023
It was a strange Thanksgiving for Sam Altman. Normally, the CEO of OpenAI flies home to St. Louis to visit family. X: @kristileilani , @samraskinz , @aaltman82 , @billyperrigo , and @annmarie X: Kris...