Some TikTok users say the app has changed, expressing trepidation and paranoia over its complimentary mentions of Trump in its goodbye and welcome back messages
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An investigation finds 15 police departments across 12 US states have arrested suspects identified through facial recognition without having any other evidence
“law enforcement agencies across the nation are using the [AI] tools in a way they were never intended to be used: as a shortcut to finding and arresting suspects without other evidence.” — www.wash...
Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Michael Dell, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Anil Dash / @anildash : Absolutely pathetic behavior. He said he was going to throw you in prison and you still can't help sucking up to a fascist. Matt Navarra / @mat...
An analysis of the top 100 US congressional X accounts: since July 2023, Republicans had nearly all the posts with 20M+ views and saw bigger gains in followers
A Washington Post analysis found that Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the …
Some Ukrainian soldiers say SpaceX has not done enough to crack down on illicit use of Starlink terminals by Russia to power its advance in Ukraine
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YouTube takes down Tenet Media and four other channels after the US DOJ alleged that Russia was paying US right-wing political influencers to produce content
The reverberations from indictments this week over Russian influence buying continue to spread. Will Shanklin / Engadget : YouTube terminates five right-wing channels linked to the DOJ's Russia indict...
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time on August 12; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack”
but Elon Musk Desperately Needs Him Back Simon Sharwood / The Register : Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS Emily Dreibelbis / PCMag : Musk Blames DDoS Attack For 40-Minute De...
Sources: some of OpenAI's safety team felt pressured to speed through a safety protocol to meet GPT-4o's launch; Open AI says it “didn't cut corners” on safety
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An investigation details how Chinese gangs, Chinese officials, and Myanmar's Junta made Myanmar's Kokang region a key hub in the global online scam industry
Washington Post : X: @tmclaughlin3 , @shibanimahtani , @washingtonpost , @silvermanjacob , @zachabuza , and @shibanimahtani . LinkedIn: Shibani Mahtani X: Timothy McLaughlin / @tmclaughlin3 : The Mya...
A look at the growing number of startups offering AI deepfake detection services, with some claiming startling levels of accuracy despite untested capabilities
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