In an experiment, GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp expressed secular, Western liberal values regardless of the language of the questions
mildly surprising to me that the answer was ‘no’! (h/t @otis_reid) [image] Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : Chatbots espousing cosmopolitan liberal values in all languages could have some interestin...
Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits
China is pulling the same trick. — www.ft.com/content/747a... Mastodon: Brian Kung / @briankung@hachyderm.io : “There's a pretty delicious, or maybe disconcerting irony to this, given OpenAI's found...
The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker Paragon
Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.
How chips made by US companies like Analog Devices, Germany's Infineon, and others power Russian missiles used to attack Ukraine, despite US export controls
Bloomberg : Mastodon: @hanse_mina@mastodon.social . X: @rfriedman305 and @stephanibaker Mastodon: Hanse Mina / @hanse_mina@mastodon.social : Oleksandr Vysikan's job, studying components from weapons ...
How Russia uses specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds, and middlemen in China to buy Cisco and other Western tech to maintain its economy
Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained … X: @auroraalmendral and @ldrogen X: Aurora Almendral / @auroraalmendral : Inc...
Italy's privacy regulator temporarily bans ChatGPT and probes OpenAI, claiming the company has no legal basis for “mass collection and storage of personal data”
The Privacy Layer for ChatGPT — Safely leverage ChatGPT for your business without compromising privacy. John Hendel / Politico : 5 questions for Brenda Darden Wilkerson Adaeze Uche / MakeUseOf : Why...
Since Elon Musk's takeover, sources say Twitter has in some cases chosen not to pay vendors, as it reviews and renegotiates deals to cut expenses
Good morning! FTX's lawyers painted a startling picture of the company in a bankruptcy court yesterday. Kali Hays / Insider : Elon Musk puts an end to some Twitter perks, limits expenses due to compa...
Experts and Western officials say the Egyptian government's Android app for the COP27 climate summit could help spy on emails, messages, and voice conversations
Western security advisers are warning delegates at the COP27 climate summit not to download the host Egyptian government's …
Former US national security officials form the Open Source Intelligence Foundation to promote analyzing public data like social media posts for intel-gathering
a comprehensive institutional response to the incentives problem is needed.” Check out @ChinmayiSharma's @lawfareblog article on open-source security: https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... https://twitter....
Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries
UkraineX: — How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground — From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,