2024-06-07
Interesting take from BELLINGCAT's founder: “....communities who believe in conspiracy theories (don't) generally believe they're conspiracy theorists. They believe they're truth seekers fighting against some source of authority that is betraying us all.” https://apple.news/...
Wired
Q&A with Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on running the world's foremost open source intelligence agency, AI-generated content, legal accountability, and more
Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits … X: @eliothiggins and @jeffnesbit . LinkedI...
2023-01-15
“He likes the ideas of universal basic income, under which every citizen is given a monthly stipend from the government, and universal basic services, where the state pays for basic living standards like transportation or housing.” https://time.com/...
TIME
A profile of, and interview with, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AGI, “not moving fast and breaking things”, launching the Sparrow chatbot in 2023, and more
Demis Hassabis stands halfway up a spiral staircase, surveying the cathedral he built. Tweets: @glenngabe , @billyperrigo , @paulroetzer , @time , @eileentso , @jeffnesbit , @sarth...
2021-01-29
Whoa. “Apple CEO Tim Cook linked Facebook's business model, which uses data to serve targeted ads, with real-world consequences like violence or reducing public trust in vaccines.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
9to5Mac
In an apparent swipe at Zuckerberg, Tim Cook says that valuing engagement over privacy leads to “polarization” and “violence” and such businesses need reform
from safeguarding your health & financial data to guarding against algorithms that perpetuate rampant misinformation. We need transparency and reform. Jason Snell / @jsnell : Tim C...