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Calls for US Facial Recognition Ban Grow After Mom Booted From Theater Over Her Job
“This is exactly why we need an outright ban on all use of facial recognition surveillance in places of public accommodation like bars, restaurants,…
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Maybe Those Luddites Had a Point
What would breaking the machines look like in our time? It feels an impossible question to even ask. Twenty-three minutes. That’s how long it…
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AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social…
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When AI Comes for the Journalists
Human journalists are flawed. But we are accountable. That’s the difference. All at once, it seems, the many dire warnings about artificial intelligence are…
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Child Advocates Rebuke ‘Beyond Appalling’ Facebook Push to Allow Kids in the Metaverse
“Should Meta throw open the doors of these worlds to minors rather than pause to protect them, you would, yet again, demonstrate your company…
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Experts Fear Future AI Could Cause ‘Nuclear-Level Catastrophe’
Asked about the chances of the technology “wiping out humanity,” AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned that “it’s not inconceivable.” While nearly three-quarters of researchers…
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Experts Demand ‘Pause’ on Spread of Artificial Intelligence Until Regulations Imposed
Businesses are deploying potentially dangerous AI tools faster than their harms can be understood or mitigated,” Public Citizen warns. “History offers no reason to…
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Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States
They are already richer than many countries, and the rise of AI looks set to increase their influence. A few years ago, I was…
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Journalists, Rights Groups Urge Ban on ‘Sinister’ Spyware Like Pegasus
“The use of spyware and unlawful targeted surveillance violates the fundamental rights of freedom of expression and access to information, peaceful assembly and association,…
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A Few Thoughts on ‘Less Than Artificial Intelligence’ From a Human Practioner
I must admit that AI, whatever its positives, looks like anything but what the world needs right now to save us from a hell…
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Watchdog Calls for 2024 US Campaigns to Make ‘No Deepfake’ Pledge
“The technology will create legions of opportunities to deceive and defraud voters in ways that extend well beyond any First Amendment protections for political…
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Technology Will Not Restore Our Pre-Climate Crisis Future
In coming decades, it will be essential that communities across the nation and world find a way to sustain a decent life amid ecological…
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US Surgeon General Warns Social Media Poses ‘Profound Risk’ to Mental Health of Kids
The White House also announced actions to protect children online, winning praise for the administration’s “continued commitment to creating a safer, less exploitative digital…
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Experts Urge Action to Mitigate ‘Risk of Extinction From AI’
It “should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” says a new statement signed by dozens of…
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Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
“We trusted the government not to screw us,” said Edward Snowden. “But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of…
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Tesla Leads Industry for Crashes and Deaths Involving Driver-Assistance Tech
“Tesla is having more severe—and fatal—crashes than people in a normal data set,” one expert said. Cars using Tesla’s Autopilot mode have been involved…
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If You’re Driving Off a Cliff, Do You Need a Faster Car?
Artificial intelligence and the fate of the world. Eliezer Yudkowsky, co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, thinks artificial intelligence (AI) will kill us all.…
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EU Praised for Urging Google Breakup Over Online Ad Market Domination
“Antitrust enforcers worldwide agree: We must break up Google’s advertising monopoly,” said one expert. “As the commission said in its statement, it is the…
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Beware the Coming Flood of Frankenstein Chatbots
BIG TECH is rushing way ahead of any legal framework for AI in the quest for big profits, while pushing for self-regulation instead of…
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A Late, Great Texan’s Invention Is Helping His State Through the Heat
John Goodenough, who is known as the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, died Monday at 100. John Goodenough, who died Monday at the age…