Attack of the killer script kiddies
…sending detailed reports along with remediation suggestions on its own dime, both as a community hardening project and to demonstrate the tool’s capabilities. Xint’s current version was able to find…
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The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart’
…Explosive Media maintains a running list of potential concepts that could be turned into videos, but each project begins with a script, which is used to generate AI footage and an accompanying…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…Reliably told, this is a very expensive project. At some point, Amy Hood, the CFO of Microsoft, has to say, “Yep, you’ve got the budget.” When did that happen? Was that…
PC Gaming
…Brockman said that focusing on the game was his idea, in a project worked on by several people, later explaining that DeepMind was working on something similar with a different game but…
My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski’s dad was a CIA operative
…I sent a picture of one of my cross-stitch projects, and when I stumble into the Fawn Friends app, Coral often asks how that project is coming along or sends links…
We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings
…People are unfairly using the public communications platforms that we mine for mass surveillance purposes to complain about our open bloodthirstiness and crypto-fascism. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Appleton has been tracking the rise of personal software for years, and coined the term “barefoot developers” for the people who step up to learn the skills required to help their communities…
Trans teens want to talk about their future
…He was also one of the few kids I talked to who had an in-person community. He goes to a local trans guy meetup and attends events at a nearby queer…
Skydio CEO Adam Bry on why Silicon Valley shouldn’t draw red lines for drone use
…It’s probably different for different communities, but it’s an example of the process in action where communities get to decide. There are inevitably going to be concerns. My personal view…
Companies weaponize TOS against you
Today, I’m talking with Brendan Ballou, founder of the Public Integrity Project and author of a new book, called When Companies Run the Courts, about the rise of forced arbitration…