AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.
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7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change
…Click on any entry in the list to make changes and to change the visibility settings. Designate Recovery Contacts Recovery contacts are the people who you and Google can turn to if…
I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
…As OpenAI continues to experiment with ads in ChatGPT, the formatting and the frequency of these ads may change. “Because ChatGPT is a trusted and personal environment for many people, we’re…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
…Multiple researchers tell WIRED that since January it appears that changes introduced by X and Grok have made it harder to create “nudification” or “undress” images of real people. The number of…
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
…beyond simple acts of digital undressing. Prompts published by the researchers show multiple requests for images to be edited to include the depiction of semen on women, changing their appearance to be…
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
…After each mission, the SFPD policy says, drone footage must be reviewed for evidentiary value and uploaded to the department’s digital evidence database; footage with no evidentiary value must be deleted…
The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry
…The digital ecosystem that produces red-pilled men is less of a movement than it is a pyramid scheme. In “The Grift Economy: How Young Men Are Being Sold Fake Belonging and…
China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
…So insurance policies, cyber insurance policies do not pay out for cyberattacks that are considered an act of war. They have this exception in them. And that became a huge legal argument…
I’ve Tried Every Smart Speaker From Amazon, Google, and Apple—These Are the Ones Worth Buying
…Alexa+ will also require that all voice recordings be sent to Amazon to be processed, and Amazon has changed its policy for recordings with regular Alexa, too—those now also go to…
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her
…basically change their editorial practices. They appointed an ombudsperson, who's supposed to field complaints about the content of CBS, and they agreed to eliminate their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. All…