3 Life Lessons From the Man Who Saved the World
What we can learn from the Soviet Colonel who saved billions of lives
Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices - The Conversation via inkl
Why Big Tech pays poor Kenyans to teach self-driving cars
The data that powers the most cutting edge technology in Silicon Valley begins in Nairobi's slum.
Abeba Birhane on Twitter
3 weeks ago LAION-400M dataset (now a billion+), first Image-Alt-text pair dataset of this scale was released. @vinayprabhu, @MannyKayy & I dug into it https://t.co/6JG4c876tV Long tread 1/Warning: paper contains NSFW content that may be disturbing, distressing &/or offensive pic.twitter.com/pv5BTyWhLm— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) October 6, 2021
LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments On 20 Million Users Over Five Years - New York Times via inkl
LinkedIn ran experiments on more than 20 million users over five years that, while intended to improve how the platform…
My iPhone 14 Fell Off My Motorcycle and Told My Family I Crashed
I'm grateful for the iPhone 14's crash-detection feature, but it turned a minor phone mishap into a terrifying afternoon for my loved ones.
Nobel Prize lecture: Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize 2021
The Nobel Prize lecture by Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021 Maria Ressa was delivered in Oslo, Norway on 10 December 2021.
Read the lecture in English, Norwegian, or Russian at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/ressa/lecture/
Your boss thinks you just don't work as hard at home, major Microsoft survey finds
The disconnect is leading to paranoia and "productivity theater."
AI Ethics Watch on Twitter
An Overview of AI Ethics and #TrustworthyAI#AIEthics #EthicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Algorithm #Algorithms #Data #Digital #Tech #Technology #Ethics #Ethical #Policy #Governance #Politics https://t.co/Oi75nJZ88r— AI Ethics Watch (@AIEthicsWatch) September 24, 2022
AI Ethics Watch on Twitter
Bringing Animals Into AI Ethics#AIEthics #EthicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Algorithm #Algorithms #Data #Digital #Tech #Technology #Ethics #Ethical #Policy #Governance #Politics https://t.co/s4KLd4htg9— AI Ethics Watch (@AIEthicsWatch) September 24, 2022
A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It
An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.
Dr. Damien P. Williams, MA, MSc, PhD, Patternist on Twitter
The FUCK you will. Remember when we told you deepfakes would increase the mistrust, alienation, & epistemic crisis already underway in this culture? Yeah that. That times a LOT."Amazon has a plan to make Alexa mimic anyone's voice [w/o their consent]"https://t.co/kXm4EXKgp8— Dr. Damien P. Williams, MA, MSc, PhD, Patternist (@Wolven) June 22, 2022
AI Ethics Watch on Twitter
#EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us#AIEthics #EthicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Algorithm #Algorithms #Data #Digital #Tech #Technology #Ethics #Ethical #Policy #Governance #Politics https://t.co/CL64tEVbKq— AI Ethics Watch (@AIEthicsWatch) September 24, 2022
GitHub - daviddao/awful-ai: 😈Awful AI is a curated list to track current scary usages of AI - hoping to raise awareness
😈Awful AI is a curated list to track current scary usages of AI - hoping to raise awareness - GitHub - daviddao/awful-ai: 😈Awful AI is a curated list to track current scary usages of AI - hoping to...
Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence on Twitter
The Algorithm: AI-generated art raises tricky questions about ethics, copyright, and security https://t.co/B3rcsUpl11— Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (@IEAITUM) September 24, 2022
Gmail creates “Spam Emails”, despite CJEU judgment
Today, noyb.eu filed a complaint against Google with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL). The tech giant has repeatedly ignored the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling on direct marketing
Ian Linkletter on Twitter
Microsoft in 2020: We unreservedly apologize for "Productivity Score" and are changing the product not to spy on individuals. We're sorry. Productivity Score was a terrible idea and we understand why people were upset. It won't happen again, we promise. https://t.co/naZMu9V9hn— Ian Linkletter (@Linkletter) September 18, 2022
How LinkedIn Became a Place to Overshare
“This isn’t Facebook,” users complain. But others are finding it a valuable place to talk about much more than work.
What we learned when Twitter whistleblower Mudge testified to Congress
Twitter's former security head testified that the FBI warned Twitter it had a Chinese spy on staff.
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The Spell Checker in Your Web Browser Could Have Leaked Your Passwords
The extended spell checkers in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge can leak sensitive information, once again highlighting our dependence on online services and features.
NZ police illegally collecting biometric data from Māori, new investigation suggests | Biometric Update
The new probe comes weeks after the OPC launched enforcement action against the police in December 2021 for breaching privacy obligations.
Why do younger generations love subtitles? - The Hustle
Netflix and TikTok have helped bring captions to the masses.
The Follower
Using open cameras and AI to find how an Instagram photo is taken. Project by Dries Depoorter.
J. Nathan Matias on Twitter
Tech + research folks: what would you consider to be the closest calls & worst failures on ethics in public-interest research on tech & society?If you're not comfortable sharing publicly, you can also DM. pic.twitter.com/pN7CQnUD2C— J. Nathan Matias (@natematias) September 18, 2022
Taiwan’s amateur fact-checkers wage war on fake news from China - Al Jazeera via inkl
Government issues advisory for Zoom users: Details - Livemint via inkl
Categorized under ‘Medium’ threat level, the vulnerabilities, CERT-In says can allow a hacker to bypass implemented security restrictions on the…
YouTube ends experiment that forced users to watch large unskippable ads - Livemint via inkl
A YouTube spokesperson said that YouTube’s experiments with bumper ads has now ‘concluded’.
Talk to the hand: How to stop Samsung tracking you on your TV - Evening Standard via inkl
Samsung is making smart TV owners wade through pages of settings to avoid being tracked by online advertisers
Recycling data centers' heat could be an environmental win-win - Axios via inkl
Cities in Sweden and Norway are aiming to recycle the heat given off by data centers.
Modern ID systems: Watching a global identity crisis unfold
On International Identity Day, it is time to question whether technology-based identity systems are actually inclusive.