Digital Ethics

Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors about the popular livestreaming site’s ability to police abusive or illegal behavior — issues that have plagued the business since its inception.

As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.

The U.S. military and FBI have previously bought access to netflow data from a company called Team Cymru. Now the IRS wants to buy products from the company too.

A security researcher found a series of vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage openers. He says he could remotely find garages to target, and then open them across the internet.

Nexx's garage locks are vulnerable to hackers over the internet. Rather than replying to requests for comment, Nexx is forcing its customers to only use Bluetooth.

Auto-GPT: A groundbreaking project or just another overhyped AI experiment? In this blog post, we unravel the truth behind the buzz and reveal the limitations that make this project unsuitable for real-world applications.

A toolkit for teams building human-centered AI products.

How Artificial Intelligence might shape the next generation of software UX

Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell lays out four fallacies that have led to overpromising and underdelivering in artificial intelligence.

Conscious machines are staples of science fiction that are often taken for granted as articles of future fact, but they are not possible.

Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what’s really happening under the hood?

Are you an AI researcher at an academic institution? Are you anxious you are not coping with the current pace of AI advancements? Do you feel you have no (or very limited) access to the computational and human resources required for an AI research breakthrough? You are not alone; we feel the same way. A growing number of AI academics can no longer find the means and resources to compete at a global scale. This is a somewhat recent phenomenon, but an accelerating one, with private actors investing enormous compute resources into cutting edge AI research. Here, we discuss what you can do to stay competitive while remaining an academic. We also briefly discuss what universities and the private sector could do improve the situation, if they are so inclined. This is not an exhaustive list of strategies, and you may not agree with all of them, but it serves to start a discussion.

A policy brief signed by 57 institutional and individual signatories, arguing that Europe should regulate "general purpose AI" (GPAI) as "high risk" under the forthcoming AI Act.

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Let’s retire this hackneyed term: while ChatGPT is good at pattern-matching, the human mind does so much more writes Evgeny Morozov

The commerce department has requested public comment on AI accountability measures for privacy and transparency

Twitter is reportedly moving forward with an in-house artificial intelligence project after buying 10,000 data center-grade GPUs..

Op-ed: Planetary impacts, escalating financial costs, and labor exploitation all factor.

I hope this letter finds you in good health. Unfortunately, the topic of this letter is grim. Your $4.4million dollar donation to the…

The AI takeover has arrived and it’s backfiring

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £12,700,000 fine to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (TikTok) for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.

Using AI as a replacement for interviewing actual users is a brilliant idea if you want to look like you made an effort, but are really looking to fill the page with superficial, stereotyped bullshit.

The two time bombs to watch

Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing.

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security

The risks inherent in the technology, plus the speed of its take-up, demonstrate why it’s so vital that we keep track of it, writes the Guardian’s head of editorial innovation, Chris Moran