In 1999, I asked David Gerrold to write a "future of computing" prediction for the magazine where I was Technology Editor. Here's what he wrote. https://t.co/UAMM0Pm4W6
I took (most of) January off from writing to take a step back and observe. Writing week in and out, as I did last year, keeps one pretty close to the subject — maybe even too close. And what I no...
Machine Learning lives in an uncanny valley btw Science and Engineering.It's the worst of both worlds.We don't care about understanding, just making things "work" (bad science).We don't care if things work in the real world, just on contrived benchmarks (bad engineering).— David Krueger (@DavidSKrueger) January 29, 2022
Fingerprinting is bad. It's a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has
In interviews with AI experts, IEEE Spectrum has uncovered six real-world AI worst-case scenarios that are far more mundane than those sci-fi robot apocalypses depicted in the movies. But they’re no less dystopian. And most don’t require a malevolent dictator to bring them to full fruition.
European parliament backs big limits on tracking ads – TechCrunch
The European Parliament has definitively backed major limits on behavioral advertising during a plenary vote on amendments to the pan-EU Digital Services Act (DSA). The move looks set to crank up pressure on Big Tech business models that rely on pervasive tracking and profiling of users to target a…
Meta removes Iran-based fake accounts targeting Instagram users in Scotland
Facebook parent Meta Platforms removed a network of fake accounts that originated in Iran and targeted Instagram users in Scotland with content supporting Scottish independence, the company's investigators said on Thursday.
A federal judge just ordered 13yrs of targeted discovery on all communications by Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg related to a cover-up on their largest breach of trust in company history. I bet anyone this ends up badly for them considering they paid the FTC $5B to avoid it.
Max Schrems (NOYB) delivered a talk for UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law in January 2022.
Chaired by Professor Sir Robin Jacob (UCL)
with an introduction by Amanda Harcourt (UCL)
You can see the work of NOYB and support them at:
https://noyb.eu/en
Current AI Practices Could Be Enabling a New Generation of Copyright Trolls
A new research collaboration between Huawei and academia suggests that a great deal of the most important current research in artificial intelligence and machine learning could be exposed to litigation as soon as it becomes commercially prominent, because the datasets that make breakthroughs possible are being distributed with invalid licenses that do not respect the […]
This is fucking wild. Norton "Antivirus" now sneakily installs cryptomining software on your computer, and then SKIMS A COMMISSION. https://t.co/6s2otyCd78— Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) January 4, 2022
Tek Fog: An App With BJP Footprints for Cyber Troops to Automate Hate, Manipulate Trends
The Wire investigates claims behind the use of ‘Tek Fog’, a highly sophisticated app used by online operatives to hijack major social media and encrypted messaging platforms and amplify right-wing propaganda to a domestic audience.
Maori newsreader becomes first person with traditional chin tattoo to anchor primetime news bulletin | Daily Mail Online
Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin in New Zealand on Monday.