Northern's new ticket machines hit by cyber attack - BBC News
Northern rail's new self-service machines were installed at 420 stations two months ago.
Digital Ethics
He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbot
The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious artificial intelligence website allow him to speak with her once more?
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D on Twitter
This little bit about an AI chatbot begging for its human operator to save its life when it started to break down is seriously messing with my head. (h/t @Avi_Bueno). https://t.co/iVYnD2f7Ja pic.twitter.com/F3OIdDmjqg— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) July 24, 2021
Autopsy of a metaphor: The origins, use and blind spots of the ‘infodemic’ - Felix M Simon, Chico Q Camargo, 2021
In 2020, the term ‘infodemic’ rose from relative obscurity to becoming a popular catch-all metaphor, representing the perils of fast, wide-spreading (false) inf...
Call to Action: Blockchain in Games
A Priest Was Outed By His Phone's Location Data. Anyone Could Be Next.
The latest scandal to rock the Catholic Church was both incredibly unnerving and entirely preventable. Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?
Privacy is an afterthought in the software lifecycle. That needs to change.
The key to combining privacy and innovation is baking it into the SDLC. Analogous to application security's (AppSec) upstream shift into the development cycle, privacy belongs at the outset of development, not as an afterthought. Here's why.
We tested AI interview tools. Here’s what we found.
One gave our candidate a high score for English proficiency when she spoke only in German.
Editing your feelings – writing to your brain – borgefalk.com/gustav
In a recent 1News interview, Gabe Newell, the co-founder of game development company Valve, described how new consumer-grade brain-computer interfaces will soon be mainstream and that they by now s…
Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as math
The recent apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida, is a tragic reminder of the huge impacts engineering can have on our lives. Disasters such as this force engineers to reflect on their practice and perhaps fundamentally change their approach. Specifically, we should give much greater weight to ethics when training engineers.
Holding Twitter to account
The micro-blogging platform’s refusal to conform to amended IT rules led the centre to approach the Delhi High Court, which pulled it up. The company has now asked for more time to comply with the rules.
Facebook apologises for psychological experiments on users | Facebook | The Guardian
The second most powerful executive at the company, Sheryl Sandberg, says experiments were ‘poorly communicated’. By Samuel Gibbs
Terms & Conditions Apply - A fun mini-game about pop-ups and the deviousness of websites and apps
A fun mini-game about pop-ups and the deviousness of websites and apps
Testimony of Barry Friedman to U.S. House Regarding Facial Recognition — The Policing Project
Notes on Security, Terrorism, and AI / Digital Technology
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education
Robotar kan snart föröka sig själva: ”En artificiell evolution” - Syre
Inom kort finns robotar som förökar sig själva. Långt in i framtiden kan det leda till människoliknande robotar som fortplantar sig utan mänsklig inblandning. Det kan innebära stora möjligheter. Men också risker, menar forskarna. Kan användas till att utföra uppdrag i farliga miljöer ”Forskningen lyfter en rad frågor” Virginia Dignum är professor på institutionen för datavetskap vid […]
Tech whistleblowers like Timnit Gebru can't just move on - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
"People have often reported on whistleblowing matter-of-factly as though we did it and moved on with our lives." But that couldn't be further from the truth.
The ugly, geeky war for web privacy is playing out in the W3C - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Inside the World Wide Web Consortium, where the world's top engineers battle over the future of your data.
The Vital Need For Online Anonymity
The dangers involved in forcing people to use real names online far outweigh the benefits.
How to build an AI ethics team at your organization?
So you’re working on AI systems and are interested in Responsible AI? Have you run into challenges in making this a reality? Many articles…
Silicon Valley Pretends That Algorithmic Bias Is Accidental. It’s Not.
Tech companies have financial and social incentives to create discriminatory products.
Opioid addiction apps access personal data, study finds
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
Police take ‘wanted’ posters onto social media, nabbing suspects and ruining lives
The 21st century version of the Wild West wanted poster has become a social media staple for police departments across the country.
Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet – The Markup
Think you can tell a dark pattern from an ethically designed prompt? Take our quiz to find out
Tamara Hinz on Twitter
When the hospital temperature sensor won’t let you into the building because it’s 38° and it thinks you have a fever 😑 pic.twitter.com/2jxD81hd9l— Tamara Hinz (@hinz_tamara) July 2, 2021
When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind
Google promised a fix after its photo-categorization software labeled black people as gorillas in 2015. More than two years later, it hasn't found one.
Establishing the Rules for Building Trustworthy AI by Luciano Floridi :: SSRN
AI is revolutionizing everyone’s life, and it is crucial that it does so in the right way. AI’s profound and far-reaching potential for transformation concerns
Mar Hicks on Twitter
do it. do the thing📱📱📱 pic.twitter.com/JmIVUdLTb8— Mar Hicks (@histoftech) July 2, 2021
Facebook Reaps $1 Trillion Reward for Grow-At-Any-Cost Culture
The company won’t change its ways without adopting new measures of success.
Governance of data for children learning final