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5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance Mar 11, 2024

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On Tuesday the country’s techiest city backed a ballot proposition that tapped into concerns about crime, giving the police more freedom to use drones and other surveillance technology.

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The Fear That Inspired the Creation of OpenAI Mar 08, 2024

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Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman, and other cofounders were motivated by fears of Google's dominance.

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The Dark Side of Open Source AI Image Generators Mar 07, 2024

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Open source tools allow anyone to make AI art. They have also been used to produce nonconsensual deepfake porn.

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The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways Mar 06, 2024

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As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat.

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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Breach of Contract Mar 05, 2024

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In the lawsuit, Musk claims OpenAI has abandoned its mission to develop AI for the benefit humanity.

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Here Come the AI Worms Mar 04, 2024

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Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.

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The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started Mar 01, 2024

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Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable.

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Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament Feb 29, 2024

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In an interview with WIRED, the politician behind the ban hits out at Amazon for being evasive about working conditions in its warehouses.

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The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands Feb 28, 2024

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If the court backs provocative laws from Texas and Florida that limit social platforms’ ability to moderate content online, life could become radically different.

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He Helped Expose Wirecard's Fraud. Now His Startup Tries to Make Whistleblowing Safer Feb 27, 2024

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Pav Gill says he suffered retaliation after he raised the alarm about fraud at German payments giant Wirecard. His startup Confide aims to protect future whistleblowers from harm.

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