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"Humans are capable of strategically deceptive behavior: behaving helpfully in most situations, but then behaving very differently in order to pursue alternative objectives when gi…

"The detective’s request to run a DNA-generated estimation of a suspect’s face through facial recognition tech has not previously been reported. Found in a trove of hacked police r…

Kyle Chayka: "What I worry about is the passivity of consumption that we've been pushed into, the ways that we're encouraged not to think about the culture we're consuming, to not …

“There is a distinct difference between the two policies, as the former clearly outlines that weapons development, and military and warfare is disallowed, while the latter emphasiz…

"If there’s one thing which probably unites all of Hackaday’s community, it’s a love of technology. We live to hear about the very latest developments before anyone else, and the c…

Another question that troubles Olympics security watchers is how long the system should remain in place. “It is very common for governments that want more surveillance to use some …

Reply hazy, concentrate and ask again.

The Medium article (linked) is a write up of this ~5 min video from @emilymbender. It is a very good summary of the current state of AI from a virtual roundtable convened by Congre…

"...and in the darkness, bind them." A sincere "thank you" to all the determined Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves and Ents helping to keep the TOR network up and running. "Mission: To advan…

Here's a related Intercept article re: TwitX from today: https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-purchase/ This recent PBS Frontline episode was also quite good: http…