Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live #facialrecognition tech - https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/uk_police_lfr_tender/ "Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to #privacy" #ai

#AI increasingly used for #sextortion, #scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/24/ai-increasingly-used-for-sextortion-scams-and-child-abuse-says-senior-uk-police-chief "The fast-developing technology is providing opportunities in ‘any crime type’ – and police must ‘move fast’ to catch up" sadly no surprise

#Microsoft’s controversial #Recall scraper is finally entering public preview - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/microsofts-controversial-recall-scraper-is-finally-entering-public-preview/ "Among other changes, the feature is now opt-in by default and is protected by additional encryption. Users must also re-authenticate with Windows Hello each time they access the database." #ai

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Marissa Mayer just laid out a possible business model for ad-supported #AI #chatbots - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/marissa-mayer-just-laid-out-a-possible-business-model-for-ad-supported-ai-chatbots/ nein Danke.... #adtech

Whomp-whomp: #AI PCs make users less productive - https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/ai_pcs_productivity/ "People just don't know how to talk to chatbots to get them to do useful things efficiently, Intel says"

The politics of #AI - https://www.technollama.co.uk/the-politics-of-ai "Social media influencers and podcasters demonstrate less preoccupation with #copyright compared to creative industries, rendering plausible a [US] legislative strategy aimed at punishing “woke elites” through copyright erosion." #trump

At 50, #Microsoft Is an #AI Giant, #OpenSource Lover, and as Bad as It Ever Was - https://www.wired.com/story/at-age-50-microsoft-is-an-ai-giant-an-open-source-lover-and-bad-as-it-ever-was/ "When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top." slightly hyperbolic, methinks...

UK startup launches ‘world’s first’ #AI #deepfake-detecting browser - https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-startup-launches-worlds-first-ai-deepfake-detector-browser "can detect with up to 98% accuracy whether the person you’re interacting with online is a real human or an AI imitation, the company said. " hmmm

#Iran's president orders relocation of capital - https://en.vestikavkaza.ru/material/171843 "According to him, studies on relocating the Iranian capital have already started." #tehran

The Ways #AI Decides How Low-Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive - https://www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/inescapable-ai "essentially all 92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI." #poverty

Inside the Booming ‘#AI #Pimping’ Industry - https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pimping-industry-deepfakes-instagram/ "AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media."

Wie Datenhändler #NATO und US-Militär bloßstellen - https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-files-wie-datenhaendler-nato-und-us-militaer-blossstellen/ "Die wichtigsten Stützpunkte von US-Militär und NATO in Deutschland lassen sich durch Handy-Standortdaten ausspähen, offen verkauft durch Datenhändler. " #adtech #surveillance

Noodles, AI skyscraping and survival: inside #Kowloon Walled City – in pictures - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/19/inside-kowloon-walled-city-in-pictures some striking images, both real and #AI-generated

#HarperCollins to allow tech firms to use its books to train #AI models - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/19/harpercollins-tech-firms-books-train-ai-models-nonfiction-artificial-intelligence "US children’s author Daniel Kibblesmith revealed last week that he had been offered $2,500 (£2,000)for permission to use one of his books published by HarperCollins to train AI models."

Physical AI startup BrightAI bootstraps to $80m in revenue - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/physical-ai-startup-brightai-bootstraps-to-80m-in-revenue/ "BrightAI’s sensors are constantly sending data to an #AI #algorithm that processes the data and can help catch and predict potential issues before they arise."

#Meta pushes #AI bid for UK public sector forward with technology aimed at #NHS - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/19/meta-hackathon-devises-ways-to-use-ai-system-in-uk-public-services "Tech giant awards funding to project to shorten waits in A&E, after ‘hackathon’ on using Llama system in Britain" and so it begins....

Sagence is building analog chips to run #AI - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/sagence-is-building-analog-chips-to-run-ai/ I didn't know analogue chips were even a thing...

#AI #cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/19/ai-cloning-of-celebrity-voices-outpacing-the-law-experts-warn "David Attenborough among famous people whose voices have been exploited by fraudsters"

Indian news agency sues #OpenAI alleging #copyright infringement - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/indian-news-agency-sues-openai-alleging-copyright-infringement/ "could set a precedent for how #AI companies use copyrighted news content in the world’s most populous nation." #india