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Musk Warns of Killer AI " While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (445+ words) In his lawsuit against Open AI, Elon Musk evoked a "Terminator" scenario. He said nothing about the people AI is already killing. The bitter courtroom brawl between Elon Musk and Sam Altman captivating the tech industry this week revolves in…...
Google's AI Detection Tool Can't Decide if Its Own AI Made Doctored Photo of Crying Activist
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (980+ words) Google's Synth ID AI detection tool flip-flopped when asked if an image posted by the White House was altered by Google's own AI. When the official White House X account posted an image depicting activist Nekima Levy Armstrong in tears…...
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About Putting Data Centers in Space?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (948+ words) Space is cold and has abundant solar energy " the very things data centers need. Experts tell us it's not that simple. Data centers present sprawling engineering and political problems, with ravenous appetites for land and resources. Building them on Earth…...
AI's Imperial Agenda with Karen Hao
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1865+ words) Empire of AI" author Karen Hao on how Silicon Valley's young AI companies parallel colonial empires of old. After Open AI CEO Sam Altman launched Chat GPT in 2022, the race for dominance in the field of artificial intelligence hit warp…...
Real Estate Website Redfin Exposed Users" Personal Information
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (476+ words) Contact forms on Redfin real estate listings displayed past users" names, email addresses, and phone numbers. Because of a website security snafu, the online real estate platform Redfin made random users" names, email addresses, and phone numbers available to others…...
Department of War Doesn't Defend its Web Streams From Hackers
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (494+ words) The Pentagon publicly posts the stream keys to its Facebook, You Tube, and X channels, exposing livestreams to account takeovers. The newly renamed Department of War has publicly posted the stream keys of its Facebook, X, and You Tube channels…...
Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (337+ words) A U. S. Border Patrol "Industry Day" deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls. U. S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking "advanced AI" technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly…...
Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots To Go Full Nazi
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (454+ words) Grok's recent antisemitic turn is not an aberration, but part of a pattern of AI chatbots churning out hateful drivel. This isn't, however, the first time that AI chatbots have made antisemitic or racist remarks; in fact it's just the…...