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New research suggests that advanced AI models may be easier to hack than previously thought, raising concerns about the safety and security of some leading AI models already used by businesses and consumers. trib.al/0nZtPBW
AI's ability to 'think' makes it more vulnerable to new jailbreak attacks, new research suggests | Fortune
A new study suggests that the advanced reasoning powering today’s AI models can weaken their safety systems.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New research suggests that advanced AI models may be easier to hack than previously thought, raising concerns about the safety and security of some leading AI models already used by businesses and consumers. trib.al/0nZtPBW
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Despite 83,000 public cameras, crime in Mexico City remains high—and widespread surveillance raises myriad ethical issues. www.wired.com/story/mexico...
Mexico City Is the Most Video-Surveilled Metropolis in the Americas
Despite 83,000 public cameras, crime in Mexico City remains high—and widespread surveillance raises myriad ethical issues.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Despite 83,000 public cameras, crime in Mexico City remains high—and widespread surveillance raises myriad ethical issues. www.wired.com/story/mexico...
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ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
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Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
wrd.cm
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
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In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
How Data Centers Actually Work
In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
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Early warning signs suggest this whole services-industry metamorphosis may be more complicated than VCs anticipate.
The AI services transformation may be harder than VCs think | TechCrunch
Early warning signs suggest this whole services-industry metamorphosis may be more complicated than VCs anticipate.
techcrunch.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Early warning signs suggest this whole services-industry metamorphosis may be more complicated than VCs anticipate.
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In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.
The New Math of Quantum Cryptography
In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.
wrd.cm
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.
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If you think online age verification mandates are the key to holding Big Tech companies accountable, you need to see what’s happening in Mississippi. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For
If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign
www.eff.org
September 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you think online age verification mandates are the key to holding Big Tech companies accountable, you need to see what’s happening in Mississippi. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI? on.ft.com/4oB5gd5 | opinion
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing
on.ft.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI? on.ft.com/4oB5gd5 | opinion
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Coming to Cheyenne: An AI data center that will require more electricity than what's needed to power all Wyoming homes apnews.com/article/ai-a...
Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
apnews.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Coming to Cheyenne: An AI data center that will require more electricity than what's needed to power all Wyoming homes apnews.com/article/ai-a...
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For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data
For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data | TechCrunch
AI tools are increasingly asking for gross levels of access to your personal data under the guise of needing it to work.
techcrunch.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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People are generating more digital records than ever before, resulting in a catalog of clutter. @michaelwaters.bsky.social reports on how our very online lives might reshape the study of history:
Archivists Aren’t Ready for the ‘Very Online’ Era
The challenge: how to catalog and derive meaning from so much digital clutter
bit.ly
June 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
People are generating more digital records than ever before, resulting in a catalog of clutter. @michaelwaters.bsky.social reports on how our very online lives might reshape the study of history:
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In Opinion
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
The influence of A.I. companies now extends well beyond the realm of business.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In Opinion
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
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A recent report spells out a chilling scenario in which “superintelligent” A.I. systems either dominate or exterminate the human race by 2030. Another claims that A.I. technology will remain “normal.” How can researchers hold such disparate views?
Two Paths for A.I.
The technology is complicated, but our choices are simple: we can remain passive, or assert control.
www.newyorker.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A recent report spells out a chilling scenario in which “superintelligent” A.I. systems either dominate or exterminate the human race by 2030. Another claims that A.I. technology will remain “normal.” How can researchers hold such disparate views?
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A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
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An equitable system would push the cost of large-scale industrial electricity use onto the firms using it, rather than having consumers subsidize industry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
An equitable system would push the cost of large-scale industrial electricity use onto the firms using it, rather than having consumers subsidize industry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...
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New from me: chatbots for schoolchildren dispensed dangerous information — including instructions for how to synthesize fentanyl and a date rape drug — in tests conducted by Forbes.
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
AI Tutors For Kids Gave Fentanyl Recipes And Dangerous Diet Advice
AI study aid chatbots for teen users provided detailed recipes for drugs, dangerous dieting advice, and tips on “pickup artistry” in tests conducted by Forbes.
www.forbes.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New from me: chatbots for schoolchildren dispensed dangerous information — including instructions for how to synthesize fentanyl and a date rape drug — in tests conducted by Forbes.
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
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A growing number of the nation’s top tech firms have hired remote IT workers, only to discover that the employees were actually North Korean cyber operatives.
According to experts, the plot tends to follow a similar playbook 👇
According to experts, the plot tends to follow a similar playbook 👇
Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives
Cybersecurity firms say that the intricate scam to amass funding for North Korea’s weapons program is happening “on a scale we haven’t seen before.”
www.politico.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A growing number of the nation’s top tech firms have hired remote IT workers, only to discover that the employees were actually North Korean cyber operatives.
According to experts, the plot tends to follow a similar playbook 👇
According to experts, the plot tends to follow a similar playbook 👇
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People feel more lonely, in part because so many of our relationships are mediated by social media.
Instead of atoning for the harms of his platforms, Mark Zuckerberg has a new tech solution: he’s going to give us all a bunch of Meta-powered AI friends. It’s an even more dystopian future.
Instead of atoning for the harms of his platforms, Mark Zuckerberg has a new tech solution: he’s going to give us all a bunch of Meta-powered AI friends. It’s an even more dystopian future.
Mark Zuckerberg wants to you be lonely and miserable
That’s the only way he’ll profit from selling you AI friends
www.disconnect.blog
May 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
People feel more lonely, in part because so many of our relationships are mediated by social media.
Instead of atoning for the harms of his platforms, Mark Zuckerberg has a new tech solution: he’s going to give us all a bunch of Meta-powered AI friends. It’s an even more dystopian future.
Instead of atoning for the harms of his platforms, Mark Zuckerberg has a new tech solution: he’s going to give us all a bunch of Meta-powered AI friends. It’s an even more dystopian future.
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New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social:
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social:
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
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“Science and technology do not have values in themselves. It is we human beings who have values. And it is the responsibility of scientists and technologists, both as specialists and as citizens of the world, to help advise policy makers and governments,” Alan Lightman and Martin Rees write.
How Scientists Can Be Good Citizens
We have a responsibility to ensure that our discoveries are used in the public interest. That isn’t always easy.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“Science and technology do not have values in themselves. It is we human beings who have values. And it is the responsibility of scientists and technologists, both as specialists and as citizens of the world, to help advise policy makers and governments,” Alan Lightman and Martin Rees write.
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A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectronics. www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria
A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectronics.
www.wired.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectronics. www.wired.com/story/scient...