@jamesahammerton.bsky.social
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There's an interesting debate in this thread about the limitations on allowing third-party interventions in the UK Supreme Court, in relation to the FWS decision.
Take this.
Sex Matters were a party *below*; it was the Inner House joined them as interveners.
The UKSC added the EHRC, Amnesty and the LGBA group. Hardly a ratio of those vociferously arguing against the Scottish Ministers’ position.
You’d struggle to gather that from the below.
Sex Matters were a party *below*; it was the Inner House joined them as interveners.
The UKSC added the EHRC, Amnesty and the LGBA group. Hardly a ratio of those vociferously arguing against the Scottish Ministers’ position.
You’d struggle to gather that from the below.
April 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
There's an interesting debate in this thread about the limitations on allowing third-party interventions in the UK Supreme Court, in relation to the FWS decision.
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‘Absurd’
When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷
Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.
It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.
When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷
Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.
It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.
Representatives for ten top UK news organisations spent Friday unsuccessfully camped outside the doors of a secret tribunal waiting to argue an “unprecedented” appeal over access to Apple users' data underway inside must be heard in public
Press shut out of Home Office’s Snoopers’ Charter Apple encryption tribunal
UK news organisations unsuccessfully waited all Friday to argue a secret Apple encryption appeal against the Govt must be heard in public.
pressgazette.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
‘Absurd’
When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷
Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.
It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.
When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷
Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.
It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.
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If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it.
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
March 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it.
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
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Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality.
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services.
URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐
action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sit...
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services.
URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐
action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sit...
Save our sites - Write to your MP
Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the ...
action.openrightsgroup.org
March 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality.
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services.
URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐
action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sit...
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services.
URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐
action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sit...
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Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia
inews.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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This seems troubling - All Alexa audio will be uploaded to Amazon starting 28 March.
Probably time to ditch your spy pucks.
Probably time to ditch your spy pucks.
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.
arstechnica.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This seems troubling - All Alexa audio will be uploaded to Amazon starting 28 March.
Probably time to ditch your spy pucks.
Probably time to ditch your spy pucks.
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🚨 APPLE WITHDRAWS ENCRYPTION TECH FROM UK 🚨
The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature.
UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators ‼️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature.
UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators ‼️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end to end encryption.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚨 APPLE WITHDRAWS ENCRYPTION TECH FROM UK 🚨
The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature.
UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators ‼️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature.
UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators ‼️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/the-fraud-... It appears that Musk found some erroneous database data and rather than concluding the data needed to be cleaned before you can use it properly (as is often the case) he tweeted it as evidence of large scale fraud.
The Fraud That Wasn't
the nexus of irresponsible tweeting, bad data, and wishful thinking
hollymathnerd.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/the-fraud-... It appears that Musk found some erroneous database data and rather than concluding the data needed to be cleaned before you can use it properly (as is often the case) he tweeted it as evidence of large scale fraud.
Matthew Feeney on the dangers to privacy posed by government's Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: www.academyofideas.uk/p/stop-the-b...
February 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Matthew Feeney on the dangers to privacy posed by government's Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: www.academyofideas.uk/p/stop-the-b...
Happy 2025 everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy 2025 everyone!
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Merry Christmas to all .. be blessed xx
December 25, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Merry Christmas to all .. be blessed xx
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A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM
A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
Credit: @ednewtonrex.bsky.social for all the resources!
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
Credit: @ednewtonrex.bsky.social for all the resources!
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
Credit: @ednewtonrex.bsky.social for all the resources!
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
Credit: @ednewtonrex.bsky.social for all the resources!
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Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters
December 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters
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⏰ UK MPs don't know where facial recognition is being used or how it is (or isn't) governed by law. But the government wants to spend £20 million on police facial recognition systems anyway: privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5477/uk-government-announces-tender-live-facial-recognition-technology
UK government announces tender for live facial recognition technology
The UK government has published a £20 million procurement for tech companies to provide live facial recognition technology (FRT) to police forces across the UK.
privacyinternational.org
December 15, 2024 at 11:26 AM
⏰ UK MPs don't know where facial recognition is being used or how it is (or isn't) governed by law. But the government wants to spend £20 million on police facial recognition systems anyway: privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5477/uk-government-announces-tender-live-facial-recognition-technology
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"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
- Dr Who
- Dr Who
December 14, 2024 at 10:12 PM
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
- Dr Who
- Dr Who
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Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
December 13, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
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It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wron...
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wron...
It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
benryan.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:06 PM
It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wron...
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wron...
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Defamation and confabulation remain major problems for LLMS, two years after I started harping on them.
BBC complains to Apple: Apple iPhone AI generating seriously false headlines about BBC story @garymarcus.bsky.social
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
bbc.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Defamation and confabulation remain major problems for LLMS, two years after I started harping on them.
"The important thing is that paper makes it very clear that nobody should ever take LLMs at their word. They can easily tell you one thing and (especially if hooked up as agents) do another — possibly quite contrary to what they have alleged they are doing." - Gary Marcus, from the linked substack.
I am generally not a doomer-extinction still strikes me as a remote risk—but this new paper is definitely a wakeup call with respect to how bad actors could exploit LLMs in serious ways, causing a great deal of harm.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Humanity’s “Oh shit!” AI moment?
Not yet, but it could come sooner than you think. Not because we are close to AGI, but because we already have machines that can say one thing and do something else altogether.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:01 PM
"The important thing is that paper makes it very clear that nobody should ever take LLMs at their word. They can easily tell you one thing and (especially if hooked up as agents) do another — possibly quite contrary to what they have alleged they are doing." - Gary Marcus, from the linked substack.
