AvatarMarisa RomanelliFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoAfter alleged neo-Nazi named, X updates doxxing policy; now many Libs of TikTok posts violate itadvocate.com - Christopher WigginsA quiet update to the company's prohibition on releasing people's private information without their permission appears to complicate things for the …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarNvidia Wants to Replace Nurses With AI for $9 an Hourverified_publisherGizmodo - Maxwell ZeffYour health could soon be in the hands of Nvidia-powered AI nurses, and they cost your healthcare provider next to nothing. Nvidia announced a …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarThis AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right?verified_publisherVox - Kelsey PiperAt what point can we believe that an AI model has reached consciousness? Here’s one fun, if disquieting, question to pose AI language models when they’re released: “Are you a conscious, thinking being?” OpenAI’s ChatGPT will assure you that it’s not. “No, I’m not conscious,” it told me when I most …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconvertednewrepublic.com - Elle HardyThe hot new thing in proselytizing is an app that allows Christian conservatives to collect data on whole neighborhoods of potential converts. The …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarDriving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossibleverified_publisherVox - David ZipperReckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives. Speeding plays a role in over 12,000 US car fatalities per year, around a third of the national total. But an emergent technology could dramatically reduce that death toll, if not eliminate it …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarThe Government Really Is Spying On You — And It’s Legalverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Steven OverlyConsumer data has become a lucrative commodity, and the US government is buying. The freakout moment that set journalist Byron Tau on a five-year quest to expose the sprawling U.S. data surveillance state occurred over a “wine-soaked dinner” back in 2018 with a source he cannot name. The tipster told …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarChicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this yearAssociated Press - By SOPHIA TAREENCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago won’t renew its ShotSpotter contract and plans to stop using the controversial gunshot detection system later this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Tuesday. The system, which relies on an artificial intelligence algorithm and network of microphones to identify …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarThis building made of growing trees could change the way we think about architectureverified_publisherFast Company - By Nate BergGrafted trees make up the bones of this nature pavilion. In a forest along the Hudson River north of New York City, a strange new building is slowly rising. The strangeness of the building is that it’s meant to be occupied by humans, animals, and plants. The slowness of the building is that it’s …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarCan the courts save us from dangerous AI?verified_publisherVox - Dylan MatthewsA law professor proposes an old-fashioned remedy for very new problems: legal liability. One quote about AI I think about a lot is something that Jack Clark, a co-founder of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, told me last year: “It’s a real weird thing that this is not a government …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarHow a Group of Israel-Linked Hackers Has Pushed the Limits of CyberwarWIRED - Condé NastFrom repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow’s offensive hacking has now targeted Iranians …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliAvatarAvatarDeadliest Train In America Kills 3 People In 2 Separate Collisions At The Same Crossingverified_publisherJalopnik - Erin MarquisBrightline high-speed passenger trains operate between Orlando and Miami and hold the unwelcome distinction of being both the first intra-city high …
AvatarMarisa RomanelliFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLaundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainablytheconversation.com - Judith WeisMicroplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most …