Greetings all.
This week the newsletter is coming to you from a (slightly, periodically, maybe more optimistic than reality) sunny Belfast. Ha. Auto-correct genuinely just popped up a message suggesting that should be shortened to “from Belfast”. Cheeky!
So, this week we kick off with some propaganda. Myself and some incredible colleagues have developed a Guide to assist judges in their own evaluation of open source information. This came from a realisation that we had spent ages developing open source investigative techniques, and considering how to ensure that open source information could be used as evidence, but no real time in ensuring that judges (or other fact-finders) actually knew what open source investigations are, and how to evaluate them. This is the result. Well, the result will actually be released on Monday, but the launch event is in the Inner Temple on Friday 24th at 3:30 with drinks and nibbles (and hopefully a massive organisational sigh of relief). You can sign up on our eventbrite. You may notice that the eventbrite is also in Welsh. Big opportunity market for the newsletter.
Worth flagging (as something on my to read list) is a new report by the ICRC on the role of computation and AI in military decision-making. Very on point. Also on my reading list is a new paper looking at the conceptualisation of harm vis-a-vis algorithmic policing, developing a framework for rhizomatic harm in the pre-crime society. Reading is on my to-do-list.
Our cheeky facial recognition story of the week makes a welcome return, again with a story from Liberty Investigates. It turns out that Pimeyes website (an online (very dodgy) facial recognition search system) was being accessed – quite a lot – by the Met. Of course, we don’t know that they were actually using the search function. They may just have been visiting the page. Repeatedly.
Apparently there was some news about some new Chat GPT thing. There are some stories on that below.
This week’s newsletter is a bit light, since last week’s was late. But such is life.
Hope you all have a lovely week.
I’ll leave ye this week with (a) a reminder about the propaganda above, and (b) Clear Away in the Morning by Lankum, since i’m back in Ireland, and since i’ve been using it to clear away the fog out running in the morning (in the rain)
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WIRED, Internal Emails Reveal How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
ICRC, Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Computation and artificial intelligence in military decision-making
Liberty Investigates, Met police computers access ‘dangerous’ facial recognition search engine
Algorithm Watch, The algorithmic administration: automated decision-making in the public sector (overview of the craic, Europe wide)
New York Times, Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors – The New York Times
Washington Post, Senators unveil plan to regulate AI, as companies race ahead
The Register, When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product? (who!?)
Financial Times, PolyAI secures near $500mn valuation in boost to UK’s AI ambitions
Washington Post, Google’s AI answers could come back to bite it (this is more interesting than the title suggests, its about Google’s potential liability for search results)
The Register, IMF boss warns of AI ‘tsunami’ coming for world’s jobs
The Guardian, Laughing, chatting, singing, GPT-4o is AI close to human, but watch out: it’s really not human (ok, we reluctantly join the hype train)
The New York Times, OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT that Listens, Looks and Talks
WIRED, With OpenAI’s Release of GPT-4o, Is ChatGPT Plus Still Worth It?
The Register, AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer ‘in 8 hours’
Blog Posts
Essex Law Blog, New communications offences enacted by the Online Safety Act 2023
Inside Tech Law, HHS, nondiscrimination, and artificial intelligence
Academic Literature
*Disclaimer: The following articles, chapters, and pplp op po have not been evaluated for their methodology and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AI & Human Right Blog
Van Brake, Govaerts, Exploring the impact of algorithmic policing on social justice: Developing a framework for rhizomatic harm in the pre-crime society
Video:
Vox, How AI Tells Israel Who to Bomb
Conferences:
Global Conference on AI and Human Rights