Greetings all, this week has been hectic (!) so not sure when you will actually get this newsletter.
I am on holidays, away up a mountain in Greece for mid-September, so there is also unlikely to be a newsletter week of 9th and 16th September, but sure we’ll be back, tanned, relaxed (please!!) and better than ever then.
I found this story about how clams are used to monitor water purity in Poland really interesting. It has absolutely nothing to do with AI, other than perhaps to remind us that there are (delicious) alternatives to AI.
The San Francisco Chronicle have a really interesting piece on the spread of surveillance cameras, through that GoPro on your car or amazon ring, and how the police are (understandably) becoming interested.
Big Brother have also released a video, What the GOvernment Isn’t Telling You About Facial Recognition, that presumably runs through some of the arguments likely to feature in their pending litigation against the Met and certain retailers. Haven’t had a chance to watch yet, but it is on the list.
Predator is back. And Arnie isn’t involved. WITNESS have a report on AI and conflict.
I’m wrecked. Its been a long week. I’m in Vilnius, which seems lovely, but which i do not recommend visiting for 17 hours.
I’m going to leave you with ‘What’s UP?’ by 4 Non Blondes. I’ve been listening to this LOADS lately. Its great.
Websites
San Francisco Chronicle, Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it
Financial Times, AI breakthrough raises hopes for better cancer diagnosis
The Big Newsletter, Judges Rule Big Tech’s Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over (but not the best newsletter, right?)
The Register, Top companies ground Microsoft Copilot over data governance concerns
ASPI, Critical technology tracker: two decades of data show rewards of long-term research investment
ASPI, Countering deepfakes: We need to forecast AI threats
ASPI, Authoritarian countries’ AI advantage
Big Brother Watch (video), What the Government Isn’t Telling You about Facial Recognition
Information Age, Govt drops further action against Clearview AI
EDRI, Age against the machine: the race to make online spaces age-appropriate (had to be included for that title)
New YOrk Times, What Is ‘Agentic’ AI? It Doesn’t Require a Human to Tell It What to Do
The COnversation, Paying with your face: what will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?
ICRC, The problem of algorithmic bias in AI-based military decision support systems
BBC, Hampshire police to use facial recognition cameras for first time
The Guardian, Sorry, Labour, but ChatGPTeachers are a lesson in how not to transform our schools
The Register, GPT apps fail to disclose data collection, study finds
WIRED, AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South
Recorded Future, Predator Spyware Infrastructure Resurfaces Post-Sanctions – What You Need to Know
New York Times, OpenAI, Maker of ChatGPT, Is Trying to Grow Up (aren’t we all)
Medium, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights: Protecting or Violating Our Liberties?
McKinsey, Is Undress.App Legit (obviously &&@! not)
DHS Uses Facial Recognition to Track Migrant Children – Privacy Concerns? – YouTube
Blogs
Just Security, Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context
Reports
WITNESS, Audiovisual and Generative AI and Conflict: Trends, Threats and Mitigation Strategies
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
Podcast:Black Box: episode 5 – The white mask – podcast – bit late putting this up, forgot there was a podcast section, but have been listening and its pretty good. General AI podcast.