Greetings all, and happy Wednesday. I hope you are all keeping well, and happy, and healthy.
And that this newsletter’s mailout function is too.
I shall begin with the propaganda. I’ll be speaking at the London Conference on International Law this Friday, on a great panel, about AI. It would be great to have a chat if you’re about.
And after propaganda, where else but wow? Google have apparently announced plans to buy nuclear powered AI data centres. And that is not a sentence you would have thought to read even five years ago. The ‘world first deal’ in the headline seems slightly redundant.
Defense One has an interesting story on the emergence on augmented drone technology. Mainly interesting in terms of the capabilities (or intended capabilities).
Privacy International also put together this handy resource with examples of algorithmic management abuses. Which i would recommend reading along with Light House Reports stories on suspicion machines.
I can’t remember if I posted this a few weeks ago (it was a few weeks ago) but this ICRC blog post on the use of AI in military targeting is worth a read. Its a really good overview, and has some good links.
I’m looking to hire a research assistant to help out with the newsletter. I think we need to freshen up things a bit. So if you, or someone you know is interested, please drop me a line. They have to have the right to work in the UK unfortunately.
I’ll leave you this week with ‘Dirty Money’ by Antibalas. Its quite good.
Be well.
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War on the Rocks, Cyber Transparency and the Restoration of U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability
Wall Street Journal, Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments
The Guardian, Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal
Defense One, Is ‘Big AI’ beating ‘small AI’-and what does it mean for the military?
Defense One, New AI-powered strike drone shows how quickly battlefield autonomy is evolving – Defense One
Privacy International, Examples of algorithmic management abuses
EDRI, Surveilling Europe’s edges: when digitalisation means dehumanisation
Washington Post, Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with AI technology in break with tradition (almost guaranteed ye click this the most!)
WIRED, Ring’s New AI Search Tool Lets You Easily Scan Videos—With Mixed Results
Business Insider, Students Who Put Facial Recognition in Meta’s Glasses Have Big Ideas
Washington Post, AI disclaimers in political ads backfire on candidates, study finds
The Conversation, How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
Finacial Times, The new recruitment arms race
The Conversation, Use of AI in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust
Financial Times, The week that artificial intelligence swept the Nobel Prizes
The Register, Anthropic’s Claude vulnerable to ’emotional manipulation’
Financial Times, The difficult work conversation AI helped me with (i honestly think this is one of the best uses of genAI)
The Conversation ,When AI plays favourites: How algorithmic bias shapes the hiring process
WIRED, Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram
WIRED, It Seemed Like an AI Crime-Fighting Super Tool. Then Defense Attorneys Started Asking Questions
UNESCO, Paving the Way for Responsible AI: UNESCO and the G7 Toolkit Initiative
Blogs
ICRC, The risks and inefficacies of AI systems in military targeting supportInside Tech Law, The UK’s Public Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill: key takeaways