Well, its very warm, isn’t it?
My holiday plans have been frustrated by a very sick cat – who puked on my laptop killing the screen, urgh – and so there is a newsletter this week, albeit a very short one. Its very warm, and this is my last work act of the week. Sorry.
I’d like to flag some of the battlefield and facial recognition stories below. In fact, i’d like to do a lot of things, but what I am going to do is go for a haircut and a sit in the sun. Maybe with a beer.
Happy workers days all, and a lovely long weekend to everyone.
This week, i’ll leave you with soemthing to lie in the sun, or fire up your BBQs, to, ‘Got to Give it Up’ by the one and only Marvin Gaye. Ah sure while we’re at it, and because the Caribbean bbq outside is smelling amazing, here’s ‘Cool Jerk‘ by the Capitols.
Hopefully the cat recovers, and i won’t be here next week, so consider this a formal hiatus notice. To return soon.
Be well
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WIRED, DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
Policing Insight, The current and future use of AI in law enforcement
ICRC, Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain: ICRC submits recommendations to UN Secretary-Genera
Tech Policy Press, Five Findings from an Analysis of the US Department of Homeland Security’s AI Inventory
ASPI, AI is changing Indo-Pacific naval operations
Technology News, Amazon launches first internet satellites in SpaceX Starlink challenge
Daily Mail, New Digitial ID sparks fear of ‘Big Brother’ ID Threat
Human Rights Watch, A Hazard to Human Rights: Autonomous Weapons Systems and Digital Decision-Making
New York Times, Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns (understatement)
BBC, Online drug dealer caught posting cocaine across UK (using retrospective facial recognition)
BBC, Richard Burrows: How AI found abuser who fled to Thailand – BBC News (with facial recognition again)
New York Times, Saying ‘Thank You’ to Chat GPT Is Costly. Should You Do It Anyway? (tl;dr – yes)
Financial Times, China isn’t trying to win the AI race
The Conversation, AI policies in Africa: lessons from Ghana and Rwanda
Financial Times, DeepMind UK staff seek to unionise and challenge defence deals and Israel links
The Conversation, People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
Financial Times, Future weapons: Battlefield AI
New York Times, Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State
MIT Tech Review, The AI Hype Index: AI agent cyberattacks, racing robots, and musical models
Irish Times, Facial recognition: Work on law to introduce technology ‘well advanced’, says Minister
SCMP, China’s military rapidly expands use of low-cost AI-powered drones in ‘phased leap’
Blogs
Just Security, #War #Sponsored: Using Targeted Ads to Promote Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Just Security, Truth and Consequences: The Post-Election Regulatory Landscape for Big Tech
Just Security, Regulated Democracy and Regulated Speech
Academic Literature
*Disclaimer: The following have not been evaluated for their methodology and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AI & Human Rights Blog
Brian Kot, Jack Nebe & Mariarosaria Taddeo, ‘Ethical Challenges of Data Economy in Defence: The Case of Battlefield Data’ (forthcoming)
Center for Emerging Technology and Security, UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing: Assessing Human and Machine Intrusion (Report)