Greetings all! I’m writing to you from the unexpectedly sunny Hague, where i’m cheekily writing this from the back of a conference. I’m also travelling/on leave over the next couple of weeks. So likely to be a bit of a break in normal newsletter service.
WIth that in mind. No time for chat. Focusing on presentations. But, if you’re into facial recognition, i would definitely flag Mark WIlding’s Prospect. It’s a very good overview of a lot of the issues arising. The Chatham House piece on hacking is also worth a read.
As a wrap up. I have to come clean.. I was appropriately shamed for using Spotify last week. I have since shifted to another platform, and Spotify shall no longer appear, here.
So, to soundcloud I turn… I’m signing out this week with Fred Again & Tomas Bangalter’s set from London a few weeks ago. I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but the first half is amazing.
Prospect Magazine, The rise of facial recognition policing
Chatham House, Holding state-sponsored hackers and other cyber proxies to account
The Conversation, Smart glasses with facial recognition could be devastating to sex workers and other vulnerable people
The Guardian, Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract (there is a certain irony at play here…)
The Guardian, The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review
Washington Post, New York is holding back American AI
Washington Post, After immigration arrests, California lawmakers wonder: Are police telling the feds too much? (not AI, but AI adjacent)
ASPI, AI adoption should protect human communication and judgement
The Hill, Judge blocks Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation for Anthropic
The Hill, Iran says it will target US tech companies in Middle East
The Hill, Self-affirmations from AI chatbots harm human relationships: Study
The Hill, The Memo: Pro-Iran memes go viral, striking back at Trump in propaganda war
Digital Rights Monitor, OpenAI is shutting down AI video app Sora
Open Rights Group, After the LA Court verdict, the UK must disrupt surveillance capitalism business models
EFF, The Fight Against AI-Powered Surveillance with Adam Savage
EFF, Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here
Rest of World News, Workers around the world are not getting what they want from AI
Future of Privacy, Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding the prohibition of biometric categorization for certain sensitive characteristics
EDRI, Predatorgate: Breaking the chain of impunity of the spyware underworld
The Register, China’s not thrilled its AI experts want to leave the country
WIRED, I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
Washington Post, Why your voice and face need federal protection
WIRED, The Latest AI Documentary Asks: Just How Scared Should We Be?
The Register, Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they’re right (but what if you are always right?)
New York Times, In an Asymmetrical War, Iran Seeks an Edge With Its Information War
The Conversation, AI-driven border surveillance is spreading across west Africa. What this means for migrants’ rights
Financial Times, AI satellite start-ups gain traction with investors ahead of SpaceX IPO
Financial Times, You can’t blame AI for mistakes, regulator tells auditors
New York Times, Woman Spent Five Months in Jail After A.I. Linked Her to Bank Fraud Case
The Register, Anthropic goes nude, exposes Claude Code source by accident
The Guardian, I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Financial Times, A spokesperson could not be reached for comment (possibly because she doesn’t exist)