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Amnesty International UK is demanding the UK government terminate its contract with Palantir Technologies over concerns about privacy, human rights abuses, and the company's involvement with the Israeli military, ahead of the NHS's 78th anniversary.
The article argues that the real danger of AI is not AI enslaving humanity, but AI being captured by governments and Big Tech for the benefit of a few, and calls for freeing AI for everyone.
An article examining the global competition between democratic and authoritarian states in implementing mass surveillance, highlighting the US and its allies' capabilities and the human rights implications.
Amnesty International's briefing argues that generative AI systems built on unlawful web scraping violate international human rights law, and calls for their prohibition.
Meta has restricted Facebook and Instagram accounts of human rights groups and activists in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, complying with government requests under local cybercrime laws. Critics condemn the move as arbitrary censorship that violates freedom of expression and access to information.
Meta permanently disabled the Instagram account of journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, which had over 1 million followers, following a request from Kuwait after his arrest and acquittal.
@0xSero received a $100,000 grant from the Human Rights Foundation, plus additional donations, hardware credits from Nvidia and Lambda, and other support for open source development.
Major European banks and asset managers have significantly increased their investments in Palantir despite the company's controversial ties to human rights violations and military operations. The investment surge is largely driven by Palantir's rising stock price and its inclusion in major market indices.
Greece is proposing a constitutional amendment to mandate that artificial intelligence serves human freedom and societal prosperity, aiming to mitigate risks and ensure AI benefits are fully realized.
Reports allege Israeli soldiers are using sexual assault as a tactic to forcibly displace Palestinians from the West Bank, raising serious concerns about human rights violations and potential war crimes.