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Sainsbury's has paused AI facial recognition in a London store after a wrongful shoplifting accusation, raising concerns about accuracy and accountability in AI deployment.
An investigation tracked a shipment of rare books to an Amazon AI training facility, revealing that Amazon is destructively scanning books for AI training data.
The article questions the contradiction between policies expanding work requirements for basic support while accelerating AI automation that could reduce human labor, asking for a transition plan to an AI-driven economy.
PC architecture and AR expert Jeri Ellsworth shares her technical career journey from Valve R&D to founding Tilt 5, an AR glasses company. She discusses the allure of retro gaming, ethical technology choices, and the resurgence of physical board games driven by people's fatigue with AI-generated junk content.
Microsoft Israel's country manager has departed following an internal investigation into ethical violations and transparency concerns regarding the branch's cloud contracts with Israel's Ministry of Defense and military intelligence units.
This academic paper develops a taxonomy of 27 mechanisms illustrating how major AI corporations capture regulatory processes and influence government policy, backed by an analysis of 100 news articles. The authors warn of the systemic risks of this industry-government collusion and propose strategies to resist corporate dominance in AI governance.
The article critiques cyberlibertarianism as a hypocritical ideology, arguing that the foundational beliefs of early internet pioneers like John Perry Barlow were flawed and misleading.