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Updated 2024-11-21 15:31
Prominent AI Philosopher and ‘Father’ of Longtermism Sent Very Racist Email to a 90s Philosophy Listserv
"Blacks are more stupid than whites," Nick Bostrom wrote in an email sent to a transhumanism listserv in the 1990s that he apologized for in a letter.
CYBER: Hacking Digital License Plates
On this episode of Cyber, we’re talking about digital license plates, criminal phone empires, and deepfaked customer service conversations.
Startup Uses AI Chatbot to Provide Mental Health Counseling and Then Realizes It 'Feels Weird'
“We pulled the feature anyway and I wanted to unravel the concern as a thought piece, to help reign in enthusiasm about gpt3 replacing therapists."
John Deere Agrees to Let Farmers Repair Tractors, As Long as States Don't Pass Any Laws
The agreement between the tractor maker and a lobbying group has some big caveats.
'We Cried Too Much': Walgreens CFO Says Retail Theft Maybe Isn't the Crisis It Portrayed
This follows he recent wave of major retailers, which, along with Walgreens, have been voicing their concerns about retail theft.
CYBER: The Trans Dataset Built Without Permission and Stored Improperly
Researchers built a dataset without permission and left the data exposed in a public dropbox link.
Mysterious Antennas Are Appearing in Utah's Hills and Officials Are Stumped
City officials have found around a dozen of the antennas and no one is sure what they're for.
A CompSci Student Built an App That Can Detect ChatGPT-Generated Text
“Human writing can be so beautiful. There is beauty in the human prose that computers can never and should never co-opt."
Russia's New Hypersonic Superweapon Against the West Is Actually Pathetic
Putin says a new ship carrying hypersonic missiles patrolling the Atlantic is Russia's trump card against the West, but the reality is likely different.
ChatGPT Can do a Corporate Lobbyist's Job, Study Determines
OpenAI’s chatbot could help automate the murky business of corporate political influence, but that wouldn't necessarily be a good thing.
Surgeons Sorry for Texting Patients They Had 'Aggressive' Cancer Instead of 'Happy New Year'
A surgery center in the U.K. accidentally texted its patients two days before Christmas letting them know they had aggressive lung cancer.
Tech CEO Arrested After Allegedly Spying on Woman in Panera Bread Restroom
According to a report from police, SeaDrone CEO Eduardo Moreno has been arrested on robbery and peeping charges.
This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI
Neuro-sama has quickly become a rising star of the V-tuber phenomenon.
New York’s Right to Repair Law Watered Down by Big Tech Lobbyists
After waiting for months, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a stripped down and much changed version of the Digital Fair Repair Act.
Watch a $130 Million F-35 Fighter Jet Absolutely Eat Shit
An F-35B crashed in Fort Worth, Texas. This happens more often than you’d think.
Senator Asks Gabe Newell Why Steam Hosts So Much Neo-Nazi Content
New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan sent Valve a letter decrying the vast amount of white supremacist imagery in its user generated content and community spaces.
OSINT Experts React to Musk's Flight-Tracking Twitter Bans
The experts who use public information to document war crimes and help criminal investigations say Musk's bans will limit the public's knowledge.
CYBER: Cops and Courts Don’t Know How to Handle Apple’s AirTag Stalking Problem
Apple’s new tech is a boon for finding lost luggage and tracking your estranged family members.
Artists Are Revolting Against AI Art on ArtStation
Artists are fed up with AI art on the portfolio platform, which is owned by Epic Games, but the company isn't backing down.
Twitter Bans Elon Musk Flight Tracking Account After He Said It Wouldn’t, for Free Speech
Musk said, “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane,” after taking over Twitter.
Pentagon Says Russia Will Soon Be Forced to Use Old, 'Degraded' Ammo In Ukraine
Properly stored ammunition can last a lifetime but Russia has a bad track record of improper storage that leads to massive explosions and death.
Twitter Auctioning Off Fancy Chairs, Espresso Machines, $10,000 Meat Slicer in HQ Clear-Out
At Twitter HQ, everything must go.
CYBER: The Invisible Workforce that Makes AI Possible
AI Isn’t Artificial or Intelligent, it’s powered by underpaid workers in foreign countries.
Facial Recognition Researcher Left a Trans Database Exposed for Years After Using Images Without Permission
Researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington scraped videos of trans people from YouTube without permission to create a dataset aimed at stopping hypothetical terrorists.
The Kid Who Crashed The Game Awards Was on Infowars When He Was 12
The kid who interrupted the the Game Awards has a history of pulling pranks, talking about Hong Kong, and appearing on Infowars.
People Are Playing 'Strikle' Instead of 'Wordle' In Solidarity With The New York Times Union Walk-Out
Wordle fans who don't want to cross a picket line can still get their fix thanks to a strike-themed version called Strikle.
FTC Sues to Block Microsoft Acquisition of ‘Call of Duty’ Publisher Activision Blizzard
The almost $69 billion purchase would be the largest in video game history but only if the federal government lets it proceed.
Guy Who Wrote Minecraft's Ending Poem Makes It Public Domain After Taking Shrooms
The original author’s story is one of love, universal accord, and magic mushrooms.
The Best TVs in Every Price Range (from $200 to Baller Status)
Whether you're on a ramen-every-night budget or are a high roller, you've got *options* from Insignia, TCL, and Samsung.
This Interactive Map Will Show You How Screwed You Are If We're Hit by an Asteroid
Asteroid Launcher lets you throw a space rock at any place on the planet and chart the ensuing chaos.
An Artist Used Pokémon Go Technology to Sell ‘Crypto Cocaine’ NFTs in Art Basel Bathrooms
Colombian artist Camilo Restrepo placed digital images of cocaine in little baggies around the world famous art festival.
CYBER: The Online Prophet Whose Followers Keep Getting Arrested
How conspiracy theories are born through livestreams and sometimes lead to real world violence.
Chinese Students Invent Coat That Makes People Invisible to AI Security Cameras
“Security cameras using AI technology are everywhere. They pervade our lives... Our privacy is exposed,” a researcher told VICE World News.
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Military with Starlink Spinoff 'Starshield' for National Security
The new Starlink system wants to watch Earth, transfer data, and provide communications for world governments.
‘I Didn’t Have the Right Face’: Tech CEO Says He Was Forced Out for Acting Like a Tech CEO Despite Not Being White
The Asian-American former CEO and co-founder of Iterable alleges in a new lawsuit that the board used a single microdosing incident to mask over the real reason they wanted him gone: He didn’t look the part.
AI Isn’t Artificial or Intelligent
How AI innovation is powered by underpaid workers in foreign countries.
America's New B-21 Bomber Is a Nuclear Drone
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman have unveiled the B-21, a bomber the military claims can do it all—including remotely drop nuclear weapons.
The Kanye West Subreddit Is Educating Users About the Horrors of the Holocaust
The /r/Kanye subreddit is full of Taylor Swift memes and posts educating people about the horrors of the holocaust.
CYBER: Railroad Strikes and Killer Robots
The White House stopped a railroad strike this week and the San Francisco Police Department now has the power to kill people with robots.
Sasha Grey Is Not Recruiting Soldiers for the Russian Army
A photo of her face on a Kremlin recruitment billboard is just another post from the anonymous depths of the internet.
Cyber: The Rise of the Robot Landlords
Mysterious companies with huge bank accounts are outsourcing landlording to algorithms and buying up America’s cheap houses.
Military Sim Developer Tired of Its Game Being Used to Fake War Footage
Videos from ‘Arma 3’ have gone viral several times recently as real war footage from Ukraine.
Nura's Kickstarter-Famous Earbuds Are 30% Off for Cyber Monday
Curious about trying the wünderkind of earphone brands? Nura’s Cyber Monday sale has landed with up to 50% off its high-tech devices.
Elon Musk Keeps a Toy Gun From a Video Game on His Nightstand
The futuristic looking revolver is a replica of a .357 from the game ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’
Three ‘Terrorists’ Killed by Russia Appear to Be ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’ Video Game LARPERs
The FSB claimed a symbol from a video game was a flag denoting the groups allegiance to terrorism.
A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Massive ‘Satan’ Nuclear Missile
The pictures from state TV are a look inside one of the world's largest deployed nuclear weapons.
CYBER: Taking Elon Musk Seriously
The billionaire seems like he’s posting through a meltdown on Twitter, but he’s still got an incredible amount of power.
Our Favorite Face Vibrator Is Over 30% Off for Black Friday
Who knew there were 69 muscles in the face and neck that needed massaging?
FTX Founder Deepfake Offers Refund to Victims in Verified Twitter Account Scam
A fake digital Sam Bankman-Fried used a Twitter blue account to trick followers into enrolling in a fake crypto giveaway.
Twitter Employees on Visas Can’t Just Quit
Either they choose to buckle up and embrace Twitter’s unsure future, or give up their jobs and leave the United States.
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