📰 Hundreds Support Legal Defense for Engineer Charged with Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras

"Hundreds of freedom lovers are rallying behind a US Air Force engineer" who's been accused of damaging over a dozen AI-integrated surveillance cameras last year and even knocking down their poles....

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/06/0011246/hundreds-support-legal-defense-for-engineer-charged-with-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

🐧 BleachBit 6.0.2 Adds Support for Cleaning AI Models from Google Chrome

BleachBit 6.0.2 open-source and free disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software is now available for download with new features and improvements.

📰 Source: Tux Machines
🔗 Link: https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/06/BleachBit_6_0_2_Adds_Support_for_Cleaning_AI_Models_from_Google.shtml

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Online dating: the data you didn’t know you shared #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/online-dating-the-data-you-didnt-know-you-shared/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Crypto anarchists and the cypherpunk movement #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/crypto-anarchists-and-the-cypherpunk-movement/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Mozilla published a Firefox roadmap outlining upcoming privacy, productivity, AI, and performance features as the browser continues losing market share. 🦊📋
Planned updates include mobile VPN, customizable shortcuts, HDR support, and optional AI tools designed to keep users in control. 🔐⚙️

🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html

#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #WebBrowser #HDR #FOSS #Browser #Browsers #Performance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #OpenWeb #Linux #VPN

Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-testing-webcam-based-recaptcha-hand-scan

#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS

Pennsylvania lawmakers proposed requiring smart glasses to display a recording indicator whenever audio or video capture is active. 👓🔴
The bill would also ban disabling the indicator and require retailers to explain state recording laws, reinforcing transparency and privacy. 🔒📜

🔗 https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-would-legally-require-a-recording-light-under-proposed-law-2000768694

#TechNews #SmartGlasses #Privacy #Wearables #Recording #Surveillance #Meta #Technology #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #ConsumerTech #Innovation #AI #TechPolicy #Pennsylvania #USA #US #Trump

📕 AI training data, feeding off our personal images may compromise our privacy without our knowledge!

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy #AI

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Online communities: support or stress? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/online-communities-support-or-stress/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

The AI defense sector is officially decoupling. The rejection of commercial SaaS models isn't just about cost—it’s about data sovereignty. National security demands local compute, air-gapped infrastructure, and absolute control over biometric and intelligence data. The future of Defense Tech belongs to secure software orchestrators, not external commercial APIs. #AI #DefenseTech #Sovereignty #Palantir

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Behind Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-patreon-jack-conte-and-sam-yam/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Have you ever imagined how the United States’ Declaration of Independence would have turned out if it were written with the help of AI? You don’t have to, now that Google is using a TV ad that does just that with “Group project, but make it 1776.” Read about it from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/-ZFkM9

#AI #Google #Tech

How are AI systems built? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-are-ai-systems-built/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to…

SpaceX retired 260 Starlink satellites in six months, with hundreds more to follow, as debate grows over the atmospheric impact of satellite burn-ups.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/spacex-vaporizes-260-starlink-satellites-in-six-months-using-earths-atmosphere-new-environmental-concerns-emerge-over-burning-2-700-pound-orbital-data-centers-fcc-seeks-to-exempt-satellites-from-regulations

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]

🧠📱 Who actually owns the #digitaldiscourse?

💡 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/22/social-bots-desinformation/

📎 https://www.uni-muenster.de/Wissenschaftstheorie/ringvorlesung/aktuelleRV.html

#ChristianGrimme #CenterforPhilosophyofScience #ZfW #UniversityofMünster #Science #ScienceCommunication #SocialMedia #Disinformation #SocialBots #DigitalReality #MichelFoucault #Discourse #DarkParticipation #ComputationalSocialScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MediaLiteracy #Philosophy #PhilosophyofScience #DigitalPublicSphere #Enlightenment #philosophies_de

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📰 GoDaddy Warns India's Crackdown on Fake Site Registrars Could Upend Internet Privacy Everywhere

"The internet is filled with fakes," writes Gizmodo. "A court in India is setting out to address the problem by requiring more transparency from domain registrars to make it easier to crack down on...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/05/0526213/godaddy-warns-indias-crackdown-on-fake-site-registrars-could-upend-internet-privacy-everywhere?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

#Alibaba To Ban #ClaudeCode In Workplace Over Alleged Backdoor Risks

https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/03/1645222/alibaba-to-ban-claude-code-in-workplace-over-alleged-backdoor-risks

#cybersecurity #AI #Anthropic #Claude

Automate your posts without giving up your privacy. 🔒

postctl's "AI-as-Operator" CLI design lets you run local AI scripts (using Claude or Ollama) to parse markdown, validate character limits, and queue posts into your local, encrypted SQLite database. Zero cloud-SaaS lock-in, zero telemetry.

100% open source and written in Go:
👉 https://github.com/aeon022/postctl
🌐 https://postctl.sh

#selfhosted #privacy #ai #golang #mastodon

🤖 GPT-5.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs Local Qwen: 3 AI Agents, 1 Task

I ran the same market-entry brief through three different AI models. The result was revealing. I asked three models to independently create a client-ready market-entry brief for launching a privacy...

📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1unxcp5/gpt55_vs_claude_fable_5_vs_local_qwen_3_ai_agents/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

🪿 Zuckerberg ‘Admits’ Meta’s Layoffs Were Ineffective

｢ In retrospect, he said, the “trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn’t really accelerated in the way that we expected,” and that the company’s bets on the new structure “haven’t come to fruition yet.” Zuckerberg was referring to AI agents, automated systems that can execute tasks on behalf of a user ｣

https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/03/zuckerberg-admits-metas-layoffs-were.html

#meta #ai #layoffs #vibecoding

So apparently #AI companies are buying old books at secondhand bookstores which aren't yet available in digital form, scan them in to feed their models, and then shred the books afterwards.

#books #bookstodon
https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/ki-firmen-antiquarische-buecher-100.html

@nixCraft Not only uses water but it also pollutes ground drinking water. #PretendIntelligence #BullshitGenerators #AI #GlobalHeating

So... your GP might now be recording your consultation with an AI that listens, transcribes and summarises everything you say.
The Australian Government is warning that many of these AI scribes have little oversight, with concerns about consent, privacy, data being sent overseas and even Medicare cost incentives.
If your most private conversations are being fed into AI systems, shouldn't informed consent be the absolute minimum, not an afterthought?

#australia #privacy #ai #health #digitalrights

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/doctors-ai-scribes-australia-government-privacy-warning

Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy | Health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/doctors-ai-scribes-australia-government-privacy-warning

#AI #AIScribe #Health #Privacy

The defining moment of the bubble breaking would be the collapse or sale of one of the large US #AI houses. I’m watching both #OpenAI and #Anthropic for signs of trouble. OpenAI has way too many monetary commitments that depend on them increasing revenue manyfold, which is never going to happen with the market trending the way it does; and Anthropic is now forced to hike up token rates eight- or tenfold in short order, which will surely cause the majority of corporate subscribers to vastly reduce their AI deployments, and reverting once again to investing in people. Either of these companies stumbling will cause the market to take a critical look at all the data center and silicon contracts that are in place and ask whether any of it will ever be fully executed. And once *that* happens, the dominos will fall.

I think this happens soon. I’m getting my popcorn. This is gonna be good.

I’m glad to (finally) see some buyer’s remorse in the corporate ranks about their rapid deployment of #AI, often at the expense of jobs (or so they claim).

Costs are rapidly rising. Software quality is plummeting. Morale is tanking. The workers are getting angry. People are swamped with slop. About the only ones happy with this change are sociopaths who live increasingly solipsistic lives with a sycophantic word extruder (and maybe some jaded senior developers who want to get paid as much as possible while the going is good and no longer care what happens downstream).

I’m hopeful that the end is near. The bubble is deflating. The growth is flatlining. We are finally past the Peak of Inflated Expectations and are now descending into the Trough of Disillusionment. Deployments are getting walked back, people are getting rehired, AI budgets are reduced.

The best time for this to have happened was two years ago. The next best time in now.

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/exclusive-zuckerberg-says-ai-agent-201123441.html

helo everyone. i've jst been informed that there is a new LLAMA variant, llama 4 scout, available on cloudflare workers AI. personally, i was planning on testing this on bsid-js in replacement of the llama 3.2 11b model we are currently using. anyone played with this #llama model under #cloudflare #workers #ai and recommend it? #coding #code .

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🤖 Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy

Exclusive: With the technology fast becoming popular in GP surgeries, regulators are monitoring its implementation and potential pitfallsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastT...

📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/doctors-ai-scribes-australia-government-privacy-warning

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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Getting lost in a sea of AI jargon? @Techcrunch offers this glossary of terms, from AGI to validation loss and beyond:

https://flip.it/d27aEG

#AI #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence

"I can’t tell if Zuckerberg is dimwitted or just evil. The problem during the first era of the AI boom (circa 2023) was indeed that Meta was too slow to identify the metaverse flub. But that was no longer Meta’s problem entering the agentic coding era: The problem, rather, was that Meta had no coherent strategy. The last thing it should’ve done was “move fast enough to adopt” because “adopting” was not the answer to Meta’s problems. AI-assisted programming has developed in the last six months — contrary to Zuckerberg’s claim that it “hasn’t really accelerated” — but indeed not in the way Meta expected, because Meta’s vibes-based management this time was just plain wrong. AI never had the potential to replace so many workers at an instant. The vibe was — unlike in 2023 — not late, but wrong entirely. And I’m confident in saying only a fool could have lent credence to that laughably incorrect theory."

https://eshumarneedi.com/2026/07/03/zuckerberg-admits-metas-layoffs-were.html

#Meta #AI #Metaverse #AIBubble #BigTech #SiliconValley