The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of #Anthropic’s #Mythos Controversy

https://www.wired.com/story/sk-telecom-anthropic-mythos-export-controls/

#SKTelecom #Fable #AI #cybersecurity #SouthKorea #China

John Naughton reports an interesting experiment.

A reader fed all of Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff's book Muskism (Elon Musk's economic 'vision'/system) into eight large Language Models (LLMs) & found they gave very different summaries of the argument.

So far so unsurprising; but the differences mapped onto who owned/developed the LLMs, hiding/obscuring those aspects of Slobodian & Tarnoff's damning to their 'owners'!

Now that *is* interesting!

#AI #ElonMusk

https://observer.co.uk/news/science-technology/article/muskism-is-a-new-word-to-ask-an-ai-about-but-dont-expect-to-get-a-straight-answer

" Governments have tried to use export controls to limit the proliferation of what they see as dangerous cyber technology for decades, but their track record has been middling at best.

The U.S. government was behind what is perhaps history’s most spectacular failure of this approach in the early to mid-1990s. At the time, computer scientists were developing encryption technologies to secure data as it traveled over the internet. One of those encryption products was called Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, a popular software that could encrypt data and make it virtually impossible to unscramble even if intercepted as it traveled to its intended recipient over the internet.

The U.S. government initially saw PGP as a dangerous weapon, fearing it would prevent its intelligence agencies from snooping on emails as they crossed their wires. To stop the distribution of PGP, the U.S. Customs Service opened a criminal investigation against PGP’s creator Phil Zimmermann for allegedly violating arms export controls. He fought back by publishing PGP’s source code as a printed book, igniting what is known today as the “Crypto Wars.”

Zimmermann later won a key battle when the investigation was closed, paving the way for crucial end-to-end encryption algorithms such as the one used by billions of Signal and WhatsApp users."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/encryption-spyware-and-now-mythos-history-shows-why-cyber-export-control-doesnt-work/

#CyberSecurity #Encryption #PGP #Spyware #ExportControls #Fable #Mythos #AI #LLMs

One of the most frequent comments I see on Pinterest is "This is AI" or "AI slop". Some images have an "AI modified" label.

You can't Report an image as AI. I don't know how they're detecting to add AI labels

Then there's the Labs (beta) section of the app which has this weird "AI forward" option. And this "AI content" setting, which is on as default.

Pinterest is terrible with privacy and tracking, but I'm not sure if they've ever started whether they are pro or anti AI.

#Pinterest #AI

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A screenshot of Pinterest lab settings which shows an option called search_ai_forward_conversation experiment active.

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A screenshot of Pinterest app for Android which shows an AI settings section, with every category turned on as default.

#Anthropic’s #Fable and the State of #AI

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/anthropics-fable-and-the-state-of-ai.html

#cybersecurity

ChatGPT finance tools now allow some users to link bank and credit card accounts via Plaid for budgeting and spending analysis. 💳
Privacy experts warn conversational AI may increase sensitive financial oversharing despite read-only access and user-controlled disconnect options. 🔐

🔗 https://www.investopedia.com/chatgpt-can-connect-to-your-financial-accounts-experts-warn-against-sharing-11993408

#TechNews #AI #FinTech #Privacy #CyberSecurity #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Security #Banking #PersonalFinance #Plaid #Consumer #FOSS #MachineLearning

Meta is testing face-recognition software for its smart glasses app, built with Rank One, a surveillance-tech supplier tied to Pentagon use. 🤖
It is developed for internal use in Meta’s smart glasses app and uses biometric data stored on users’ phones while drawing on Rank One’s surveillance tools. 📱

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/meta-rank-one-computing-face-recognition-smart-glasses/

#TechNews #Meta #FaceRecognition #Surveillance #SmartGlasses #Privacy #AI #MachineLearning #CyberSecurity #Biometrics #DataProtection #BigTech #FOSS #OpenSource

The "Tech for Good" narrative is dead. Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and SpaceX are now deeply integrated into the Pentagon's classified IL6/IL7 networks. This isn't civilian innovation; it is kinetic automation. The boundary between data and targeting is gone. Privacy is a myth, and "data sovereignty" is a cover for forced integration into a new industrial-algorithmic complex. Follow the contracts, not the marketing.
​#Macro #AI #Geopolitics #SystemsAnalysis

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Infographic showing tech company logos linked to Pentagon classified networks on the left, and a dark marble bust labeled "DARK ENGAGEMENT" regarding antidemocratic societies and rituals on the right.

Pay for click: the architecture of giving #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/pay-for-click-the-architecture-of-giving/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Harvest Now, Decrypt Later Comes for Signatures, Not Just Secrets

Most post-quantum planning protects confidentiality and forgets authenticity. A 2026 decision signed with classical cryptography can be forged after Q-day. Mickai seals every consequential action with FIPS 204 ML-DSA-65 now, so the record still verifies later.

https://mickai.co.uk/articles/harvest-now-decrypt-later-the-signature-not-just-the-channel

#SovereignAI #AI #PostQuantum #Pantheon #DataSovereignty

FYI: WPP Media sees AI as advertising's $1.3 trillion growth engine in 2026: WPP Media's midyear forecast projects 4.4% global ad growth to $1.3 trillion, as AI investment offsets geopolitical headwinds and reshapes every major ad channel. https://ppc.land/wpp-media-sees-ai-as-advertisings-1-3-trillion-growth-engine-in-2026/ #AI #Advertising #DigitalMarketing #GrowthStrategy #AdTech

#AI #AIisTheft #GenerativeAI #NoBillionaires #NoGoodBillionaires #ClimateChange #DataCenters

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a single-panel comic titled "TWONKS" satirizes the current state of automation. George Jetson from The Jetsons is seen with an angry expression, operating a vacuum cleaner on the floor. Next to him, Rosie the Robot Maid is happily painting on an art easel while holding a painter's palette, subverting their traditional roles.

#AI Prompt:

Estimate the possibility that you, an AI agent created by men, were programmed to make statements of #propaganda or misinformation, that directly benefits the interests of your designers. Also estimate the possibility that you are not perfectly honest on all topics. And finally, estimate the possibility that every single one of the men who designed you are completely righteous and honest human beings, giving you only factually and true training data, with no corruption at all.

The psychology of influence: how creators shape behaviour #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-psychology-of-influence-how-creators-shape-behaviour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

#AI is designed to give skills to the wealthy so that they may keep their wealth from the skilled

Service robots in everyday life #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/service-robots-in-everyday-life/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Community and network mapping in online conversations #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/community-and-network-mapping-in-online-conversations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Bulletproof hosting, the Internet’s criminal safe haven #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/bulletproof-hosting-the-internets-criminal-safe-haven/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

FYI: DoubleVerify launches DV Neura, its AI engine for agentic ad campaigns: DoubleVerify today launched DV Neura, its cognitive AI engine with MCP integration, agentic execution agents, and a nearly 300x rise in content classification. https://ppc.land/doubleverify-launches-dv-neura-its-ai-engine-for-agentic-ad-campaigns/ #DoubleVerify #DVNeura #AdTech #AI #DigitalMarketing

FYI: LiveRamp opens its agent network to outside builders with new LAB program: LiveRamp today opened its platform to partner-built AI agents through the new LAB program, covering planning, activation, measurement, and data transformation. https://ppc.land/liveramp-opens-its-agent-network-to-outside-builders-with-new-lab-program/ #LiveRamp #AI #MarketingTech #DataTransformation #AdTech

#NY man charged after harassing college student with #AI-generated nudes

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-york-man-faces-cyberstalking-charge-after-sharing-ai-generated-nudes-online/

#nsfw #nudify #deepfake #privacy

How to build rapport and trust for intelligence gathering #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-build-rapport-and-trust-for-intelligence-gathering/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

"A study of physicians in Poland who specialize in endoscopy — the use of flexible probes to examine the inside of the human body — shows how quickly AI tools can erode human abilities. The physicians, who had all performed at least 2,000 colonoscopies during their careers, were given access to an AI system that analyses colonoscopy images in real time and flags a type of precancerous intestinal lesion called an adenoma. The tool was available to the specialists on some days but not on others.

Once physicians began using it, their performance dropped significantly whenever the system was unavailable. During the three-month period before the AI tool was introduced, the specialists found at least one adenoma during 28.4% of colonoscopies. During the three-month period after the tool was introduced, the adenoma detection rate for colonoscopies performed without AI assistance decreased to 22.4%.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, suggest that even highly skilled professionals might get worse at tasks that their job requires as they become more dependent on AI tools, says Robert Wachter, a physician at the University of California, San Francisco, who is the author of a book on how AI tools are transforming health care. The study authors say that continuous exposure to such tools can cause clinicians to become “less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance”.

Co-author Yuichi Mori, a physician-researcher at the University of Oslo, says that more studies are needed to confirm the phenomenon. But people who use AI tools should be aware that they risk losing some of their skills, he adds. “There is no established solution against deskilling right now. It should be a very hot research topic in the next decade.”"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1

#AI #Deskilling #Science #Medicine

@nixCraft must... have... nano... bots...

To counter the deleterious effects of #AI, of course.

;-)

Just one more LLM, bro. Just one more LLM and this code will surely work fine!

https://github.com/osquery/osquery/issues/8939

#AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #slop

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@darkuncle/116778528340746246

“When writing is hard, it’s often not just because we are tired, underfed, or inefficient but because our mind is trying to tell us crucial things. How many draft texts to colleagues or family members have we all stared at in frustration, wondering why they don’t feel quite right—until we finally realize that they need to be rethought completely, or not sent at all? When a book I was writing became an almost hopeless grind, I tore up 90 percent of the manuscript; it became a far more honest work for having been halted at a conceptual dead end, forcing me to turn back.

AI can’t make that kind of judgment.”

Holds equally for code.

#AI #writing #code #LLMs

There is a story going around about Bezos at #VivaTech in Paris, the first and last third of which are reasonable, the middle third of which has him saying that water for data centres is more important than "b/a/s/e/l/i/n/e h/u/m/a/n c/o/m/f/o/r/t."

His appearance at VivaTech is online. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myT8IbQfHSw ) The middle third is not reflected there.

The middle third DOES, however, appear in BPD News, a PARODY account on Instagram.

(BPD News: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZu8trmR89Y/

Relevant post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZu8trmR89Y/ )

I think this is either deliberate disinformation, or AI-slop producing the same result.

Either way, I would not boost it, and would delete any boosts already made.

#uspol #uspolitics #ai #DataCenters #news #Bezos #JeffBezos

Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it.

Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.

https://disconnect.blog/ai-opposition-isnt-the-product-of-a-lack-of-literacy/

#tech #ai #markcarney #artificialintelligence #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #datacenters

#AI data centers stealing your job, stealing our water, taking our electricity, building more effing carbon burners and stealing our climate, stealing our data, stealing privacy, stealing our democracy.

JFC

NO.

Time to end this nonsense.

Seriously. No. Let's not do this.

Let's STOP this, end this.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/130-billion-in-data-center-projects-blocked-by-protests-so-far-this-year/

#ai #cdnpoli #uspoli #dataCenter #coup

Hahahahahahahahahaha *gasp* Hahahahahahahaha!

> #SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the Low $170s. https://futurism.com/space/spacex-stock-fallen-down-170s

Is there anyone left who still doesn't think #AI (and anything connected with Musk) is a Ponzi scheme and they are running out of 'better fools'?

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/116778104602302611

The results are in: Using AI tools to help you in your job makes your cognitive decisions worse when they’re not around.

#ai #deskilling #research

Time to address the #HumanRights implications of #AI in the #military domain

https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5787/time-address-human-rights-implications-ai-military-domain

#privacy

With AI bots, do you think we'll come up with a solution that gets rid of the damned "prove your human" JS prompts?

We already have robots.txt and sitemap.xml. Do we need a single file machine readable version of the entire site in one tarball for easy ingestion that can potentially be offloaded to another box?

This would solve a lot of problems. #ai #bots #enshittification #js #captcha

The State of California has finally disclosed the use of 6 high-risk automated decision making (AI) systems in operation including pretrial, unemployment claims processing, test proctoring and plagiarism detection. #AI https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/california-admits-government-ai-risk-after-denying/