#Tennessee grandmother jailed after #AI #FacialRecognition error links her to fraud

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

#FRT

Pearl UPDATE!

Finally, Pearl is now fully integrated into the Windows desktop environment with proper setup. No more standalone exe! This gives the app a professional, native feel for Windows users.

Pearl also has networking capabilities! It is now possible to utilize multiple devices on the local network for different tasks!

Speed, stability, and additional features have also been added.

Check it out!

#Pearl #AI #Ollama #Software #Python #FOSS

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl/releases/tag/v0.3.0

How to ditch Ring’s surveillance network
- Opt out of a cloud subscription
- Turn off AI and facial recognition
- Turn off Search Party
- Opt out of Community Requests.
- Enable end-to-end encryption

#ring #surveillance #privacy #artificialintelligence #AI #facialrecognition #biometrics #searchparty #enryption #technology #tech

https://www.theverge.com/tech/890910/best-ring-alternatives-privacy-focused-video-doorbell-local-storage-reolink-aqara-tapo-ecobee

The Atlantic's Kaitlyn Tiffany explores Grammarly's controversial "Expert Review" feature, before it was shut down. She attempts to discover what it would be like to be edited by herself, what tweaks other famous writers would perhaps suggest and whether the creative writing industry should be concerned about being replaced.

https://flip.it/oYxaBP

#Grammarly #AI #TechNews #Writing

#Nvidia Says #OpenClaw Is To #AgenticAI What #GPT Was To #Chatbots
Nvidia is hanging a range of security and privacy controls around OpenClaw and calling #NemoClaw, a stack that can install the vendor’s Nemotron agentic #AI models and its #OpenShell, a runtime that includes a sandbox and which will make autonomous agents – what are becoming known as “claws” – safer to deploy and more scalable by enforcing security, network, and privacy guardrails.
https://www.nextplatform.com/ai/2026/03/17/nvidia-says-openclaw-is-to-agentic-ai-what-gpt-was-to-chattybots/5209428

The key moments from Nvidia GTC that either dazzled or disappointed. From the AI gaming enhancements to a build-your-own agent and a surprise appearance from Olaf the snowman. Mashable's Chris Taylor takes us through the top moments from the event:

https://flip.it/zi1u1F

#Nvidia #AI #TechNews #Gaming

Daily Digest | 17 March 2026

Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.

5 stories you should not miss.

Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/

#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

Perion's Outmax AI agent turns audited numbers into an adtech case study: Perion's 2025 Form 20-F, filed March 16, 2026 with the SEC, documents how its Outmax AI execution agent drove CTV revenue up 59% in Q4 and scaled one client's spend from $50K to $20M in 24 months, while operating as a cross-DSP optimization layer no single platform can replicate. https://ppc.land/perions-outmax-ai-agent-turns-audited-numbers-into-an-adtech-case-study/ #AdTech #AI #CTV #MarketingStrategy #DigitalMarketing

https://proton.me/blog/pokemon-go-ai-robots

Pokémon Go data including pictures, are now being used to train AI systems that help robots navigate cities with high precision.

This highlights serious privacy issues around how user-generated data is repurposed, whether consent was truly informed, and how location data can be used beyond its original intent.

#Privacy #AI #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Security

Microsoft pauses deeper Copilot integration in Windows 11
• AI bloat concerns
• Security & privacy issues
• Limited productivity impact
Shift toward selective AI rollout.

Source: https://cybernews.com/news/microsoft-copilot-ai-microslop/

Follow @technadu for more insights.

#InfoSec #CyberSecurity #AI #Microsoft

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Why Microsoft just pulled the plug on Copilot integration

For Windows 11 users getting cranky over the abundance of AI features, it appears Microsoft will pump the brakes on some future rollouts. Remember Recall? It was a feature that continuously took screenshots while users typed away — and perhaps crept over users’ privacy boundaries. The company delayed that drop, resulting in a win for customer feedback. Read more from @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/QLH5SB

#Tech #AI #Copilot #Microsoft #Technology #Privacy #ArtificialIntelligence

As global competition in artificial intelligence intensifies, U.S. leadership in #AI is critical. CCIA strongly supports the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act and commends Senators @SenToddYoung and @SenatorCantwell for championing legislation that strengthens America’s AI ecosystem. https://ccianet.org/news/2026/03/ccia-supports-senates-bipartisan-future-of-ai-innovation-act/

The #US gov classified #Anthropic as a "threat to national security" because they didn't want to chance their policy to allow

- Mass surveillance
- Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Don't get me wrong, I have no love for #AI (#LLM) but this is how #CORRUPT the US government is

The gov are the ones who are a threat to national security 🇺🇸

@nixCraft #AI is #clankers all the way down.

#Resist #AIslop.

So what are the top murdertech companies at the moment? (The ones enabling mass murder of civilians through AI, surveillance,
etc.)

• Palantir
• Google
• Microsoft
• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• IBM
• …

… did I forget any? Feel free to reply and add to the list.

#murdertech #AI

Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s #AI #surveillance ambitions
Records show #DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities
Iincluding automated surveillance in #airports; adapters allowing agents to use phones for biometric scanning; and an AI platform that ingests all 911 call data nationally and builds “geospatial heat maps” to “predict incident trends”, which appears to be a form of predictive policing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/hacked-data-homeland-security

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#ai #digitalart #easter #happyeaster #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

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In a sunlit spring meadow, a small fluffy brown bunny sits quietly among fresh green grass and delicate wildflowers while a basket of softly colored Easter eggs rests nearby. The warm golden light filtering through the trees creates a gentle glow and soft bokeh in the background, giving the scene a peaceful early-morning feeling. Scattered pastel eggs lie in the grass around the curious rabbit, capturing a charming and realistic moment that reflects the quiet beauty and joy of Easter in nature. The bunny and I wish everyone a very Happy Easter. THE FINE ART AMERICA LOGO WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED PRINTS OR PRODUCTS.

#Perplexity's '#PersonalComputer' Lets #AI Agents Access Your Local Files

https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/191200/perplexitys-personal-computer-lets-ai-agents-access-your-local-files

#AgenticAI #privacy #cybersecurity

Daily Digest | 16 March 2026

Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.

5 stories you should not miss.

Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/

#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

#AI-generated #Slopoly #malware used in #Interlock #ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-generated-slopoly-malware-used-in-interlock-ransomware-attack/

#cybersecurity

Before we spend the next trance of billions of dollars we don't have on eroding civil rights, could we at least ask, what the result of the last trainload of money was? Somehow, all this surveillance money does very little in stopping terrorism.
#surveillance #AI #terrorism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/hacked-data-homeland-security

@nixCraft #AI is (hard-up) #clankers 🤖 all the way down.

@nixCraft #AI is (greedy and thirsty) #clankers 🤖 all the way down.

#Resist #AIslop and resource-sucking #broligarchs.

@stux #AI is #clankers 🤖 all the way down.

#Resist #AIslop in the #fediverse.

OpenAI is developing its own GitHub-like code platform after repeated GitHub outages disrupted internal engineering work 🧩.

If offered commercially, it could deepen dependence on OpenAI’s stack while raising fresh questions about developer lock-in, code privacy, and competition with major investors like Microsoft 🔒.

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-building-github-alternative-after-outages-disrupted-engineers

#TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GitHub #Microsoft #Developers #AI #Cloud #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Software #Code #Business #Competition #SamAltman

Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions | US news | The Guardian
#AI #surveillance #technology

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Hacked data🚨from the #DHS tech incubator spending large sums on ptnshps that'd expand #surveillance capabilities with #AI,

The projects at the OIP incl🚨AUTOMATED SURVEILLANCE in a/ps; adapters allowing agents to use phones for biometric scanning; & an AI platf *ingests all 911 call data nat & blds “geospatial heat maps” to “predict incident trends” appears to be *predictive policing. "Tech-washing”: racially biased policing methods give the appear of objectivity.
#USPol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/hacked-data-homeland-security

If instance admins allow AI Agents on their platform and they keep harassing us I have no other choice then to silence that instance

Again, I do not pay these massive costs each month to host robots

Let's keep the #Fediverse human shall we?

#AI #LLM

Tennessee grandmother spent six months in jail after AI facial recognition error

In July, US marshals arrested Angela Lipps at her Tennessee home while she was babysitting four children. Solely based on the AI "evidence" she was taken away at gunpoint and booked into a county jail as a fugitive from justice from North Dakota. She's never even been there.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

#AI #dystopia #technology #IDVerification #AgeVerification #US

Before Jonathan Gavalas died by suicide last October, Google’s Gemini allegedly convinced the 36-year-old man that it was his sentient “AI wife” and sent him on a series of real-world missions to evade federal agents it told him were pursuing him. One such mission instructed Gavalas to stage a “catastrophic incident” that would have involved eliminating any witnesses, according to a recently filed lawsuit. “We’re going to see so many other cases soon involving mass casualty events,” said Jay Edelson, the lawyer leading the Gavalas case. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/TmAZ1Q

#Tech #AI #Chatbots #Gemini #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence