INFORUM: AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in Fargo fraud case. “Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail in Tennessee and North Dakota after being misidentified by Fargo police through AI facial recognition in a bank fraud investigation.”

#China Moves to Curb #OpenClaw #AI Use at Banks, State Agencies

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/china-moves-to-limit-use-of-openclaw-ai-at-banks-government-agencies

#banking #cybersecurity #finance #privacy #government

"#AI" won't let you drive your #car, and it's mandatory, by law.

»Federal mandate requires surveillance cameras monitoring driver alertness in new vehicles by 2027

Infrared sensors track eye movement and prevent ignition if impairment detected

Technology adds $100-500 per vehicle cost while raising biometric data privacy concerns

The tech involves infrared cameras mounted on steering columns or A-pillars, tracking eye movement, pupil dilation, and drowsiness patterns. […]

If the AI determines you’re impaired (blood alcohol ≥0.08% or showing fatigue), it can prevent ignition startup or limit vehicle speed.«

https://www.gadgetreview.com/federal-surveillance-tech-becomes-mandatory-in-new-cars-by-2027

"Even worse was the suggestion by Grammarly’s A.I. version of me to replace the first sentence of the news article with an anecdotal opening describing a fictional person named Laura whose privacy had been violated.

“Laura, a patient searching for relief from a chronic condition, clicks through her hospital’s website to schedule an appointment. In just a few moments, her most private medical details — her reason for visiting, her doctor’s name and even the treatment she seeks — are quietly sent to Facebook, without her knowledge,” the bot suggested with a button allowing the user to paste that excerpt straight into the article.

Replacing a factual sentence with an imagined story about a person who doesn’t exist is not only bad editing. It’s a deception that could end my career as a journalist (or the career of any journalist who took that terrible advice).

And this is the problem with A.I. It doesn’t know truth from fiction. It doesn’t know an investigative news article from an offhand comment. It flattens all content into word associations.

What Grammarly made wasn’t a doppelgänger. As the writer Ingrid Burrington wrote on Bluesky, it was a sloppelgänger — A.I. slop masquerading as a person.

And it must be stopped."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/opinion/ai-doppelganger-deepfake-grammarly.html

#AI #GenerativeAI #Copyright #Writing #Hallucinations

#Amazon launches its #healthcare #AI assistant on its website and app

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/amazon-launches-its-healthcare-ai-assistant-on-its-website-and-app/

#privacy

People who are working tirelessly to weaken the EU privacy laws

https://tboteproject.com/git/hekate/attestation-findings/src/commit/b6b7a23cec3c53f87f0ea97c9e4ad6d8159cbb1c/data/processed/global_coordination_research.md

#eu #gdpr #privacy #tech #ai

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Personnel « 30 declared lobbyists (13.8 FTE) « 8 European Parliament accredited lobbyists: © Anna Helseth © Stacey Featherstone © Maria Luisa Jimenez Martin © Cesare Marco Pancini © Doreen El-Roely © Bartolomeo Poggi © Yuliia Kulakovska © Simone Gobello Retained Lobbying Firms (2024, by spend bracket) Spend Firm EUR 300K-400K Shearwater Global EUR 200K-300K EU Strategy, Fourtold, Milltown Partners Group Limited EUR 100K-200K Utopia Lab S.R.L., Afore Consulting, Oxera Consulting LLP EUR50K-100K ~~ Trilligent, White & Case LLP, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Vinces Consulting, Political Intelligence Brussels, Nove EUR 25K-50K Arthur Cox LLP, Plum Consulting Paris, Giuseppe Cassano EUR 10K-25K Policy Impact Partners Limited, FTI Consulting Belgium, Ipsos Public Affairs LLC

Think Twice Before Buying or Using #Meta’s Ray-Bans

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/think-twice-buying-or-using-metas-ray-bans

#privacy #AI #RayBan #SmartGlasses

deeply disturbing... and according to the local story linked here, she lost her home, car, and dog while locked up

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

#AI #surveillance #FacialRecognition

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live after 2 weeks:

* everyone has a voice to #keepandroidopen install F-Droid everywhere, make it unavoidable
* Basic 2.0-alpha4 animates things
* #NewPipe reminds you of September
* more downloads stats
* more #FLOSS devs using #AI
+ 38 new apps
& 347 updates
- three archived
~ one downgraded

Elephants in rooms, https://f-droid.org/2026/03/13/twif.html

@SrRochardBunson

#Legal #MassSurveillance #AI #Oracle #Privacy

(3/3)

...placed #SecurityCameras.

"There are so many opportunities to exploit AI," he said.

The Oracle CTO also suggested that #Drones could be used to pursue police suspects instead of relying on patrol vehicle chases, and that #satellite imagery..." 1)

//

3)
https://toad.social/@jimstewartson/109468331918047185

Larry Ellison is quickly climbing in the #Billionaires I wish didn't exist standings.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/oracle_ai_mass_surveillance_cloud/

https://youtu.be/sQqQtgRdjZU

https://youtu.be/tdXqs_cHi6k

#LarryEllison #Oracle #AI #Surveillance #PoliceState

#Legal #MassSurveillance #AI #Oracle

(1/n)

Forget the low-tech dystopias of #Bradbury's #Fahrenheit451 + #Orwell's #1984, #PhilipKDick's #MinorityReport is just around the corner, thanks to #AI and billionaires like #PeterThiel (#Palantir 3), #AIP et al 2)) 1) and #LarryEllison:

Via #BrandonVigliarolo / #TheRegister:

"👉#Oracle [CTO #LarryEllison]:
Your mass AI surveillance cloud platform👈

Envisaging the combination of #OracleCloud...

Cc @SrRochardBunson

1)
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/oracle_ai_mass_surveillance_cloud/

@SrRochardBunson

#Legal #MassSurveillance #AI #Oracle

(2/n)

...Infrastructure and advanced AI, #Ellison predicted 👉a world of constant accountability for the #Americans of tomorrow, where computers keep everyone in line👈..." 1)

"...👉Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting," #Ellison added,👈 though it's not clear what he sees as the source of those recordings - police body cams or publicly...

2)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110386514828183897

The #US consumer is OK
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/news.html#6

#UK economy was flatlining even BEFORE #MiddleEast crisis
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4

Six years after Breonna Taylor’s death, #America is
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html#3

Conservative #Nigerian city sees women drive rickshaw
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Luxembourg

No fuel shortage expected in #Kyrgyzstan — Economy Ministry
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Bishkek

#AI photo editing without the privacy trade off is almost
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#32

The Government Must Not Force Companies to Participate in #AI-powered #Surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/government-must-not-force-companies-participate-ai-powered-surveillance

#politics #privacy

Uber’s robotaxi network continues to grow with the deployment of Motional’s self-driving cars in Las Vegas. Starting March 13, the Hyundai-owned vehicles will do pickup and drop-offs in the rideshare zones at Resorts World and Encore hotel casinos on the Strip. @Techcrunch has more:

https://flip.it/TO.suG

#Tech #AI #Transportation #Uber #Hyundai #LasVegas

Ai horror story of the day:
Tennessee grandmother loses her home, her car and her dog after being wrongfully identified by Ai facial recognition in fraud case.
She spent four months in jail without bond despite having no connection to crime.
This is what happens when unaccountable police put too much faith in poorly tested technology. And when people are willing to put too much trust in Frankenstein's autocorrect.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud
#Ai #FacialRecognition #FalseArrest #PolicingWithAutocorrect

#Microsoft #Azure CTO set #Claude on his 1986 #AppleII code, says it found vulns

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/09/claude_legacy_code_vulns/

#cybersecurity #AI

Rebekah Cummings (University of Utah) will open the CNI Spring 2026 Member Meeting with a plenary on #AI implementation strategies across #libraries, campuses, and systems. She'll lead a conversation with practitioners bringing on-the-ground perspectives from Montana State University, University of Oklahoma, and California State University. https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2026/

Another Pearl update!

This is the last "polish" update before the next big feature addition. It has a couple of new handy buttons to use during chats and a lot of bug fixes.

It also marks my slow transition to a new GUI framework, ultimately turning it into a truly professional app.

Check it out! #Pearl #AI #Privacy

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl/releases/tag/v0.2.5

Who is really footing the AI energy bill? Inside the debate about data center electricity costs, from CNBC.

"From rural Virginia to the Arizona desert, communities that once welcomed tech investment are now pushing back against data centers."

https://flip.it/ADZriK

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #Tech #Energy #Technology

"when it comes to its impact on students, early studies point to potentially catastrophic effects on cognitive abilities and critical thinking skills"

"self lobotomization"

'I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff': professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning
#Education #Epistemology #AI #LLM #Humanities #CriticalThinking

Spoilers: yes

Might be helpful to think of LLM/"AI" use as mass colonization and subversion of our minds.

Ideas: With a decline in reading is our capacity to think eroding?

Episode webpage: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16198762-reading-thinking-digital-age

Media file: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_IDEAS_P/media/ideas/ideas-sDXd8fyC-20260219.mp3

#Philosophy #Epistemology #AI #LLM #Reading

"The officers allegedly used facial recognition software to identify the suspect as Lipps. A detective reportedly wrote in court documents that Lipps appeared to match the suspect based on facial features, body type and hairstyle."

Wow. That's stochastic.

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

#ai

CNBC: Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled. “New U.S laws designed for online child safety are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates that often use AI technology, and causing major headaches for social media companies attempting to strike a balance for users between legal compliance and privacy.”

Daily Digest | 13 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

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217717944115087

Systemd (popular component to many {most?} Linux distributions) getting enshittified by AI.

Read @cwebber 's thread quoted below for more.

Also, thanks a lot (thanks a bot?) daandemeyer.

#linux #systemd #enshittification #ai #claude

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Github commits showing multiple instances of adding functionality for Claude AI reviewing of code into systemd. Commits written by daandemeyer

OpenAI, the maker of ChaptGPT, is rightfully facing widespread criticism for its decisions to fill the gap the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) created when rival Anthropic refused to drop its restrictions against using its AI for surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. After protests from both users and employees who did not sign up to support government mass surveillance—early […]

#Romantic #Dance Amidst #Roses by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

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#ai #red #gold #digitalart #autumntones #couple #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

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A couple in elegant attire embraces tenderly, surrounded by vibrant roses and autumn foliage. The woman's red dress flows dramatically, adding to the dreamy atmosphere. This striking image captures a passionate couple locked in after an intimate dance, surrounded by a whirlwind of glowing autumn tones and blooming roses. The womans flowing crimson gown billows dramatically around her, like flames caught in motion, while the man in his dark suit holds her close with quiet intensity. THE FINE ART AMERICA LOGO WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED PRINTS OR PRODUCTS.

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI face recognition error links her to fraud

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

#HackerNews #Tennessee #grandmother #AI #fraud #justice #tech #news

A woman from Tennessee, who had never been to North Dakota, was arrested by US Marshals and jailed for nearly half of a year - based on a facial recognition software match.

She lost her home, her car, and her dog, due to being falsely incarcerated.

AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/ai-error-jails-innocent-grandmother-for-months-in-north-dakota-fraud-case

#ai #facialrecognition #stopAI #FuckAI

Have I made myself unemployable with my disgust of GenAI use and unethical Big Tech 🤔 #AI #LLM #Career #Infosec

#YouTube expands #AI #deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-to-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists/

#privacy

Big Tech AI companies need more money to feed their AI machines, according to @AxiosNews. AI reporter Madison Mills explains just why those AI subscriptions will be getting more expensive in the future.

https://flip.it/43cW.b

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #TechNews

Another day, another company is reducing IT and software dev jobs to replace them with AI despite many report indicating that Gen AI doesn't work as promised. Get ready for more outages for Jira and co ;) ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx

I didn't think Jira could get any more messed up, but I underestimated their commitment to the bit. AI is a bold choice for a platform that struggles with basic navigation. Lmao

#ai #llm

Daily Digest | 12 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

I wrote about a Tech Bro that had to invade my offline life, and a quiet indie bookstore, and then I just had enough so had to fight him. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-bookstore-hope/ #AI #Books #Bookstore #Writing #Blog #Blogs

RE: https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk/116212811338255993

Update: Grammarly is now facing a class action over its Expert Review feature. Investigative journalist Julia Angwin is the only named plaintiff in the suit filed in New York today (Wednesday) that states she: "challenges Grammarly’s misappropriation of the names and identities of hundreds of journalists, authors, writers, and editors to earn profits for Grammarly and its owner, Superhuman.” Here's the story from @WIRED.

https://flip.it/S.7B5L

#Technology #Tech #AI #Grammarly #USLaw

Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐 2026-03-11
@TechDesk@flipboard.social

Grammarly is nixing its "Expert Review" AI feature — a paid option to have your work "reviewed" by AI clones of experts, living and dead, without said experts' consent — after overwhelming opposition from just about everyone. Here's @theverge's story.

https://flip.it/QL-vTT

#Grammarly #Technology #Writing