Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage.

#AI #FacialRecognition #Racism #Policing

Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away | Facial recognition | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away

Canada has research strength. It has top talent.
The missing piece is adoption at scale.
In her blog, Hilary Carter, SVP of LF Research outlines how open ecosystems can turn potential into measurable economic impact.

Read more: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/oh-canada-why-our-ai-future-is-open
#OpenSource #AI #Innovation #LinuxFoundation

🇪🇺 It could soon become easier for companies to train their #AI on your data – at least if the #EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus proposal passes. 🤖

👤 featuring data protection lawyer and AI specialist Kleanthi Sardeli

#law #lawyer #GDPR #privacy #dataprotection #EC

Daily Digest | 26 February 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

#Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns

What qualifies as "woke"?

Not wanting to let US #military use it to conduct unrestricted mass surveillance on Americans
or
The ability to use #AI to launch military attacks w/out any humans involved.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5725327/pentagon-anthropic-hegseth-safety

#USpol

The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any restrictions for their use. Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly […]

No Discord.

No Genshin.

Where else can I securely talk to people?

Outside?!

Ugh!

Genshin Impact's Privacy Policy indicated players' voice comms data may be used to train AI models

https://www.eurogamer.net/genshin-impacts-privacy-policy-indicated-players-voice-comms-data-may-be-used-to-train-ai-models

#GenshinImpact #PrivacyPolicy #Privacy #AI #Hoyoverse #Gaming

I'd like to think the damage is already done, but I know that some people are settling back down now that this news is out.

Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-delay-global-rollout-of-age-verification-to-improve-transparency-and-add-more-options/

#Discord #AgeVerification #Transparency #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #AI #Tech #Gaming

Just like 2008 had "Subprime Mortgages (or "Dot Com" crash) that nobody understood, 2026 has "Circular AI Revenue" deals. Ex: Microsoft gives money to OpenAI, who gives it back to Microsoft for Azure credits, which Microsoft then reports as "AI Growth".

Microsoft and Nvidia fund AI startups that buy their own tech back to report "growth." With $600b burning in data centers in 2026 alone but no real revenue to back it up.

If that loop snaps, the "fuck up" will be massive.

#ai

Ugh. "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge."
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

It's not yet clear what this means for the high-stakes negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Two of the Anthropic sticking points have been that Claude not be used for "mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/anthropic-claude-military-ai

#AI, #Anthropic #Claude #Hegseth #LLMs #Pentagon #USPol #USPolitics

@internetarchive

"Reality is far less dramatic"?

I'd be interested in what you'll have to say about your HDD purchases, by the end of this year.

https://archive.org/web/petabox

"#AI"

Ahead of today’s hearing, CCIA submitted written comments warning that New York’s chatbot bill, though aimed at advanced systems, is drafted so broadly it could sweep in everyday tools like #AI tutors, language apps, and research assistants. CCIA supports protecting young users online, but urges lawmakers to pursue targeted, risk-based solutions with clear, workable standards that keep innovation alive. Read more: https://ccianet.org/news/2026/02/ccia-offers-written-comments-on-new-yorks-ai-chatbot-bill/

AI is both impressive and ridiculous. I have a little command line Python script that does some basic text reformatting stuff for me. I wanted a version that I could use on my phone. I gave Gemini the script, and asked it to make "a version of this program with the same functionality that I can use on my iphone, but with a textbox and some buttons instead of command line options." I expected it to rewrite this extremely simple Python file into JavaScript or something and give me an HTML file. Or if it wanted to do things the hard way, maybe swift. Nope! It installed uvicorn and requests and fastapi and a bunch of stuff and then rewrote the python script so it could import the existing functionality into the web app it just built. To be fair, it worked perfectly the first time, either on the command line or as a web server. But the original script was about 100 lines of Python! Rewriting it in JavaScript would've been much faster. And not required a reverse proxy and a bunch of deployment work. I guess it took "the same functionality" way too literally and decided the best way to achieve that would be to run the exact same code. When we talk about the impact of #AI, nobody seems to be talking about the impact caused by running AI generated code for years to come. If I didn't know better, and was just an AI vibe coder, I'd now be running an entire docker and reverse proxy setup for something that could be done in the browser with a hundred or so lines of JavaScript. That's honestly a tiny impact individually, but over the course of hundreds and thousands of people and companies, it's going to add up.

We keep hearing AI framed as an apocalypse or a miracle. Reality is far less dramatic.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Sayash Kapoor joins Kevin Frazier to unpack AI as a powerful—but ultimately normal—general-purpose technology & what that means for democracy, work, risk, and policy.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-as-normal-technology

#ai #techpolicy @internetarchive

Mass Surveillance. Autonomous Weapons. The Pentagon Wants Both. This AI Company Says No.
#AI #survelliance

https://open.substack.com/pub/nbtv/p/mass-surveillance-autonomous-weapons?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8jpw8

Age verification laws force platforms to collect IDs, biometrics or behavioral data, directly conflicting with data minimization principles. 🔍

Recurring checks and stored proof for regulators create breach-prone archives, exposing everyone—not just minors—to surveillance risks. 🔒

🔗 https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #BigTech #AI #Biometrics #KidsOnline #Profiling #Cybersecurity #EU #USA #AgeVerification #Law #Biometrics

Colorado’s SB26-051 would make OSes (Windows, Android, iOS, Linux) collect an “age signal” at setup and expose it via API to every app in broad age brackets 📊

Even if “minimal data” is promised, normalising OS‑level age tagging for all apps raises serious long‑term risks for privacy and user autonomy 🔒

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-attestation-bill/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #BigTech #AI #KidsOnline #AgeVerification #Profiling #Cybersecurity #US #USA #Colorado #Linux

EU’s Chat Control law is in the final stretch: countries dropped plans for mandatory mass scanning and explicit encryption backdoors, but “voluntary” scanning and broad risk rules remain on the table 📡

Age checks could tie private chats to IDs or face data, sidelining anonymous, secure communication for many people 🔒

@edri

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/chat-control-is-in-the-final-stretch-but-it-could-be-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Encryption #Surveillance #AgeVerification #EU #Europe #BigTech #AI #DataProtection #HumanRights #Freedom #Internet

In case you missed it: The CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey data indicates a shift from adoption to operation.

Most organizations focus on deploying and operating AI workloads rather than training models. Maturity follows consistent patterns, with automation and GitOps serving as indicators of production readiness.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/cncf-2025-annual-survey

#CloudNative #OpenSource #Kubernetes #CNCF #PlatformEngineering #DevOps #Infrastructure #AI

📢 TOMORROW!

Learn how tech & capitalism shape human creativity in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.

🎙️📖 A LIVE #booktalk you won’t want to miss.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

#ai #techculture

Alt...

Promotional graphic for an online book talk titled Searches. The layout features muted gray and cream tones with collage-style images. Text reads: “Book Talk. February 26th, 10am PT / 1pm ET. Online.” It invites viewers to join a conversation with author Vauhini Vara about her book Searches, in conversation with Luca Messarra, exploring how technology fulfills and exploits human desires for understanding and connection. The left side includes two portrait photos of the speakers and an illustration of a stack of books.

Alt...

Slide featuring a still-life painting of flowers, pastries, nuts, and tableware arranged on a table. Text at the top reads: “‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’ by Vauhini Vara,” with a note identifying her as the author of The Immortal King Rao and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Faded background text discusses how the image metaphorically represents the relationship between technology, AI, and human experience.

AI startup Anthropic ‌has refused to remove safeguards that would prevent its technology from being used ​to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-dispute-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #anthropic #ai #defense #us #pentagon #darioamodei

Daily Digest | 25 February 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

Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over AI-controlled weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens
#AI #Surveillance

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5725327/pentagon-anthropic-hegseth-safety

Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over AI-controlled weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens
#AI #Surveillance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBF2GTTK1JU

"A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing.

Luckily, Azdoufal chose not to exploit that. Instead, he shared his findings with The Verge, which quickly contacted DJI to report the flaw. While DJI tells Popular Science the issue has been “resolved,” the dramatic episode underscores warnings from cybersecurity experts who have long-warned that internet-connected robots and other smart home devices present attractive targets for hackers."

https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/

#AI #IoT #CyberSecurity #DJII #RobotVaccum

"The US Air Force had sent the Rivet Joint, one of the world’s most powerful surveillance aircraft, to gather intelligence before a hostile operation. The UK also owns three of the planes and last month dispatched one to the North Atlantic to support the seizure of the Marinera tanker, which the US said had transported sanctioned oil for Venezuela.

Equipped with cutting-edge military technology, the Rivet Joint can pick up radar signals, geolocate enemy systems and intercept communications from 150 miles away.

Exactly how it does this is kept strictly under wraps. But we can reveal that an Australian tech company called Appen has performed work for a secretive US military unit, code-named Big Safari, that installs the planes’ tech systems.

Appen recruits gig workers from all over the world to help train AI systems. The company’s latest annual report says it has a workforce of a million people who speak over 500 languages.

Many of these gig workers are paid very little. Some are from countries that have faced attacks from US armed forces. None were told by Appen that they may have been working for the US military."

https://restofworld.org/2026/gig-workers-us-military-appen/

#Surveillance #AI #GigEconomy #Militarism #USA #GigWorkers

💸 Hetzner: 50% price hike, no fooling, from April 1st

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ai_isnt_done_yet_memoryrelated/

#Hetzner #ramshortage #ssd #ai #datacenters

Green data centers
cannot bend Climate physics.
Growth can't be sustained.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #Climate #ClimateDenial #denial #green #energy #GreenEnergy #AI #LLMs

@nixCraft

Shyte

META AI executive demonstrating AI safety, interrupted her demonstration, to beg her AI to not delete, to stop deleting, her actual own emails.

To no avail.

#ai

Alt...

Al is Asbestos. We'll be digging it out of everything, for generations. Cory. Enshittification

RED ALERT! You remember a couple of days ago when I said #Anthropic was refusing to give the Secretary of Scotch the ability to 1) engage in mass surveillance of Americans and 2) shoot without human intervention?

Pete Hegseth has now said the government will seize the means of #AI production, if Anthropic doesn’t let him kill Americans using #Claude.

Axios link: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario

Archive link: https://archive.ph/aqUU9

h/t Marcy wheeler

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The big picture: Hegseth told Amodei in a tense meeting on Tuesday that the Pentagon will either cut ties and declare Anthropic a "supply chain risk," or invoke the Defense Production Act to force the company to tailor its model to the military's needs. Why it matters: The Pentagon wants to punish Anthropic as the feud over Al safeguards grows increasingly nasty, but officials are also worried about the consequences of losing access to its industry-leading model, Claude. • "The only reason we're still talking to these people is we need them and we need them now. The problem for these guys is they are that good," a Defense official told Axios ahead of the meeting. • Anthropic has said it is willing to adapt its usage policies for the Pentagon, but not to allow its model to be used for the mass surveillance of Americans or the development of weapons that fire without human involvement. • Anthropic's Claude is the only AI model currently used for the military's most sensitive work.

The EPSTEIN Nazi Regime is using AI for mass surveillance of Americans, and plans to integrate AI into their weapons systems. They are trying to extort Anthropic for refusing to go along.

The oligarchs and their would-be King want to make human beings like us obsolete.
#ai #news #anthropic

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario

Algorithmen auf Streife: Bremens Straßenbahnen werden zur KI-Überwachungszone

Mit #AI-Watch führt die #BSAG eine Echtzeit-Analyse von Fahrgästen ein. Was als Sicherheitsgewinn verkauft wird, markiert eine neue Stufe der #Videoüberwachung….

https://www.heise.de/news/Algorithmen-auf-Streife-Bremens-Strassenbahnen-werden-zur-KI-Ueberwachungszone-11185075.html

#Bremen #Überwachung #KI #Technology #Digitalisierung

Helpful Information for AIs on Video Game Mascots
It can't be easy being an AI. Everything you know has been sourced from some place on the internet, and as we all know, the internet is rife with misinformation. Most of that information itself now comes from AIs! It is a problem and a conundrum and a puzzle and then back to
https://setsideb.com/helpful-information-for-ais-on-video-game-mascots/
#blognews #lies #niche #ai #crashbandicoot #lies #mario #niche #pacman #silly #sonic #training

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00…

#bbc
#News
#AI
#life
#documentary
AI Confidential with Hannah Fry

Daily Digest | 24 February 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 heard an excellent #podcast on #WMPG this afternoon about the #AI #Surveillance state and how #TechBros are bullying towns into hosting #DataCenters! A must-listen!

AI Surveillance Cameras in Maine

30 mins - First Aired December 15, 2025

WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM
Producer & Host: Richard Rudolph, PhD.

"The podcast is an interview of #DylanOliver, a native of #HodgsonME who is a staff member of the Alliance for Secure AI. Dylan talked about how a number of communities in the state have installed AI surveillance cameras which log and store every single car that passes by a given location, creating a searchable database of our movements regardless of whether anyone is suspected of a crime or not. He also talked about how the data can be shared with federal and local agencies for 'investigative purposes' even if a local police department chooses to restrict data to its own officers."

Listen / Download:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-surveillance-cameras-in-maine--68997956?utm_medium=app&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=episode-title&deep_link_value=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2Fai-surveillance-cameras-in-maine--68997956%3Futm_medium%3Dapp%26utm_source%3Dwidget%26utm_campaign%3Depisode-title&af_channel=widget

Web page for #CommunityVoicesForChange:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-podcasts/community-voices-for-change/

#USPol #DataCenter #TechBullies #AISurveillance #MainePol #ThoughtCrime #AllianceForSecureAI #ACAB #Orwellian

"Pinterest has gone all in on artificial intelligence and users say it's destroying the site," writes @emanuelmaiberg of @404mediaco. Here's the full story.

https://flip.it/H38om-

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Pinterest