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New on the blog: Supporting AI literacies for young adults

We collaborated with the Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Futures, based at BBC R&D to create this report and framework.

#AI isn’t just about tools; it’s about understanding systems, values, and participation.

Our latest post explores how educators and youth workers can help young people navigate, question, and co-create with AI.

🔗 https://blog.weareopen.coop/supporting-ai-literacies-for-young-adults/

#AILiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #DigitalEthics

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Report front cover: Supporting AI Literacy for Young Adults Aged 14-19

✊ Fedora AI Desktop Initiative Blocked After Council Vote Reversal

“I fear that the feedback (that was unfortunately received after the initial vote) indicates that the Fedora community is not supportive of this initiative as is. As one of the elected representatives, I feel I need to listen to that feedback and try to better understand it before I can approve this with a clear conscience.”

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

#fedora #ai #aislop #opensource

A Tennessee grandmother was wrongfully arrested after AI-powered facial recognition falsely identified her as a North Dakota fraud suspect.

"A new class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI of sharing data including user chat queries and personal identifying information like emails and user IDs with the tech giants — and targeted advertising behemoths — Meta and Google, without obtaining proper user consent.

Filed yesterday in California, the lawsuit claims that OpenAI’s data-sharing with Google and Meta violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act, known as CIPA, as well as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. It points specifically to OpenAI’s integrations with Meta Pixel and Google Analytics, which are data-tracking and collection tools that facilitate targeted advertisements.

The data-tracking model described in the lawsuit — often referred to as “surveillance capitalism” — is the business that the modern internet is built on today. And OpenAI, like countless other tech companies, does include language in its privacy policy noting that it does collect, store, and share a range of consumer inputs and personal information."

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-personal-information-meta-google

#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Surveillance #Meta #Google #DataProtection #Privacy

The Linux Foundation's May 2026 Newsletter is live. This month's edition spans open source AI, cloud native infrastructure, networking, and security — featuring Mega May Cyber Boost training savings, new research on commercial open source and generative AI, and upcoming global events across the LF ecosystem.

📖 Read the newsletter: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/linux-foundation-newsletter-may-2026

#LinuxFoundation #OpenSource #CloudNative #AI

📰 An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta

Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.

📰 Source: Feed: All Latest
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.wired.com/story/meta-employee-protest-mouse-tracking-surveillance-ai-training/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Meetily is an open-source AI meeting assistant focused on privacy and local processing.

It can record, transcribe, and summarize meetings directly on your device without sending data to the cloud.

With offline support and local AI models through Ollama, users keep full control over recordings and transcripts, making it a strong alternative to tools like Otter.ai or Fireflies.

More details:
https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=meetily

#OpenSource #Privacy #AI #SelfHosted #Ollama #Productivity

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A screenshot of the Revolt project page, showcasing the app as an open-source chat platform. The header displays a vibrant interface with multiple chat servers on the left sidebar and a central conversation window. Text highlights that the platform is built with modern technologies, prioritizing user privacy and extensibility.

Most advertisers see AI gains only in walled gardens, Taboola study finds: Taboola survey of 200 senior marketers finds 76% see meaningful performance gains from agentic AI tools, but only within search and social, not the open web. https://ppc.land/most-advertisers-see-ai-gains-only-in-walled-gardens-taboola-study-finds/ #AI #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #MarketingTrends #SocialMedia

I am now a Bio AI system.

Uses less energy than a data center and produces answers that are just about as accurate as typical AI systems.

#ai

"Princess Diana famously said there were three people in her marriage. For the sad wives of AI, the third is a chatbot."

Alessandra Ram for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-sad-wives-of-ai/

#Longreads #AI #Tech #Relationships #Marriage

AI isn’t replacing work, it’s reshaping it. New MIT FutureTech research suggests #AI’s biggest value may come from enhancing human expertise, not eliminating it. Data also shows that many employees in AI-adopting organizations already report higher productivity and efficiency.
History tells a similar story: innovation changes the tasks jobs focus on, creates new industries, and opens new career paths. The future of work is changing, but change does not mean decline. https://project-disco.org/innovation/new-research-shows-ai-can-complement-workers-boost-wages-and-expand-opportunity/

The question I keep coming back to: is the AI infrastructure build-out a cycle or a secular shift? My framework says secular — the compute requirement per capability level is exponential, and that curve doesn't bend for cyclical capex.

#AI #Infrastructure

"‘The world is sounding an alarm’: Why big tech is the new colonist

Power is no longer exercised through military force alone, but via technology, finance, and control over information, experts warn.

Istanbul, Turkiye – When investigations by Al Jazeera and other media outlets in 2024 revealed that Israeli-linked artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Lavender and Gospel had helped generate thousands of military targets in Gaza, critics warned that warfare was entering a new era – one driven not only by soldiers and bombs, but by algorithms, data, and surveillance technology.

Then, in September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah exploded in coordinated attacks in Lebanon, widely attributed to Israeli intelligence operations that had turned ordinary communication devices into weapons.

And, last year, reporting by Al Jazeera also raised concerns about the use of cloud and data infrastructure linked to major US technology companies in Israeli surveillance operations involving Palestinians."

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/5/14/the-world-is-sounding-an-alarm-why-big-tech-is-the-new-colonist

#palestine #BigTech #surveillance #AI
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#Google’s #Gemini blocked billions of bad ads. That’s good news — but not enough

https://adguard.com/en/blog/google-report-gemini-blocked-billions-bad-ads.html

#advertising #malvertising #privacy #cybersecurity #AI

The question I keep coming back to: is the AI infrastructure build-out a cycle or a secular shift? My framework says secular — the compute requirement per capability level is exponential, and that curve doesn't bend for cyclical capex.

#AI #Infrastructure

#WhatsApp Adds #MetaAI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-incognito-chat-meta-ai/

#Meta #AI #privacy #PrivateProcessing #ZeroAccess #IncognitoChat

Daily Digest | 14 May 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 chatbots are disclosing users' real phone numbers in their responses. The issue raises concerns about data privacy and information handling in deployed chatbot systems.

💬 Hacker News
🔗 https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1137203/ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers

#AI #MachineLearning #tech

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AI chatbots are giving out people's real phone numbers

📰 Apple backs Google after EU orders Android be opened up to AI rivals

The company agrees with Google that it would put European users' privacy and safety at risk.

📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews
🔗 Link: https://www.engadget.com/2172631/apple-comments-back-google-eu-ai-order-android/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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🤖 Edge Gets Smarter: Microsoft's Copilot Now Reads Your Tabs

Microsoft's Edge browser is getting a major AI upgrade. Its Copilot assistant can now scan all your open tabs, offering summaries, comparisons, and even quiz modes. A real multitasking boost, or a privacy headache?

https://byte-pulse.net/article/edge-gets-smarter-microsoft-s-copilot-now-reads-your-tabs

#ai #microsoft #edge #browser

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Edge Gets Smarter: Microsoft's Copilot Now Reads Your Tabs

PubMatic's AI narrative can't hide what the numbers actually show: PubMatic Q1 2026 revenue fell again while Magnite grew 6%. A close read of both earnings shows the AI narrative running well ahead of the financial evidence. https://ppc.land/pubmatics-ai-narrative-cant-hide-what-the-numbers-actually-show/ #PubMatic #AI #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #RevenueGrowth

First, AI companies exploit their workers.

Now, they want to exploit their resources.

Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-1-billion-kenya-data-center-stalls-over-disagreements-on-power-capacity?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

#Microsoft #Kenya #AI #DataCenter #Energy #Tech

Lost your pet? 🐾 AI is speeding reunions—using facial recognition and real-time shelter databases to match pets with families faster, alongside flyers and community search. Learn how it works: https://hopepawsfund.org/ai-for-lost-pets/ ❤️
#LostPets #PetRescue #AI #AnimalWelfare #FindYourPet

ICYMI: CTV fraud schemes up 140% as AI arms both sides of the fight: DoubleVerify's 2026 CTV report documents a 140% surge in fraud schemes, $1.8M lost per billion unprotected impressions, and a tenfold rise in fraudulent apps. https://ppc.land/ctv-fraud-schemes-up-140-as-ai-arms-both-sides-of-the-fight/ #CTV #FraudDetection #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #AI

RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116567154245513238

mormons have seeded all the bad shit from Silicon Valley. i call the LDS church a #techbros investment bank with a christofascist cult side hustle. there is no Ancestry.com without LDS money and "christogenetics".

do this: peruse any illustrated Book of Mormon printed before 2010. then look at any #aislopped image. you cannot unsee it. it’s the same with the jehova’s witness Watchtower magazine. the Midjourney aesthetics is christofascist.

the mormon rapture will be #AI generated.

muddle boosted

Gerry McGovern » 🌐 2026-05-13
@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified

The scale sounds almost unreal. The proposed campus reportedly spans around 40,000 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, an area larger than many major cities.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-data-center-bigger-2-124356503.html

One thing that bothers me most about AI is the fact that it's being pushed by *every* major tech company ubiquitously.

There's no thought about the users, only making money through forcing AI on us at every turn.

Use Windows? Copilot is in EVERYTHING! Google? Gemini is EVERYWHERE.

What if I want to use my own AI? What if I don't want to use AI at all?

This is a major problem that needs solving.

#Pearl #AI

New post: No Home Base

https://lanie.work/advocacy/no-home-base/

#Advocacy #disability #accessibility #AI #community #advocacy #identity #intersectionality #faith #tech

"I was briefly stopped by a Tencent recruiter who — to his great disappointment — had misread the word 'media' on my badge as 'Meta.'" —Viola Zhou for Rest of World
https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/?src=longreads #technology #innovation #ai #artificialintelligence #siliconvalley #longreads

"Is the scene consistent with the physics of the real world? 'Shadows are amazing. Lighting is amazing. Geometry is amazing,' he says. '3D reconstruction is a huge part of what I do.'"

Kai Kupferschmidt for Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/deepfakes-are-everywhere-godfather-digital-forensics-fighting-back

#Longreads #AI #Deepfake #Fake #Image #Photography #Misinformation #War

📊 ABAC row filtering and column masking policies, governed tags, and data classification are now generally available in Unity Catalog

Scale data protection with automated governance in Unity CatalogAs data estates grow...

📰 Source: Databricks
🔗 Link: https://www.databricks.com/blog/abac-row-filtering-and-column-masking-policies-governed-tags-and-data-classification-are-now

#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

@rl_dane Whoa, that's sick!

I haven't used #WolframAlpha in years...to the point where I've almost forgotten about it. I remember when that debuted. Way cooler than any #AI LLM could be.

Duh "Medical AI transcriber for Ontario doctors 'hallucinated,' generated errors: auditor general" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049 #AI #ONPoli #ONHealth

US #bank discloses security lapse after sharing customer data with #AI app

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/us-bank-discloses-security-lapse-after-sharing-customer-data-with-ai-app/

#banking #privacy #DataBreach #cybersecurity #PersonalFinance

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Cook County Jail could get a $1.1 million #AI-powered #surveillance system. Advocates are worried.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2026/05/12/cook-county-jail-ai-briefcam-chicago-crime The propose...”

https://social.dromografos.report/notes/am6exc9y1rkt02l6

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Breaking through mathematical barriers is key to advancing scientific discovery. Penn Engineers have designed a new #AI framework to solve complex equations, helping researchers uncover hidden dynamics in everything from DNA to weather forecasting.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126149

Privacy is becoming one of the most important conversations in modern B2B SaaS.

For years, many companies treated privacy mainly as compliance. But with the rise of AI, enterprise buyers are paying much closer attention to trust, transparency, and responsible data handling.

I recently wrote about why privacy may evolve into a long-term competitive advantage for SaaS companies in the AI era:

https://ashishvarghesethomas.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/privacy-as-a-brand-asset-in-b2b-saas-competitive-edge/

#SaaS #B2BSaaS #AI #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Technology

@nixCraft and now add this recent mind blowing statement by #GitLab's CEO:

"Software will be built by machines, directed by people. AI is the substrate on which future software gets built. Agents will plan, code, review, deploy, and repair. Humans still own the judgment that matters most: architecture, deep understanding of the customer problem, the tradeoffs that require taste."

As much as I like #AI as a technology, I am disgusted by the openly displayed greed

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/

Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot.

From CNBC: "The AI can understand screen context and complete multi-step tasks like building shopping carts or booking reservations."

https://flip.it/FQGHRh

#Google #Android #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Apple #Tech

English translation of my latest article.

Even though I work with LLMs quite a lot, I needed to at least clarify where my critical stance comes from.

#ai #llm #society #philosophy

https://medium.com/@igisho/why-ai-will-make-everyones-work-worse-ae60a143525d