⚛️ Quantum Computing

#AI Q: ⚛️ Is the promise of quantum computing worth the risk to your digital security?

⚛️ Quantum Phenomena | 💻 Advanced Computing | 🔑 Cryptography | 🧪 Quantum Simulation
https://bagrounds.org/topics/quantum-computing

University of Washington: Tiny cameras in earbuds let users talk with AI about what they see. “The prototype system called VueBuds takes low-resolution, black-and-white images, which it transmits over Bluetooth to a phone or other nearby device. A small artificial intelligence model on the device then answers questions about the images within around a second. For privacy, all of the processing […]

Daily Digest | 22 April 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

📰 Apple’s Tim Cook leaves behind complicated legacy on privacy

Outgoing CEO took stood up for users in battle with FBI but concessions abroad undermine claims of protecting ‘fundamental right’In his 15 years as Apple’s top executive, Tim Cook has projected an ...

📰 Source: Technology | The Guardian
🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/apple-tim-cook-privacy

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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Tracking Pixels in Email: The Italian DPA Guidelines and the Consent Puzzle

A commentary on Decision No. 284 of April 17, 2026, by the Italian Data Protection Authority. Two systemic questions: privacy by design under Art. 25 GDPR, and consent specificity under EDPB Guidelines 05/2020.

🇬🇧 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/tracking-pixel-guidelines/
🇮🇹 https://www.nicfab.eu/it/posts/tracking-pixel-guidelines/

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#GDPR #ePrivacy #PrivacyByDesign #DPO #DataProtection #EDPB #AI #privacy #DataprivacyDay #pixel_tracking

📰 AI company deletes the 3 million OKCupid photos it used for facial recognition training

When online platforms violate their own privacy policies to sell your photos, have no fear: They just might have to pay an undisclosed settlement fee 12 years later. (Who says justice is dead?) Acc...

📰 Source: Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics
🔗 Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/ai-company-deletes-the-3-million-okcupid-photos-it-used-for-facial-recognition-training-195223996.html?src=rss

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#NSA using #Anthropic's #Mythos despite blacklist

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/nsa-anthropic-mythos-pentagon

#politics #AI #cybersecurity #ClaudeMythos

Florida starts criminal probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT over advice it gave to mass shooting suspect.

NBC News reports the state's attorney general "is investigating whether ChatGPT provided any planning assistance to the alleged gunman in the Florida State University mass shooting that left two people dead in April last year."

https://flip.it/zBMLVM

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech

#AI: Promise & Peril

https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/ai-promise-peril/

#Mythos #Anthropic #cybersecuritiy #OpenAI #ClaudeMythos #ProjectGlasswing #Glasswing

📰 MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy sued by unionised staff, who accuse management of breaking the law with "invasive" surveillance software

A group of unionised staff at MindsEye developers Build a Rocket Boy are taking legal action against the studio, claming that management's installation of surveillance software on their work device...

📰 Source: Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed
🔗 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-sued-by-unionised-staff-who-accuse-management-of-breaking-the-law-with-invasive-surveillance-software

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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🎮 MindsEye Developers Take Legal Action Against Studio, Alleging They Were Spied On

Several Build a Rocket Boy employees, represented by the IWGB Game Workers Union, allege that invasive surveillance software was installed on their devices

📰 Source: Kotaku
🔗 Link: https://kotaku.com/mindseye-build-a-rocket-boy-union-teramind-surveillance-software-iwgb-2000689327

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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🎮 Union takes legal action against Build a Rocket Boy over alleged data privacy violations

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has initiated legal action against Mindseye developer Build a Rocket Boy over alleged data privacy violations. Read more

📰 Source: GamesIndustry.biz News Feed
🔗 Link: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/union-takes-legal-action-against-build-a-rocket-boy-over-alleged-data-privacy-violations

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataScience

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🎮 Union workers take legal action against Build A Rocket Boy over alleged privacy violations

One union member said the studio's 'culture of secrecy and micromanaging' is one of the worst they've ever encountered.

📰 Source: gamedeveloper
🔗 Link: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/union-workers-take-legal-action-against-build-a-rocket-boy-over-alleged-privacy-violations

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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I am sure I don't want to know more about this thanks to all the changes in tech over my lifetime, I have my mp3s.

I never thought I was a hoarder, yet here I am. 🤣

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/

#ai #music

2025-04-16 | 🕹️⚛️🛜 Intent 🦊👀

#AI Q: 🕹️ At what age should children gain full control over their daily choices?

👨‍🚀 Parenting | ⚛️ Quantum Tech | 👀 Neural Networks | 🦊 Data Privacy
https://bagrounds.org/reflections/2025-04-16

I just posted an essay to my blog titled Evil's Spokesperson. It makes some points that relate politics to AI.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2026/04/evils-spokesperson.html

#AI #LLM #LLMs #ethics #evil #sociopath #UsefulIdiot #UsefulGenius #Spokesman #Spokesperson #LaunderingIntent #IntentLaundering #SusanCollins #Ethics #military #targets #MilitaryTargets #TargetSelection #politics #USPolitics

US Government Now Wants #Anthropic's '#Mythos', Preparing for #AI #Cybersecurity Threats

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/039221/us-government-now-wants-anthropics-mythos-preparing-for-ai-cybersecurity-threats

#politics

🎮 Sony rolls out age verification for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland

Users who fail to verify their age will lose access to communication features and some third-party services.

📰 Source: gamedeveloper
🔗 Link: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sony-rolls-out-age-verification-for-playstation-users-in-the-uk-and-ireland

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It's back - #IdentityVerification for using #AI in #Florida

https://www.fldigitalrights.org/its-back-identity-verification-for-using-ai-in-florida/

#privacy #AgeVerification

#AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work #Slacks And Emails

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/04/16/ais-new-training-data-your-old-work-slacks-and-emails/

#privacy #Jira

"One app should not modify another app without asking for and receiving your explicit consent. Yet Anthropic's Claude Desktop for macOS installs files that affect other vendors' applications without disclosure, even before those applications have been installed, and authorizes browser extensions without consent.

Alexander Hanff, a privacy consultant and occasional contributor to The Register, contends this makes Claude Desktop "spyware" and amounts to a violation of European privacy law."

#AI

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/anthropic_claude_desktop_spyware_allegation/

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Daily Digest | 21 April 2026

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

5 stories you should not miss.

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#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

🎮 PlayStation has started telling UK and Ireland players to verify their age by June to keep certain features

Age verification will be required for online communication, Sony says

📰 Source: VGC
🔗 Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-has-started-telling-uk-and-ireland-players-to-verify-their-age-by-june-to-keep-certain-features/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Another morning, another #AI #slop pull request to review.

Sigh...

"The fastest way to fall in love with an AI tool is to watch the demo."

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/why-most-ai-deployments-stall-after-demo.html?m=1

#ai #marketing

📰 PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Messages and Voice Chat

A new email from Sony says that PlayStation will require players to verify their age later this year to keep using communication features like messages and voice chat. Insider-Gaming reports: The i...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/04/20/2357225/playstation-to-require-age-verification-for-messages-and-voice-chat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Music streaming app Deezer announced that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform. Can you tell the difference between AI- and human-generated music? A Deezer survey found that 97% of participants couldn’t. That’s not stopping them from attempting to quell the flow of AI music. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/D37nmU

#Tech #AI #Deezer #Music #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/vercel-breached-after-employee-grants-ai-tool-unrestricted-access-to-google-workspace

#infosec #ai

Things going great.

Venture Capitalists and AI Investors Push Canadian Age Verification Law

Venture Capitalists and AI company executives are pushing a petition to pressure Canada into passing age verification.

https://www.freezenet.ca/venture-capitalists-and-ai-investors-push-canadian-age-verification-law/

#Business #Censorship #News #AgeVerification #AI #Canada #SocialMedia #VentureCapitalism

Open source continues to shape AI and digital infrastructure.

This month covers AI-driven security, Kubernetes for AI workloads, and emerging standards for system interaction and transactions, along with research, education, and community updates.

👉 Read more: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/linux-foundation-newsletter-april-2026

#OpenSource #AI #Kubernetes #Cloud #Cybersecurity