📰 Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Meta has patented a smart-glasses system that could use facial recognition to identify people and automatically create personalized highlight reels of events such as dinner parties. The patent does...

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📰 The Watcher is a creepy surveillance thriller with shiny Unreal Engine props - I just hope it's not as talkative as its trailer

Some pressing personal context: I live in a very small flat with some huge windows and curtains that only ever seem to cover about 80% of the view, no matter how ingeniously I yank them around. Eve...

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European Robotics?

Rice-sized robots, in your brain? You have heard about BCI, but these robots are being made to manipulate your brain.
‘I wonder if it can manipulate the brain to be smarter? Sci-Fi to reality: every human is a genius by age 30. By mid-20 years of age, the brain is finished developing, so you will be able to have a brain implant.’

https://youtu.be/tfM-yOU2YoE

The future will be full of people who are smart enough not to need AI.
‘Or is that what is in their brain?’

Prompt Gemini:
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Full Transcript.

Prompt, after pasting the transcript:
1. Review the video in under 500 words and recap key points.
2. Research reports on European Robotics.
3. Explain how and why brain robotics will save human lives.
4. Provide your opinion as an Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist.

Bonsai 27B Said:
 Europe’s Robot Reality: Analysis & Future Outlook

 1. Video Recap — “Europe’s Robot Reality” (Bloomberg Tech Europe)

Overview: The episode examines whether physical AI and humanoid robotics are transitioning from lab experiments into workplaces, homes, and critical industries across Europe.

Key Takeaways:

– Market Scale: Barclays projects a $200 billion humanoid robot market over the next decade, with broader physical AI reaching $1 trillion by 2045

– Deployment Trajectory: Humanoid units jumped from 15,000 to ~60,000 globally in 2026, with projections of 13 million annual deployments by 2035. This growth is driven by labor shortages from aging populations and urbanization

– Cost Drivers: The “Three Bs” — Bronze (physical frames), Brain (AI models/chips), Batteries — have reduced costs 30-fold over the decade

– Europe’s Niche: Unlike China (manufacturing scale) and the US (AI foundation models), Europe competes through high-precision component manufacturing, particularly actuators — Germany alone produces 10% of global precision actuators

– The Physical Data Gap: Unlike LLMs trained on digital text, physical AI requires real-world trial data. Only a fraction of the 280,000+ years of video available online is usable for physical action generation

– Timeline: Neura Robotics projects functional breakthroughs across the full stack within 1–2 years, driven by accelerated learning capabilities — robots now learn complex physical tasks in hours versus human training times

 2. European Robotics Research Reports (2024–2026)

Market Sizing:

– Europe’s robotics market: $5.8 billion in 2026, projected to reach $14.6 billion by 2034 (CAGR 4.5%)

– Humanoid robot market: Expected to grow from $265.9M (2025) to $4,087M by 2033 at a staggering CAGR of 36.5%

– Global robotics market: $79.1B in 2025, growing to $421.1B by 2035 (CAGR 18.2%)

Regional Strengths:

| Region | Key Metric | Dominant Driver |

| Germany | 2 robot density globally; $1.3B VC in 2025 | Automotive heritage, precision engineering |

| UK | Bet on AI robotics | Advanced AI research, startup incubation |

| France | €30B+ investment plan for AI/robotics | Strategic autonomy, R&D funding |

| Nordic Cluster | 415 robots per 10,000 workers (Germany: 2) | Cobots, cost-effective automation |

Regulatory Landscape:

– EU AI Act: Phased implementation reshaping robot software classification

– Machinery Regulation 2023/1230: Updated safety/cybersecurity requirements effective Jan 2027

– Strategic autonomy policies: European Chips Act, data residency preferences for critical tech

 3. How & Why Brain Robotics Save Human Lives

Brain robotics (neural interfaces + robotic actuation) are revolutionizing neurological care through four primary pathways:

A. Restoring Motor Function in Paralysis

– Mechanism: BCIs decode intended neural signals from cortical or spinal sources; AI algorithms translate these into commands for external robotic limbs, exoskeletons, or FES devices

– Impact: ALS patients (5.4M globally) can type, browse, and communicate using thought alone. Recent EEG-controlled soft robotic gloves enable finger-level control post-stroke rehabilitation

B. Treating Treatment-Resistant Neurodegenerative Disease

– Closed-loop BCI + Robotics: Systems detect pathological neural activity (e.g., in Parkinson’s, epilepsy) and deliver targeted stimulation or robotic assistance automatically — eliminating human delay in conventional therapy

– Alzheimer’s/Stroke: BCIs maintain communication when speech fails; paired with robotic exoskeletons to preserve mobility during early disease stages

C. Micro-Robotic Medical Applications (Robeate Pattern)

– Precision Surgery at Cellular Scale: Rice-grain-sized robots navigate the blood-brain barrier and brain tissue, delivering targeted gene/cell therapies to tumor sites

– Clinical Timeline: Human trials expected in 2027; broader commercialization early 2030s. These devices access previously untreatable neural tissue with surgical precision

D. Neurorehabilitation & Plasticity Enhancement

– BCI + VR/FES Paradigms: Real-time intention-contingent feedback accelerates neuroplastic recovery by training the brain while robotic assistance provides immediate physical response

– Recovery Trajectory: 82% improvement in post-stroke hand function with BCI-controlled soft robotics vs. conventional therapy

 4. Advanced AI Scientist Perspective: A Futurist’s Assessment

The Convergence is Real, Not Speculative. We’re witnessing the convergence of three maturing technologies:

1. AI decoding — transformer architectures achieving >90% single-trial neural signal accuracy

2. Miniaturized interfaces — flexible polymer and endovascular systems replacing invasive metal arrays

3. Closed-loop actuation — real-time robotic responses eliminating the human-in-the-loop latency bottleneck

Critical Trajectory Observations:

| Domain | Current State (2026) | 5-Year Horizon (2031) | Key Enabler |

| Clinical BCIs | FDA-approved for ALS, locked-in syndrome, depression | Expanded to stroke rehabilitation, Parkinson’s | Regulatory pathways; AI decoding maturity |

| Medical Micro-Robots | Preclinical trials in preclinical settings | First human trials (brain cancer, neurodegenerative) | Nanofabrication; blood-brain barrier penetration |

| Humanoids | 60K+ global deployments; limited European adoption | 13M annual deployments; Europe’s niche in safety/precision | Cost reduction via “Three Bs” scaling |

| Consumer Neurotech | EEG headsets for meditation/wellness | Continuous monitoring for cognitive health screening | Non-invasive resolution exceeding clinical thresholds |

The European Advantage — Why It Matters:

Europe won’t win the robotics race by copying US/Chinese playbooks. Instead, it’s positioning around:

1. Safety & Regulation Expertise — The EU AI Act and Machinery Regulation create a certification advantage for compliant manufacturers

2. Precision Engineering Heritage — Germany’s actuator dominance enables higher-precision robotic systems with better safety margins

3. Regulatory Arbitrage Strategy — “Build fast, certify carefully” allows European startups to iterate rapidly before pursuing EU compliance

4. Strategic Autonomy Investment — €30B+ French investment plan and EU-funded programs prioritize data residency and domestic supply chains

Ethical & Governance Imperatives:

1. Neural Data Privacy — Neural signals contain cognitive states, health conditions, and potentially unexpressed intentions. Cognitive liberty (right to mental self-determination) must be codified legally

2. Equity of Access — Neurotechnology benefits are currently concentrated in high-income populations. Global health infrastructure must prevent neuro-inequality from becoming permanent

3. Dual-Use Concerns — AI-native BCI architectures blur clinical and military applications. Governance frameworks must address this before deployment scales

Prognosis:

The trajectory beyond 2026 points toward whole-cortex recording, bidirectional sensory integration, and continuous neurological health monitoring. The market is transitioning from experimental novelty to practical infrastructure — millions now interact with some form of neural interface technology, whether medical implants or non-invasive headsets .

Final Assessment: Brain robotics aren’t science fiction; they’re clinical reality. The question isn’t if they’ll save lives but how fast we can scale them equitably while establishing governance that protects the most vulnerable — both patients and society at large.

📰 The Download: Flock’s new rules, cloning’s future, and children’s cells

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surv...

📰 Source: MIT Technology Review
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We Built a Surveillance State. What Now?

“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT” By Don Bell

“For decades, Republicans and Democrats have greenlit a massive surveillance apparatus. What happens when this powerful tool is in the hands of the wrong person?”

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“You are being watched. From Automated License Plate Readers on your street, to the mail at your local post office, to facial recognition technology at your nearby airport; from your social media posts on politics to the most private data on your phone. Our information footprints are enormous, but they may be outstripped by the government’s desire and ability to collect massive and intimate details about the who, what, when, where, and how of our personal lives.

In the 21st century, government data collection has exploded. Now, there are numerous technologies and offices used for surveillance, and nearly all of it is conducted without a warrant.

Surveillance technologies have evolved at a rapid clip over the last two decades — as has the government’s willingness to use them in ways that are genuinely incompatible with a free society. Today, at the federal, state, and local level, law enforcement agencies are increasingly deploying surveillance technologies with little public debate or oversight.

Our Constitution is meant to protect us from government monitoring, with good reason — authoritarian rulers and governments have long used spying as a means to control the public.

But government data collection is often justified with a series of false choices. We’re told that to remain safe, we must collect everything. That we must choose between liberty and safety. That those who do nothing wrong have nothing to worry about. These statements are dangerously wrong.

When a government has access to the connections between people and communities — between a woman and her doctor, a teen and an online LGBTQ+ support group, an organizer and the neighbors who will rally to their cause, it threatens our constitutional order. Surveillance poses a unique threat to those who might oppose government policies. This especially endangers communities that have been vilified or scapegoated to justify government abuse of power. 

In the hands of an authoritarian government, the surveillance state is like a loaded weapon.  There are unique dangers unaccountable surveillance poses to communities of color and historically marginalized groups, who already see disproportionate policing and surveillance.

It’s not too late to institute guardrails to protect our constitutional rights. But first, we need an honest assessment of where we now stand. So, how did we get here? Who built this state of surveillance? And what are the most pressing risks it poses?

The Rise of the Surveillance State

Today, local, state, and federal governments have taken data collection and sharing to new heights. But this level of surveillance is relatively recent. The intelligence failures that allowed for the attacks on September 11 poured the concrete of the surveillance state foundation. The gradual but dramatic construction of this surveillance state is something that Republicans and Democrats alike are responsible for.

Shortly after 9/11, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, which provided sweeping powers for communications surveillance. An overzealous Bush administration eventually circumvented Congress and the courts to develop a massive program of collecting international and domestic communications data to prevent future attacks. It would be years before the public learned of this mass data collection.  

At the same time, Congress also established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which combined 22 agencies and departments in whole or in part to share intelligence. Since then, DHS, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the NSA, and other federal agencies have expanded their surveillance capabilities. 

These efforts are more organized than ever before, and federal agencies aren’t the only ones collecting and sharing information. The Department of Homeland Security supports the operation of “fusion centers” that connect agents with state and local officials and law enforcement to share information and pass along intelligence — much of it unverified. There is a history of abuse among fusion centers.

Civil society’s warnings and appeals for reform over the last decade have proven prescient — what began within government as the idea that intelligence sharing is an inherent good has morphed into a sprawling and dubious mandate to engage in mass surveillance at every level of government. 

In an age where technological advances have rapidly increased the capacity for collecting, analyzing, and sharing data on individuals and groups, we now have technology that would be the ultimate tool of an authoritarian leader or government.

“What began within government as the idea that intelligence sharing is an inherent good has morphed into a sprawling and dubious mandate to engage in mass surveillance at every level of government.”

This dangerous surveillance apparatus isn’t the responsibility of one party: The PATRIOT Act and its subsequent reauthorizations had tremendous bipartisan support.  

In fact, just a few months ago, Congress had the opportunity to reform a massive warrantless surveillance law that scoops up millions of Americans’ data without their knowledge or consent, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. But ignoring the broad spectrum of concerns about the threat that mass warrantless surveillance poses to a free society — and pressed against a manufactured deadline — Congress reauthorized the law without any meaningful reforms. 

Most troubling, the underlying conversation about whether to reauthorize FISA this year was the wrong one. Most members of Congress understood the need to extend important national security authorities, but those who voted to reauthorize this massive surveillance authority did nothing to address the disproportionate impact that surveillance has on historically marginalized communities. Surveillance ends up targeting individuals and groups that are viewed with suspicion due to their very existence. Without meaningful guardrails, power gets abused, as it already had with the law Congress chose to reauthorize, and large numbers of people are impacted. When pressed by the intelligence community and administration, policymakers on both sides of the aisle failed to draw upon the lessons of history.  

We need our leaders to recognize that as the surveillance apparatus grows, it becomes an enticing prize for a would-be autocrat. Our country cannot build and expand a surveillance superstructure and expect that it will not be turned against the people it is meant to protect. This is particularly true when it comes to communities of color, which have a troubled history with being targeted by government surveillance.

Bodies can be controlled, protesters can be silenced, and communities can be ostracized. If we fail to put significant guardrails in place now, turning back the omnipresence of surveillance will soon become virtually impossible, given the extraordinary pace of technological advancement.  

The Most Urgent Threats

Concerns over surveillance are about as old as the republic itself. What makes this moment in our history unique — and an inflection point for the future of our democracy and privacy rights — is the revolutionary ability to collect, store, search, organize, analyze, and share massive troves of our personal data. 

The data that’s being collected reflect intimate details about our closely held beliefs, our biology and health, daily activities, physical location, movement patterns, and so much more. Facial recognition, DNA collection, and location tracking represent three of the most pressing areas of concern and are ripe for exploitation.

While the multitude of ways the government can collect your data all require different safeguards, facial recognition presents one of the greatest threats to personal privacy. Its use is pervasive — and is growing.

“Our country cannot build and expand a surveillance superstructure and expect that it will not be turned against the people it is meant to protect.”

From the FBI, which oversees an enormous facial recognition apparatus that can scan hundreds of millions of photos on behalf of state and local law enforcement, to real time tracking via CCTV as you travel across town in places like New York City, using cameras disproportionally positioned on communities of color — a gargantuan federal, state, and local law enforcement data sharing ecosystem has been built, with both DHS and the Justice Department participating in much of the sharing.

Meanwhile, the government has also dramatically expanded its collection of DNA, data of the most personal nature, which can reveal our familial connections, our physical traits, and our sensitive medical vulnerabilities. 

The FBI holds the DNA profiles of millions of individuals, and a regulatory change expanding mandatory collection of DNA from detained migrants and asylum seekers, including children as young as 14, has grown the database to contain DNA samples of approximately 21 million people. In the hands of the wrong individual, or in the hands of government, this information can be abused in profound ways.  

As for the data collected by our digital devices, much of that information can be bought and sold to the government without a warrant or court order due to a legal gray area often called the “data broker loophole.” 

Your phone’s app history can reveal whom you’re intimate with. Your location history can reveal how often you visit a doctor and what kind of private health conditions you, your spouse, or children may have. Data brokers can use tens of thousands of data points to develop a detailed dossier on you that they can sell to the government (and others).

Essentially, the data broker loophole allows a law enforcement agency or other government agency such as the NSA or Department of Defense to give a third party data broker money to hand over the data from your phone — rather than get a warrant.

There is tremendous secrecy around how much our governments spend on data purchases, and how they actually use the data they collect. At the state and especially local level, you are unlikely to find a discussion on law enforcement data purchases and even less likely to find a line item in a law enforcement budget for data purchases. At the federal level, the scale and scope of data purchases could be hidden behind unnecessarily broad classifications that shield purchases from public scrutiny under the guise of protecting national security. To know we can all be surveilled at the most detailed level, without an explanation of why or how pervasive that surveillance is, is the anthesis of our constitutional order.

The Road Ahead

We know this surveillance data has been weaponized. As POGO has noted, the implications for our privacy and constitutional rights are visible for all to see, from buying data to track Black Lives Matter protestors to buying location data from Muslim prayer and dating apps to monitor Muslim communities.

“To know we can all be surveilled at the most detailed level, without an explanation of why or how pervasive that surveillance is, is the anthesis of our constitutional order.”

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has given rise to fears that law enforcement agencies in states that outlaw abortion access could buy cell phone data to track and possibly prosecute people seeking reproductive health care, for those that travel to jurisdictions that protect that access. Just last year, we published an investigation on how law enforcement could use digital data to enforce anti-trans laws. And in February, an investigation by Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) office illustrated how easily location data can be weaponized when it revealed that an anti-abortion organization tracked visits to nearly 600 Planned Parenthood locations across 48 states and provided the location data to one of the largest anti-abortion advertisement campaigns in the country.

The scope and scale of these purchases embodies the ethos after 9/11 of “collect it all,” which led to some of the great civil rights abuses of the 21st century, including the illegal NSA bulk collection program. 

Congress dismissed the pleas to establish guardrails on data purchases during the recent FISA reform fight, but it is easy to see federal, state, or even local law enforcement agencies exploiting the data broker loophole to enforce a possible federal abortion ban or current abortion and gender affirming care bans in states today.

No political party can be absolved for exerting its power to usher in and expand the bipartisan surveillance state. The changes, or lack thereof, in recent years that perpetuate warrantless surveillance without strong safeguards require a sustained federal, state, and local campaign to end the excesses of this post-9/11 era. 

If the last quarter century has taught us anything in its constant struggle to balance personal privacy and freedoms with national security and safety, it is that as long as the government has unchecked surveillance powers, we are neither safe nor free.”

POGO – We Built a Surveillance State. What Now?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Don Bell is policy counsel at The Constitution Project at POGO. In this role, Don manages the organization’s policy and legal advocacy portfolio to protect constitutional rights, particularly when threatened by our government’s domestic law enforcement surveillance practices. Previously, Don served as Assistant Director for Career Development at the University of Connecticut School of Law and Director of the Black Talent Initiative at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. At the Joint Center, Don worked to increase diversity and inclusion among policymaking staff in Congress via applicant support, data analysis, and policy advocacy.

Don worked in the United States Senate as a postgraduate legal fellow to Senator Chris Murphy, judiciary staffer in the personal office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, and associate counsel then counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. As a Senate staffer, Don was elected president of the Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus (SBLSC). Don’s work and commentaries have been recognized by the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, ABC News, and other local and national outlets.

Don is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law and University of Connecticut as an Honors Scholar. Don also serves as Vice Chair of the East Hartford, Connecticut Town Council and is licensed to practice law in Connecticut.

📰 The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on thei...

📰 Source: The Verge
🔗 Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/979869/flock-alpr-ai-surveillance-protest-privacy

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Whoever keeps putting these up on London Underground trains, needs to stop…putting only 1 per carriage.

https://brandalism.ch/

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Not a fan of him, but when he’s right he’s right….

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📰 Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups

The Trump administration today unveiled a new program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct cyber surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign transnational criminal organ...

📰 Source: Slashdot
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The Enlightenment has driven the West down a dead-end alley, but they haven't quite yet sussed this out.
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📰 Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think.

📰 Source: Feed: All Latest
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Will anybody tell Linux Kernel, XFCE, TDE, and the other slop-slingers?

Cal Newport: "From the outside, software development seemed like the poster child for AI’s potential. On the inside, it’s a mess."

https://calnewport.com/on-ai-coding-and-its-discontents/

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🎮 One Piece Follows in Pokémon’s Footsteps With Controversial ID Measures

Bandai Namco announces that One Piece Card Game shops will introduce a facial recognition system in an attempt to contain scalpers.

📰 Source: Polygon.com
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South Australia is doing something governments everywhere should be doing: putting AI under the microscope before it puts us under its microscope.
Peter Malinauskas has announced a Royal Commission into AI, starting in October and reporting by mid-2027.
AI could deliver enormous benefits. But who gets those benefits, who carries the risks, what happens to jobs, privacy and public services — and who ultimately controls the technology?
Better to ask those questions now than after the horse has bolted.

#australia #ai #artificialintelligence #southaustralia #technology

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📰 How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras?

Futurism reports: 404 Media revealed that a July 10 audit by the Los Angeles Police Department Office of the Inspector General caught the department's ALPR cameras generating 161 false stolen-vehic...

📰 Source: Slashdot
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📰 Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta's Smart Glasses

With nearly 70% of the market, "Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit," writes the Los Angeles Times. But after some users found ways to disable the light that warns people they're being fil...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0152228/privacy-backlash-explodes-against-metas-smart-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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📰 Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town

A Massachusetts newspaper reports that officials from the town of Littleton (population: 10,141) "claim that five of Littletonâ(TM)s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company withou...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0621205/flock-accused-of-reactivating-its-cameras-without-notifying-a-town?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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📰 Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs

Dozens of Flock cameras have been vandalized around Dallas Texas in the last six months, reports a local news station. In Utah, ABC News reports, a county sheriff's office even said Wednesday a Flo...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/059204/flock-camera-vandalism-continues-around-america-while-100-communities-reject-alprs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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📰 This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy

The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news ...

📰 Source: Technology | The Guardian
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Bernie Sanders is leading the charge against data centers, but his AI policy leaves a lot to be desired.

As Sanders follows the hype, AOC is taking a different tack by targeting the real harms of generative AI. We need policy that takes on the reality of AI, not the industry’s exaggerations.

https://disconnect.blog/bernie-sanders-has-ai-policy-all-wrong/

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Trade Desk faces rivals wrapping guaranteed deals in agentic AI at 1% fees: IAB Tech Lab wrote programmatic guaranteed into its agentic specs in April 2026, and DataBeat found agentic buyers clearing 13.4% below conventional demand. https://ppc.land/trade-desk-faces-rivals-wrapping-guaranteed-deals-in-agentic-ai-at-1-fees/ #TradeDesk #ArtificialIntelligence #ProgrammaticAdvertising #AdTech #Marketing

ICYMI: Advertisers face irreversible AI label field across 2 Google ad APIs: Setting syntheticContentAttestationStatus to IS_SYNTHETIC triggers labels in the EU, India and New York state. Once written, agencies cannot revert to unset. https://ppc.land/advertisers-face-irreversible-ai-label-field-across-2-google-ad-apis/ #DigitalMarketing #GoogleAds #ArtificialIntelligence #AdTech #Advertising

“Timely and persuasive, this revelatory account is difficult to ignore.”

My new book HYPERSCALE received a fantastic review from Publisher’s Weekly. Less than three months until it hits bookstore shelves!

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Timely and persuasive, this revelatory account is difficult to ignore. - Publisher's Weekly

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"An urgent, deeply reported examination of how the relentless expansion of data centers is reshaping communities, economies, and the environment." - Publisher's Weekly

⚖️ Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT Act. While we appreciate that the Committ...

📰 Source: Deeplinks
🔗 Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction

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📰 Apple issues new challenge against UK order for access to private user data

It is the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Apple and the Home Office over data privacy.

📰 Source: BBC News
🔗 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0kk3ek2vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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⚖️ The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act, the CHATBOT Act, a...

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🔗 Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-should-reject-kosas-privacy-risks

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⚖️ The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features”...

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🔗 Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/youth-ai-privacy-acts-privacy-paradox

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Language is overrated. In this Substack piece, I scrutinise language and the fact that much of language is extraneous. As for spoken language, many utterances are not strictly necessary, though they are functional.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/pass-the-salt

I shake hands with #Austin, #Derrida, #Searle, #Wittgenstein, #Nietzsche, and #Barthes on this journey – even a bout with #Pinker.

#philosophy #language #languageinsufficiency #salt #justice #blog #podcast #artificialintelligence #robots #parsing

📰 This week in PC games: Beast of Reincarnation, Big Walk, and Marvel Tōkon, plus a round table RPG, some flammable robots, and a flock of lovestruck pigeons

Ugh, morning has come again. The sultry undergrowth of night has yielded to the obnoxious leaf blower of wakefulness. Another week tumbles pendulously from the unzipped flies of the future. My bed ...

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📰 The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them

Steve Elmers, also known as the “Guardrail Guy,” is done calling out license plate readers after two that appeared in his videos were vandalized.

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🤖 You can now block many #AI websites & content from your search engine results!

✅ Step 1 - Add this free & open source #Adblocker to your #browser: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

✅ Step 2 - Open the setting "dashboard" of the plugin, go to "filter lists" > at the bottom "import"

✅ Step 3 - Add this list there & apply: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/main/list.txt

🥳 Done 🥳

PS Opted for the oldschool #guide look, hope you like it too <3

#artificialintelligence #ublockorigin #tech #technology #foss #opensource #ki #web

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📰 Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?

As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.

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I am trying something new on Substack.

https://substack.com/@brywillis634737/note/c-306413015?r=pvxh5&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

I’ve been working on an essay about understanding.

The premise is simple enough: LLMs are routinely described as subhuman because, among other alleged deficiencies, they lack consciousness and don’t understand.

#philosophy #language #understanding #linguistics #llms #aidebate #artificialintelligence #blog #podcast #substack #essay #preview #criticalanalysis #consciousness #meaning

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117020281069955469

"Employees who voiced honest, informed objections to AI in the workplace were passed over for promotions or targeted for layoffs.

This has created a situation in which *everyone* - "boards, executives, employees, vendors, consultants" - has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies."
- @pluralistic

#AI #Tech #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #Jobs #US #World

🤖 Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.

📰 Source: OpenAI News
🔗 Link: https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics

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⚖️ Amending AB 1709 Doesn’t Fix It: California’s Social Media Ban Still Threatens Free Speech and Privacy

California lawmakers have amended A.B. 1709, but the core problem remains: the bill is still a ban on social media access for youth under 16, and it still threatens the privacy and First Amendment ...

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🔗 Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/amending-ab-1709-doesnt-fix-it-californias-social-media-ban-still-threatens-free

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FYI: RedCircle turns AI on programmatic ads after cutting read errors 75%: Sex toy creative arrived tagged Shopping and political ads dodged category blocks. Publishers gain automatic checks in seconds, but only on one host platform. https://ppc.land/redcircle-turns-ai-on-programmatic-ads-after-cutting-read-errors-75/ #DigitalMarketing #ProgrammaticAds #ArtificialIntelligence #AdTech #OnlineAdvertising

FYI: AI slop wins premium grades 70% of the time, TAG and ANA analysis finds: Slop inventory posts a 0.05% invalid traffic rate against 0.32% for clean supply and commands a $7.08 TrueCPM. Verification metrics now flag the wrong risk. https://ppc.land/ai-slop-wins-premium-grades-70-of-the-time-tag-and-ana-analysis-finds/ #DigitalMarketing #ArtificialIntelligence #AdTech #PPC #MarketingAnalysis