Artificial intelligence is already shaping our worlds. For example, AI drives the shows streaming services recommend to us. It’s also the way our phones “understand” us. But today we aren’t working with science‑fiction AI. It’s called Narrow AI. This guide explains what Narrow AI is, how it works, and where we see it in everyday […]
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Did you know that your personal data, your location, browsing history, and even your shopping habits, can be sold to the highest bidder in milliseconds? This hidden world of data brokers and real-time bidding (RTB) fuels a massive surveillance ecosystem, and California is taking steps to fight back. Last Thursday, our founder Gina joined the Techstrong […]
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I have a MFA in creative writing. Still, it will take weeks for me to write and send an email. I often leave texts “on read” simply for not knowing how to respond. Ordering at restaurants often leaves me confused. As an autistic adult, these mundane tasks seem almost impossible to me at times. With all […]
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This post was originally published on the 24×7 IT Connection blog on 5/24/2022 under the title AI bias isn’t a technical discussion. Almost a year later, a new version of ChatGPT has been released for crowd-sourced testing. This comes on the heels of Microsoft laying their AI ethics team. I’m republishing this post to remind […]
Last week, I did something I never thought I’d do. I spoke at DEFCON! I presented a longer version of this misinformation post that I developed from a talk I gave at Bitnorth over a decade ago. The title of this talk was “The History of the Weaponization of Social Media”. Dramatic, I know. But […]
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Who would have believed that I would write a post about social media being used a weapon against democracy? Looking back, I should have been more pragmatic about the power of social media and community. Here we are ten years from when it all started, and corporate marketing and PR teams have co-opted social platforms. […]
Do you know how to identify fake emails? It is an important skill to learn if you want to be digitally literate. This post will give you the basics of spotting fake emails so you can protect yourself. Foreign Countries are Sending Fake Emails to Disrupt Our Election The FBI held a press conference yesterday […]
Seven days ago, I wrote about Presidential powers to halt mergers, specifically looking at the TikTok deal. Since that time, it has been announced TikTok will go public in the US with an IPO, with Oracle and Walmart will having shares in the new company. Let’s try and tease out some of the reality of […]
There was a flurry of news over the (US) weekend about the future of TikTok in America. There are some pretty big issues at stake here, yet it seems like the focus is on will TikTok the application continue in its current form in the US, or will the 80 million American users need to […]
You may have heard about Clearview AI in the news, especially around facial recognition. But who is this company, and what do they actually do? Setting the Stage First a bit of background to this post. Four years ago I wrote about Tech for Evil during the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. […]
