A recent investigative report on Channel 5 explored the data security and privacy risks of electric cars. According to a cybersecurity campaigner, electric vehicles capture and store a huge amount of data, […]
AI-generated videos are becoming so realistic they are becoming difficult to spot
Google’s Veo 3 AI video generation model has been put to the “Will Smith eating spaghetti” test, which has become a popular metric for evaluating the realism of AI-generated videos. Users have […]
‘The Agenda: their Vision, Your Future’: The digital prison that awaits us all
“The prophecies made in 1931 [in ‘Brave New World’] are coming true much sooner than I thought they would … The nightmare of total organisation … has emerged … and is now […]
Is faulty AI being used by German law enforcement to issue fines for speech crimes?
A German YouTuber has been issued a €16,000 fine for allegedly violating a section of the German Criminal Code which forbids the use of symbols and slogans of “anti-constitutional and terrorist organisations,” […]
This list of emerging technologies shows how pervasive digital tools that can be used for control are becoming
Included in MIT Technology Review’s “daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology” yesterday were the following articles. Some of the articles are behind a paywall, but even reading the headlines makes […]
US is moving towards a form of governance where AI controls all aspects of life
The US is shifting towards an “algocracy” where artificial intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms control various aspects of life, including law enforcement, employment and healthcare, without human oversight or accountability. The Trump administration’s […]