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India Oversteps and (Partially) Backtracks on Plans to Intrude into Mobile Devices | TechPolicy.Press
In its bid to address fraud and cybercrime, India chose an approach that regards every person in the country as a potential offender, writes Prateek Waghre.
www.zdnet.com
How chatbots can change your mind - a new study reveals what makes AI so persuasive
The more persuasive a model is trained to be, the higher the likelihood that it'll hallucinate, researchers find.
www.forbes.com
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You AreāNow Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update ā no more hiding places.
bit.ly
Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand
Georgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers.
www.theverge.com
Elon Musk says Tesla drivers can text while driving, but they absolutely should not
For fuckās sake.
FIFA Peace Prize Laureate@julieofthespirits.bsky.social
I kind of feel like the British "gender criticals are simply financed by the US right" is equivalent to the US "MAGA is simply financed by Russia" Sometimes you need to take responsibility for your own culture's mess, guys
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Trump Administration Locks Arms with Muskās X Against EU Tech Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press
Senior Trump administration officials banded together against the EU for fining Elon Musk's X on transparency grounds.
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White House 'Censorship' Grievance Fantasy Kicks Into High Gear | TechPolicy.Press
Three related stories are each part of the larger geopolitical contest which now defines transatlantic relations, writes Dean Jackson.
techcrunch.com
Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses | TechCrunch
The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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The EUās Fine Against X is Not About Speech or āCensorshipā | TechPolicy.Press
The ā¬120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.
www.bloomberg.com
Google Must Limit Default Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules
Alphabet Inc.ās Google must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled.
www.404media.co
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using worke...
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worstāa manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
www.theverge.com
Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers ā again
More cause for RATGDO
dlvr.it
Electrification of industrial power still lacks political momentum
Are power-intensive industrial sectors good or bad for the power system? It depends on where you start, say experts
spyglass.org
10 Big Predictions for 2025
One of which may actually happen...
techcrunch.com
Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless | TechCrunch
Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 439: The Resonant ComputingĀ Manifesto
Support us on Patreon » Earlier today, we joined in announcing the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call for restoring a culture of technology that empowers users and enriches their lives. The manifesto was created by a group led by Alex Komoroske, and today Alex joins the podcast for a deeper dive into what "resonant computing" means and what a better future might look like…
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The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access āharmfulā content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
gizmodo.com
Meta's Chatbot Will Provide AI-Powered Live News via CNN, Fox News
Meet your new news anchor, Meta AI.
techcrunch.com
ChatGPT's user growth has slowed, report finds | TechCrunch
ChatGPT's global monthly active users only grew by around 5% from August to November, while Gemini's users grew by about 30%.
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Radicalized Anti-AI Activist Should Be A Wake Up Call For DoomerĀ Rhetoric
A cofounder of a Bay Area āStop AIā activist group abandoned its commitment to nonviolence, assaulted another member, and made statements that left the group worried he might obtain a weapon to use against AI researchers. The threats prompted OpenAI to lock down its San Francisco offices a few weeks ago.Ā In researching this movement, I came across statements that he made about how almost any actions he took were justifiable, since he believed OpenAI was going to "kill everyone and every living thing on earth." Those are detailed below.
www.washingtonpost.com
ChatGPT started the AI race. Now its lead is looking shaky.
OpenAIās chatbot jolted Silicon Valley when it debuted three years ago, but ChatGPTās user growth is slowing and Googleās Gemini is gaining ground.
Mike Masnick 
