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News Nov 4 2024

Musk says X Users Fight Falsehoods. The Falsehoods Are Winning

The Washington Post The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate found that X’s Community Notes has failed to combat misinformation. The crowdsourcing program allows contributors to propose notes that debunk or provide additional context to posts; only notes receiving consensus among participants are displayed publicly. An analysis of 283 posts containing false or misleading election […]

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News Oct 30 2024

Treasury Finalizes Prohibitions on U.S. Investment in Chinese Tech

The Washington Post The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued final rules imposing limits on U.S. investment and technical assistance in Chinese development of technologies with military applications. Effective Jan. 2, the rules restrict U.S. financing of some Chinese ventures involved in the development of semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum computing, and AI, and require […]
News Oct 28 2024

China Said to Have Collected Audio of U.S. Calls

The Washington Post Hackers affiliated with China collected audio from the phone calls of U.S. political figures, say insiders, including calls from an unnamed adviser to former President Donald Trump’s current campaign. The Salt Typhoon hacker group also accessed unencrypted communications, including text messages, of that individual. From “China Said to Have Collected Audio of […]
News Oct 24 2024

Apple, Goldman Sachs Deceived Apple Card Customers, Regulators Say

Apple and investment bank Goldman Sachs mishandled disputes and misled iPhone purchasers about interest-free payment options through their Apple Card partnership, delaying refunds for customers on disputed transactions or leaving damaging information in their credit reports, federal regulators said Wednesday.
News Oct 17 2024

Threat Hunter Chases U.S. Foes Exploiting AI to Sway Election

The Washington Post Ben Nimmo, principal threat investigator at OpenAI, just released a report that said OpenAI had disrupted four operations that targeted elections around the world this year. The report said OpenAI had uncovered 20 operations and deceptive networks worldwide in 2024. In one, an Iranian was using ChatGPT to refine malicious software intended […]
News Oct 11 2024

Police Seldom Disclose Use of Facial Recognition, Despite False Arrests

The Washington Post The Washington Post found that hundreds of U.S. residents have been arrested after facial recognition software linked them to a crime, with police departments in 15 states using the technology in more than 1,000 criminal investigations during the past four years. In many cases, the defendants were never notified facial recognition technology […]

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