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Already equipped with reams of data, governments and companies will now be able to ask AI models to make conclusions from the data, Schneier said, supercharging the human work of inquiry with the limitless scale of AI. “Spying is limited by the need for human labor,” Schneier wrote. “AI is about to change that.”
People: Thinking in a foreign language improves decision making. Cory Doctorow got scammed. A driverless cab got mobbed in SF. Labor market impacts of tech changes [PDF]. Extendable, expandable apartments. NYTimes teams explore AI in the newsroom.
Defence: US goes against commercial spyware. Canada to ban the FlipperZero. Using AI for mass surveillance - Bruce Schneier. Is Morse code the future of comms - USDoD thinks so?
Planet: Water shortages sooner than expected? The world deadliest animal, might have killed 50bn.
Tech: Brain organoids for computing? Thinking about “my first AI”. Watch made from a self-healing carbon material. Can we get jet fuel from air, really? Ollama aligns to OpenAI API. China opens more AI models for public use. Nightshade (AI poison) is growing fast.
AI Strat: McKinsey on AI regulation. FCC to ban AI-generated robocalls. What hardware or device for AI ?
Better Call GPT - pitting LLMs against lawyers.DIY: I should explore crewAI for brAIns