Category «Internet»

Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted?

The New Yorker [no paywall]  – New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI. “…Many technology companies issue vague proclamations about improving the world, then go about maximizing revenue. But the founding premise of OpenAI was that it would have to be different. The founders, who …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 4, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 4, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything From Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks

Security Week: “Like an inverted pyramid, the range of different attack modes are now built on top of the single point of identity abuse. Stolen credentials are a major threat. Legitimate credentials illegitimately acquired provide legitimate access to illegitimate actors. Once inside the network, these bad actors have greater ability to move and act in …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

The HTML Review

“The HTML Review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web. It is edited by Shelby Wilson and Maxwell Neely-Cohen. Our work has been covered by The New York Times, Frieze Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Daring Fireball, Longreads, The Tiny Awards, and the German radio program Netzkultur. Pieces we have published have been …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Why AI-powered city cameras are sounding new privacy alarms

Fast Company: “For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S., automatic license plate readers have been installed at major intersections, bridges and highway off-ramps. These camera-based systems capture the …

Subjects: E-Records, Internet, Privacy, Transportation

PrivacyBee is one of the most comprehensive data removal services I’ve tested

ZDNET – Cesar Cadenas: “PrivacyBee is one of the most comprehensive data removal services I’ve tested. The service is far more comprehensive, offering a wide range of tools and features that its counterpart can’t match. It scanned deeper, uncovered additional potential exposures, and provided a level of control that exceeded my expectations. On top of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Search Engines

Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

Business Insider “ChatGPT can code and tutor. Now, contractors are helping the system to become ever more specialized in niche areas like animal husbandry, agriculture, music composition, and even commercial flying, documents show. Under Project Stagecraft, as it is internally known at data-labeling startup Handshake AI, freelancers are being paid at least $50 an hour …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Right is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning

404 Media: “Conservative parents’ advocacy groups have been experimenting with using commercially available artificial intelligence tools to help them flag more books they’ve deemed pornographic to be removed from public schools and libraries. Even though LLMs are notoriously error-prone, and the books in question aren’t pornographic, these groups continue to explore use cases for AI …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Intellectual Property, Internet, Libraries

Want to know which sites are selling your data?

ZDNET – “This free privacy tool gave me answers. Data is gold, and some companies go to great lengths to collect it, store it, and sell it. But you can put an end to it. [Note – sort of] There’s a service called Global Privacy Control that offers extensions and/or links to browsers and apps …

Subjects: E-Records, Economy, Financial System, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines