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PC Mag: “If bad actors get their hands on your personally identifiable information (PII), they can use it to swindle, impersonate, or even endanger you on the internet—and in the real world. One of the prime places to find PII is on Google, and while Google can’t stop that info from appearing on other websites, …
AP: “OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren’t paying for a premium version of the chatbot. The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn’t yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks. It’s the latest effort by the San Francisco-based company to make money …
Via LLRX Like Lawyers In Pompeii: Is Legal Ignoring The Coming AI Infrastructure Crisis? (Part III) Before the volcano erupts, smart lawyers may want to think twice about investing too heavily in AI or thinking it’s a panacea for all problems – by Stephen Embry and Melissa Rogozinsk. All four parts of this series are …
Forbes: “Google has now confirmed the biggest upgrade to Gemini we have seen. This is the culmination of recent iterations, and sees AI link all your Google platforms together to personalize its offering. For some this is a game-changer. For others, it’s terrifying. This upgrade comes first to Google’s AI subscribers in the U.S., but …
The Guardian – Cory Doctorow: “When the AI-investment mania halts, most of those models are going to disappear, because it just won’t be economical to keep the datacenters running. As Stein’s law has it: “Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops.” The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI …
During the First Year of Trump’s Second Term, Federal Agencies Canceled and Froze Enforcement Against 166 Alleged Corporate Lawbreakers. Since day one of President Trump’s second term, Public Citizen’s Corporate Enforcement Tracker has monitored federal enforcement actions brought against corporations that Trump inherited from the Biden administration. These enforcement actions include investigations, enforcement lawsuits, and …
The Atlantic “If the Justice Department has legitimate reasons for its delay, it hasn’t thoroughly explained what they are. In a letter yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other DOJ officials framed the problem as purely logistical, citing “inevitable glitches due to the sheer volume of materials.” They noted that the department has put “over …
Cybernews: “A new wave of online lists is mapping out European alternatives to everyday apps and platforms, encouraging users to switch from US tech platforms and instead support local innovation, reclaiming control of their digital lives. Curated “tech swap” lists are trending across Europe. Multiple directories, forum posts, and social media threads appear regularly to …
EFF – “With a budget for 2025 that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending over the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history….U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current …
Reuters – [snipped] ICE…”He said he would continue sending armed agents into cities, claiming that his efforts had taken “thousands of murderers out of our country.” There is no evidence to support that assertion…The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this …
NIXINTEL: “How do you know how old a webpage really is? A core part of website investigation is determining precisely when site was created or when an article was published. For most sites this is rarely an issue of concern, but for websites that are intentionally misleading it can be more challenging. Websites created for …
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid: “Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address, 404 Media has learned. ICE is using …