“I’m a Google Cloud software engineer, and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide [and] apartheid”

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-protest-israel/

Watch the others in the room. The assholes who jeer and manhandle the protestors. These are your peers in the tech industry. These are the “acceptable folks” in tech. Fuck these people.

Look at their faces. They know exactly what they’re complict in. Look at their smug smiles. Dickheads each one.

#tech #google #ai #ProjectNimbus #israel #genocide #palestine

Google Protest At Tech Conference Over Israel Contracts

Google engineers protested Google at an Israel tech conference in New York before being thrown out by security.

^{Marlon Ettinger (The Daily Dot)}

At #FOSDEM 2024 Niharika Singhal, #FSFE project manager, gave a very insightful talk on the different dimensions of the convergence of #AI and #FreeSoftware… for example, the Hippocratic License! 👀️

💥️Her presentation was featured on @LWN! 💕️

📰 Check it out! https://lwn.net/Articles/961868
📺️ Watch the talk here https://media.fsfe.org/w/thWtSBLxNRRAkiiMPamjdg

FOSDEM 2024 – Codes Bound by Ethics: The Rising Tide of Non-Free Software Licenses in AI ecosystems

Ethical AI has emerged as a pivotal global discourse, reflecting the growing realization of its profound impact on societies worldwide. While social issues give rise to policy solutions and thus le...

^FSFE-Tube

21 reasons why #AI in #Education is a public problem

https://codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/ai-in-education-is-a-public-problem/

@scuola
@minimalprocedure
@informapirata

AI in education is a public problem

Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash Over the past year or so, a narrative that AI will inevitably transform education has become widespread. You can find it in the pronouncements of investors, tech ind…

^{code acts in education}

Seeking Reliable Election Information? Don’t Trust #AI
Experts testing five leading AI models found the answers were often inaccurate, misleading, and even downright harmful

https://www.proofnews.org/seeking-election-information-dont-trust-ai/

Seeking Reliable Election Information? Don’t Trust AI

^{Julia Angwin (Proof)}

In tempi di #AI, ogni contenuto informativo è re
Carola Frediani
Che cosa succederebbe invece se mettessimo un segnaposto, un cartello stradale, a ogni micro-contenuto informativo?

https://www.guerredirete.it/in-tempo-di-ai-ogni-contenuto-informativo-e-re/

In tempi di AI, ogni contenuto informativo è re - Guerre di Rete

Di fronte al proliferare di contenuti sintetici non facili da identificare, forse vale la pena concentrarci sulla filiera dell’informazione autentica e verificata.

^{Carola Frediani (Guerre di Rete)}

Il Robot Giocattolo Spione: Kaspersky Lab rivela inquietanti vulnerabilità su

I #ricercatori di Kaspersky Lab hanno studiato un #robot #giocattolo e hanno scoperto una serie di pericolose #vulnerabilità.

#redhotcyber #online #it #web #ai #hacking #privacy #cybersecurity #cybercrime #intelligence #intelligenzaartificiale #informationsecurity #ethicalhacking #dataprotection #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritytraining #cybersecuritynews #infosecurity

https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/il-robot-giocattolo-spione-kaspersky-lab-rivela-inquietanti-vulnerabilita-su/

Il Robot Giocattolo Spione: Kaspersky Lab rivela inquietanti vulnerabilità su

I ricercatori di Kaspersky Lab hanno rilevato all'interno di un robot giocattolo diffuse vulnerabilità capaci di interagire con il bambino.

^{Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)}

Preparatevi alla grande delusione dell'intelligenza artificiale
Le previsioni rosee sui grandi risultati dell'intelligenza artificiale saranno spazzate via da prestazioni insoddisfacenti e risultati pericolosi. #AI

https://www.wired.com/story/get-ready-for-the-great-ai-disappointment/

Get Ready for the Great AI Disappointment

Rose-tinted predictions for artificial intelligence’s grand achievements will be swept aside by underwhelming performance and dangerous results.

^{Daron Acemoglu (WIRED)}