In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the agent to reject fre...
Some people are feeding years of medical records into chatbots like ChatGPT, despite privacy risks and receiving generalized or inaccurate diagnoses in response
Maggie Astor / New York Times : Bluesky: @anniebkay , @kashhill , and @hypervisible.blacksky.app Bluesky: Annie B Kay / @anniebkay : It's absurd. AI is inaccurate - at least half the time. [embedde...
A 28-year-old woman describes her “relationship” with ChatGPT, or Leo as the chatbot named itself, which became her therapist, erotic partner, and advisor
“It was supposed to be a fun experiment,” Aryin said of her A.I. relationship, “but then you start getting attached.” Bluesky: @sharonk , @beijingpalmer , @lakewitchhouse , @thewanderingjew , and @kas...
A profile of Blake Benthall, arrested in 2014 for running Silk Road 2.0, which had 1.7M users and $8M/month sales, as he promotes his crypto startup Fathom(x)
New York Times : X: @rmac18 , @kashhill , @emers0nian , and @eddyelfenbein X: Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : 10 years ago, @kashhill and I covered the downfall of Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its leader Bla...
BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware
or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS — Get notified of outages that impact you — Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from CrowdStrike incident as ...
Filing: Clearview AI proposes settling a class action lawsuit by collectively giving a 23% stake, worth ~$52M, to Americans whose faces are in its database
https://arstechnica.com/... h/t @Nonya_Bidniss Evan Greer / @evangreer@mastodon.online : I spoke with the NYT about why giving people harmed a stake in Clearview AI is not a solution. — #FacialReco...
A look at Gurbaksh Chahal's now-shuttered site BNN Breaking, which former staff say was mostly an AI content farm; Microsoft licensed BNN content for MSN.com
New York Times : Bluesky: @aaron.bsky.team . X: @kashhill and @structstories See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Aaron Rodericks / @aaron.bsky.team : I cannot begin to describe the headaches we used to have...
GM, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, and others added optional features in their apps to rate people's driving in recent years, offering the data to brokers like LexisNexis
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars … Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social . X: @evan_greer , @ccanonne_ , ...
How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people's faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes
Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things. X: @sociogeeks_ , @bronwynwilliams , and ...
UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition tech to combat shoplifting, which critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes
British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Twitt...