How it feels to be sexually objectified by an AI

The US police use counterterrorism money.

A new report by the advocacy organizations Action Center on Race and Economy (ACRE), LittleSis, MediaJustice, and the Immigrant Defense Project shows that grant money is being spent on massive purchases of surveillance technology for US police departments.

The Los Angeles Police Department used funding intended for counterterrorism to purchase automated license plate readers, radio equipment, and data fusion platforms.

It's important because a lot of problematic tech ends up in high-stake sectors such as policing. Police departments can use facial recognition technology without a purchase agreement or budget approval with the help of the company. Public transparency and oversight are not required for federal grants for counterterrorism. There is a growing pattern in which citizens are kept in the dark about police tech procurement.

Thelackadaisical approaches to model release and the extremely defensive response to critical feedback constitute a "deeply concerning" They argue that when models don't meet the expectations of those most likely to be harmed by them, then their products are not ready to serve these communities. There is a magazine called "wired."

The world could be changed by this new technology. Can you trust them? People have been blown away by how well it works. A lot of what it says is not true. We would be wise to approach large language models with that in mind.

People with learning difficulties are still using large language models to express themselves despite the tech's flaws.

The EU's law on artificial intelligence is drawing criticism from lawmakers and activists. Many important issues, such as the use of facial recognition by companies in public places, were not addressed, despite EU countries approving their position on what the regulation should look like.

Investors seek to profit from generative-AI startups

It’s not just you. Venture capitalists also think generative-AI startups such as Stability.AI, which created the popular text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, are the hottest things in tech right now. And they’re throwing stacks of money at them. (The Financial Times)