https://arstechnica.com/?p=1987523 Of course we’re so proud of her. I’ve no idea how much she’s making, but, well it’s clearly a lot! She earns it. She’s worked hard to get where she is and it’s lovely she can buy the things she wants without having to think about it. We can’t wait to see what she … [Read more…]
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/national/23837679.mps-join-campaign-groups-call-facial-recognition-ban/ My mates and I go looking for them. The best place is on the main streets of course. That’s convenient because it’s easier to go straight into the shops. My parents are outraged. They keep going on about privacy, freedom. You should see my dad’s attempts at hiding his face! I tell them that … [Read more…]
https://newatlas.com/technology/uw-room-noise-cancellation/ They were silent of course but still looked and felt like a cloud of insects buzzing around his head. As well as the job they were doing, what he liked was what they said about him: here was someone important, with things to talk about, secrets to keep. He nodded at others who had … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/3896db38-e7be-4679-9a40-caac9f7618ea Surely it wasn’t that long ago. Where had time gone? They found themselves letting the algorithms tell the stories as their son got ready for the ceremony. “On this day” their screens announced and they filled in the memory. He was excited, of course. A man at last… although the gender arguments they’d had … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416?rev=1693965297260 You’re going to have to talk to him. No you should do it. Well you said he could take it! Alright I did agree to him going out midweek but I didn’t expect this. Yes maybe I am naive but really, he’s a good lad, did you expect this? Look at that data. It’s … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/meta-releases-an-ai-model-that-can-transcribe-and-translate-close-to-100-languages/ I’ll keep this understandable. Juste pour l’instant. This isn’t important after all. No me importa si me entienden. They can listen in on this if they want to. Es ist uns egal, ob sie bedeutungsloses Geschwätz wie dieses verstehen. In fact we deliberately make it easy for them so they leave us alone. Li … [Read more…]
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/26/1076764/this-new-tool-could-protect-your-pictures-from-ai-manipulation/ Look, we know kids do it. They get up to things. We did when we were their age. Alright we didn’t have all this tech, but we did stuff! Teenagers will be teenagers. Maybe we’re lilly-livered liberals but we don’t want to stop them being kids. We just want to keep them safe. They … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/0cca6054-6fc9-4a94-b2e2-890c50d956d5 They’re quite funny really. I almost bought them one of those anti-face-rec masks on eBay. I wonder if it’s like when they were growing up, living with old hippies, still clinging on to leftie visions. What was that Glastonbury thing Dad said his mum used to play? But god luv ’em. My parents, themselves … [Read more…]
Report finds remote learning apps collected and sold kids’ data https://www.engadget.com/human-rights-watch-kids-data-183055475.html It’s competitive out there. There are lots of providers in the marketplace. Parents know that. They have choices. It’s not a level playing field of course. Richer or better connected parents get more choices but as more providers have moved into the sector, even … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/d6a51bc0-e26f-4ed2-a298-7a97811dc427 No-one notices me. Why would they? I rummage through rubbish, picking through the detritus and leftovers for scraps. I’m the sort of figure you’d crossover to avoid. Pitiable. Sad. Maybe a bit disgusting. There’s a long history of characters like me: mudlarks searching the Thames; tabloid hacks rooting through celebrities’ bins. Treasure hunters. There … [Read more…]