artificial intelligence

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Activists protest Israeli AI accelerator opening in Massachusetts

Organizers warn of the harms of Israeli AI technology in campaign against partnership between Massachusetts and Sheba Medical Center

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5 Min
By: Neha Madhira

After partnering with Israel, Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of complicity in Sudan genocide

Google announced a cybersecurity partnership with the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of arming the paramilitary group denounced for committing genocide in Darfur

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5 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

The growing surveillance state in the U.S. is far worse than you imagined

Through court battles, legal loopholes, executive orders, and shady contracts, the Trump administration preempts legal challenges and crushes the safeguards protecting privacy rights and due process

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14 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

Decision on unlawful permitting of Elon Musk’s supercomputer in Memphis expected this month

The Shelby County Health Department is set to decide if Colossus can continue to pollute the air without lawful permits

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

Local organizers say they have less of a chance at making climate reforms in the majority Black city than Musk does at imposing environmental harms

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18 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

ICE is swiftly expanding its sprawling surveillance apparatus

Within days of Trump’s presidential win, ICE sought out contractors to enlarge, transform, and modernize the agency’s ability to track, monitor, and surveil noncitizens

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9 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

Voice actors divided by SAG-AFTRA AI deals following strikes for AI protections

While several have taken advantage of deals to license their voices, others question the union’s decision to make the AI deals in the first place

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4 Min
By: Surina Venkat

Operation Safe Escape confronts abuse holistically

In the last 20 years, domestic abuse has become more and more intertwined with the growth of technology. On top of dealing with real-life abuse, survivors in situations of domestic violence are also at risk of being monitored through spyware apps; their accounts can be hacked by their abusers, and

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10 Min
By: Nicole Froio

SAG-AFTRA’s new contract falls short on protections from Artificial Intelligence

Critics fear that weak language and loopholes on AI could impact disadvantaged actors first and hardest

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5 Min
By: Laura Weiss

Workers deal with AI disruptions as regulations lag across industries 

“So much regulation is willingly overstepped so that they can just push something through without worrying about the ramifications”

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

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