International law, European action and UK public opinion point the same way. Britain should stop helping to sustain Israeli settlements economically In the Commons this week, the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, appeared to have accepted the principle of a trade ban between the UK and Israeli settlements, which Britain says are ...
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A16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t RealA16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t Real
Yesterday a16z published an article in which NYU Professor of Design, AI and Media Theory Ruby Thelot argued that “enshittification,” or the concept that technology platforms get worse after they lock in users, isn’t real. In reality, Thelot says, people use social media more than ever and report that they ...
Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had AbortionTexas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion
The Texas sheriff’s office that used Flock to search more than 80,000 cameras nationwide for a woman who had a self-administered abortion used Axon’s Draft One AI tool to help write a police report about the incident, documents shared with 404 Media show. The tool was used in part to ...
The Republican Nominee for New York Governor Made a Creepy, AI-Generated Video of Mamdani and HochulThe Republican Nominee for New York Governor Made a Creepy, AI-Generated Video of Mamdani and Hochul
Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York governor, posted an AI-generated video imagining New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul hanging out, bizarrely gardening together, riding bikes, and vaguely colluding about making the state unaffordable. “.@KathyHochul and @ZohranKMamdani think they can cure New York’s cost-of-living crisis ...
Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don’t Destroy ThemCops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don’t Destroy Them
Axon says cops are asking it to make its automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) look different from Flock cameras because Flock vandalism has become so widespread, according to comments Axon’s CEO made in a now deleted webinar. The comments highlight how Axon is trying to take advantage of sustained opposition ...
Podcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AIPodcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AI
We start this week with Emanuel’s follow-up to his Amazon book scanning story, in which he spoke to someone who worked in the Amazon warehouse which destroys books to train Amazon’s AI products. After the break, Emanuel and Sam tell us about the same few names appearing in LLM output ...
Iran says US strike killed four at wedding in ‘war crime’ as US denies targeting civiliansIran says US strike killed four at wedding in ‘war crime’ as US denies targeting civilians
Iranian media reports two children were among those killed when shrapnel hit a home. Iran then launched missiles and drones at US targets in the Middle East. ...
Iranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two Filipino sailors, Saudi Arabia saysIranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two Filipino sailors, Saudi Arabia says
The kingdom condemns the targeting of Sidr, which was reportedly hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. ...
Burnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as UK borrowing costs riseBurnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as UK borrowing costs rise
Burnham said he had already cut taxes, including VAT on energy bills and hospitality business rates. ...
Iran retaliates after US strikes reportedly kill wedding guests – The LatestIran retaliates after US strikes reportedly kill wedding guests – The Latest
Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after ...