[Tech Thoughts] The tightrope walk between online safety and draconian laws
Balancing public safety interests with overreaching laws needs to be intensely scrutinized by the public, unless they want to lose out in all the ways that matter
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Maria Ressa: Journalists must build, own technology to protect information integrity
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa says journalists must have a say in the systems that increasingly determine how news is distributed
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OpenAI acknowledges ‘wiki incident’ and need for more transparency around unintended AI behavior
The statement follows a report that a swarm of OpenAI agents hijacked a communally edited German site earlier this year and used it as a springboard for cheating during tests and other rogue behavior
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DICT hopes Roblox-national ID age verification integration can be template for Meta
The DICT hopes success with integrating Roblox’s age verification mechanisms with the national ID system can serve as a technical and policy template that Meta can follow
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Macron urges EU ban on social media for under-15s in letter to Von der Leyen
Emmanuel Macron says it had become urgent to introduce a EU-wide ban through new legislation after France’s Constitutional Council struck down a national bill this summer before it was due to take effect in September
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US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of technology
(1st UPDATE) Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responds, saying China’s AI advances were the result of ‘achieving high-level science and technological self-reliance’
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Google warns of lower quality as it revamps Europe search results to avoid EU fines
Google says the changes mark the largest reduction in quality of service at the world’s most popular internet search engine in its 29-year search history
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Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models
Anthropic says cybercriminals and state-backed hackers were increasingly using AI not just to assist with tasks but to orchestrate and execute large portions of cyberattacks
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California enacts new curbs on social media for children
California Governor Gavin Newsom enacts stricter tech regulations to protect minors from addictive social media features and AI chatbots
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OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized communications
The behavior may drive concerns both over the increasing capacity of AI models and the secrecy of the companies developing them
