🕵️‍♀️ The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence

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The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence. From cyber operations to disinformation, artificial intelligence extends the reach of national security threats that can target individuals and whole societies with precision, speed, and scale. As the US competes to stay ahead, the intelligence… (Alexa O'Brien / WIRED)

Alexa O'Brien @alexadobrien

My latest at @WIRED is about AI and US intelligence, the reality, the imminent revolution, and how open-source intelligence is key to integrating AI fully into the realm of secrets and espionage. The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence

wired.comThe Power and Pitfalls of AI for US IntelligenceArtificial intelligence use is booming, but it’s not the secret weapon you might imagine.

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Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for 'Responsible A.I.'. For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person's age, gender and emotional state can be biased, unreliable or invasive — and shouldn't be sold. (Kashmir Hill / The New York Times)

Kashmir Hill @kashhill

Microsoft will no longer offer facial analysis tools that predict age, gender and emotion as part of a broader push for more responsible AI. It will also restrict its facial recognition tool to those who apply and explain how it will be used.

nytimes.comMicrosoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a person’s gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of its facial recognition tool.

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Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature. In what could be one of Twitter's more significant changes since doubling the character count from 140 to 280 characters, the company is preparing to launch a new feature that would support the direct… (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez @sarahintampa

Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature:

ift.ttTwitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature – TechCrunchIn what could be one of Twitter’s more significant changes since doubling the character count from 140 to 280 characters, the company is preparing to launch a new feature that would support the direct publishing of long-form content on its platform. With Twitter Notes, as the upcoming feature…

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GitHub's AI-powered Copilot will help you write code for $10 a month. Microsoft-owned GitHub is launching its Copilot AI tool today, which helps suggest lines of code to developers inside their code editor. GitHub originally teamed up with OpenAI last year to launch a preview of Copilot, and it's generally available… (Tom Warren / The Verge)

Tom Warren @tomwarren

GitHub Copilot is launching today and will help you write code for $10 a month. The AI-powered tool can be used in Visual Studio Code, Neovim, and JetBrains IDEs. Full details here: theverge.com/2022/6/21/2317…

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Mega says it can't decrypt your files. New POC exploit shows otherwise. In the decadegat since larger-than-life character Kim Dotcom founded Mega, the cloud storage service has amassed 250 million registered users and stores a whopping 120 billion files that take up more than 1,000 petabytes of storage. A key selling… (Dan Goodin / Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin @dangoodin001

Remember MEGA, the cloud storage service founded by larger than life figure Kim Dotcom? The service has claimed for a decade that no one, not even it, can decrypt your files. That’s not true. More here: arstechnica.com/information-te…

kennyog @kennyog

MEGA - Malleable Encryption Goes Awry: I'm excited to share details of some new research on the security of @MEGAprivacy. Details at: https://t.co/AqHQJwmnbb (1/28)

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