🚨 GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced, AI Regulation Looms, Top Tech Disasters
Today’s pick
GTA 6 hacker sentenced to indefinite hospital order - BBC News. An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who has autism, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$. The gang's attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m. By Joe Tidy via BBC
𝕏: So let me get this straight A teenager hacked Nvidia. Was arrested. Got out on bail Under supervision and without his laptop, hacked Rockstar to steal unreleased GTA 6 info How'd he do that without a laptop, you ask? With the hotel TV and a Fire Stick - Matt Johansen (@mattjay)
Artificial Intelligence and the Law of the Horse. If 2023 was the year artificial intelligence got loose in the wild, 2024 will be the year policy makers try to contain it. For anyone who witnessed the technology debates of the past several decades, the signs are clear. The white papers from executive agencies are piling up, the pace of congressional hearings is accelerating, the think-tank experts are convening with one another, the Europeans are overreaching, and talk is turning to the shiniest object of all: a new regulatory agency. By Yuval Levin via Wall Street Journal
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The worst technology failures of 2023. This summer we were glued to our news feeds as drama unfolded 3,500 meters below the ocean's surface. An experimental submarine with five people aboard was lost after descending to see the wreck of the Titanic. The Titan was a radical design for a deep-sea submersible: a minivan-size carbon fiber tube, operated with a joystick, that aerospace engineer Stockton Rush believed would open the depths to a new kind of tourism. By Antonio Regalado via MIT Technology Review
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content. More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie: I just want to make it clear that we don't like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. By Richard Lawler via The Verge
𝕏: This stance from Substack is *hugely* disappointing and, at best, deeply misguided. I'm looking at alternatives and hoping, in the meantime, to see a change from Substack and posts from Nazi scum relegated to the bin. - David Moscrop 🎄(@David_Moscrop)
Propelled by 'science for humanity,' this Chinese AI startup sets sight on US. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, many Chinese tech companies find themselves recalibrating their overseas pursuits, often sidestepping any reference to their origin. One bold startup called DP Technology stands out from the crowd. Working to apply artificial intelligence to molecular simulations, DP, short for “Deep Potential,” believes that the unifying power of “scientific research for humanity” will pave the way for its global expansion. By Rita Liao via TechCrunch
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