Meta is being sued over training data for its AI and face-recognition systems
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SECURITY Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems By Dhruv Mehrotra The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature. |
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BUSINESS One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ By Lauren Goode Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. |
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THE BIG STORY Imagining a Future Where a Spy Could Disappear By Emily St. John Mandel In Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel Exit Party, becoming a “ghost” means running afoul of the state. In this excerpt, a secret agent discovers it doesn’t take much. |
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SECURITY The US and Mexico Announce They’re Teaming Up Against Drones By Fernanda González The new joint operation uses laser-based technology capable of detecting, tracking, and disabling commercial drones linked to human and drug trafficking. |
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SPACE A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission By Teruyuki Hayakawa Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations. |
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GEAR I Fixed a Tractor Using John Deere’s Self-Repair Service. Farmers Aren’t Sold on It By Boone Ashworth The agricultural machine manufacturer has a subscription service that lets owners repair their own equipment. Why is barely anybody using it? |
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CULTURE A Teen Girl’s Death Is Prompting Calls to Ban Choking in Porn By Kat Tenbarge Despite the many health risks, sexual strangulation has become popular among young people—with some experts blaming adult content for normalizing it. |
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BUSINESS The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ By Maxwell Zeff Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe. |
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The Watch World Went Crazy This Week. Here Are the 10 You Need to See The main action took place at Geneva Watch Days, but others dialed in remotely to make sure it wasn't just a Swiss party. |
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