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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

By Matt Laslo — September 13th 2023 at 11:00
Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

By Todd Feathers — September 11th 2023 at 11:00
State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI's many pitfalls.
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How X Is Suing Its Way Out of Accountability

By Vittoria Elliott — August 15th 2023 at 11:00
The social media giant filed a lawsuit against a nonprofit that researches hate speech online. It’s the latest effort to cut off the data needed to expose online platforms’ failings.
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Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself

By Lily Hay Newman — August 7th 2023 at 17:51
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.
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The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past

By Matt Laslo — August 4th 2023 at 18:05
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
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A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It

By Will Knight — August 1st 2023 at 11:00
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals')

By Reece Rogers — July 6th 2023 at 23:46
Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps.
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Don't Join Threads—Make Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' Join You

By Lily Hay Newman — July 6th 2023 at 18:53
Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don't sign up.
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The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That

By Matt Laslo — June 26th 2023 at 11:00
With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?
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Inside 4chan’s Top-Secret Moderation Machine

By Justin Ling — June 5th 2023 at 10:00
Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard’s chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
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How AI Protects (and Attacks) Your Inbox

By Reece Rogers — June 3rd 2023 at 11:00
Criminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing.
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Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Is a Strike Against Surveillance Capitalism

By Matt Burgess — May 22nd 2023 at 14:38
The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta's business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.
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Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims' Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon

By Justin Ling — May 15th 2023 at 20:14
The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre.
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Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp

By Andy Greenberg — May 11th 2023 at 04:11
The social network’s new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.
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How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT

By Matt Burgess — May 9th 2023 at 06:00
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough.
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Brace Yourself for the 2024 Deepfake Election

By Thor Benson — April 27th 2023 at 11:00
No matter what happens with generative AI, its disruptive forces are already beginning to play a role in the fast-approaching US presidential race.
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A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media

By Matt Laslo — April 26th 2023 at 19:28
The legislation would insert the government into online platforms’ age-verification efforts—a move that makes some US lawmakers queasy.
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How ChatGPT—and Bots Like It—Can Spread Malware

By David Nield — April 19th 2023 at 11:00
Generative AI is a tool, which means it can be used by cybercriminals, too. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point

By Lily Hay Newman — April 15th 2023 at 00:28
The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights.
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The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started

By Matt Burgess — April 13th 2023 at 16:07
Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse.
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LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account

By Lily Hay Newman — April 12th 2023 at 14:23
To beat back fake accounts, the professional social network is rolling out new tools to prove you work where you say you do and are who you say you are.
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How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online

By Justin Ling — March 29th 2023 at 14:26
Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board.
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Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches

By Lily Hay Newman — March 28th 2023 at 15:31
The new tool aims to deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security systems have long promised.
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The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem

By Dell Cameron — March 24th 2023 at 00:42
The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation.
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TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

By Matt Laslo — March 23rd 2023 at 21:50
The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets—creators—were in DC to help fend off critics.
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The TikTok CEO’s Face-Off With Congress Is Doomed

By Matt Laslo — March 22nd 2023 at 11:00
On Thursday, Shou Zi Chew will meet a rare united front in the US Congress against the Chinese-owned social media app that has lawmakers in a tizzy.
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How You Can Tell the AI Images of Trump’s Arrest Are Deepfakes

By Reece Rogers — March 21st 2023 at 23:31
Doctored images of the former US president went viral on Twitter. These are the telltale signs that they aren’t what they seem.
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Senator Warner on the Restrict Act and a US TikTok Ban

By Dell Cameron — March 16th 2023 at 16:59
WIRED spoke with the coauthor of the Restrict Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on tech from six “hostile” countries.
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The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

By Tom Ward — March 8th 2023 at 15:52
After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies.
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The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn’t About Privacy

By Matt Laslo — February 23rd 2023 at 12:00
Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader privacy law have dwindled.
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A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia

By Vittoria Elliott, Dell Cameron — December 14th 2022 at 00:27
The suit claims the company lacks adequate moderation to prevent widespread hate speech that has led to violence and death.
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Here’s How Bad a Twitter Mega-Breach Would Be

By Lily Hay Newman — November 18th 2022 at 01:41
Elon Musk laid off half the staff, and mass resignations seem likely. If nobody’s there to protect the fort, what’s the worst that could happen?
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Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down

By Lily Hay Newman — November 15th 2022 at 01:08
Problems with the important security feature may be some of the first signs that Elon Musk’s social network is fraying at the edges.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Blue Verification Is a Gift to Scammers

By Matt Burgess — November 10th 2022 at 16:25
Anyone can get a blue tick on Twitter without proving who they are. And it’s already causing a ton of problems.
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If Musk Starts Firing Twitter's Security Team, Run

By Lily Hay Newman — October 28th 2022 at 22:55
What's next for the social network is anyone's guess—but here's what to watch as you wade through the privacy and security morass.
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The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect

By Chris Stokel-Walker — October 13th 2022 at 16:33
The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?
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Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption

By Lily Hay Newman — August 11th 2022 at 11:00
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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