Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Tethered Russian Attack Drone Can Unwind Six Miles of Fiber Optic Cable, Not Susceptible to Electronic Warfare Jamming
January 10th, 2025Via: Telegraph: Justin Crump, the chief executive of the strategic intelligence company Sibylline, said: “Fibre optic drones were developed by Russia to counter the problems of effective EW. “People think of a drone at the end of a tether pulling off a big spool of wire, but the cable is so lightweight that the drone […]
“AI Friends Are Coming to Facebook and Instagram”
January 2nd, 2025Flashback to 2011: Army of Fake Social Media Friends to Promote Propaganda: It’s recently been revealed that the U.S. government contracted HBGary Federal for the development of software which could create multiple fake social media profiles to manipulate and sway public opinion on controversial issues by promoting propaganda. It could also be used as surveillance […]
Orbit by Mozilla: “AI You Can Trust”
December 31st, 2024“Easily summarize emails, docs, articles, and videos across the web — without sacrificing your privacy.” Mmm hmm. In the first entry of Orbit’s frequently asked questions, “How does Orbit work?” we read: For the current version, we are using a Mistral LLM (Mistral 7B) hosted within Mozilla’s GCP instance. In case you don’t know, and […]
“The Paper Passport’s Days Are Numbered – Despite New Privacy Risks”
December 27th, 2024Via: Wired: In a matter of years, no matter where you live or travel, your face will likely be your new passport. For centuries, people have used some form of passport while moving from place to place. But the widespread standardization of passports as we know them today didn’t really begin until after World War […]
Outsource Your Mind to Your AI Companion
December 23rd, 2024Via: Rob Braxman Tech:
Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?
December 21st, 2024I doubt it’s actually AGI, but it looks impressive. If it’s any consolation, they let it use a very nontrivial amount of compute to pull this off. If/when this thing gets the ability to iterate on itself… Well, that’s probably not going to go well for humanity. In the demo, they show it generating and […]
Ghost Music: Spotify Playlists Contain “Anonymous, Low-Cost Playlist Filler” to Avoid Paying Royalties to Real Musicians
December 20th, 2024Give ’em what they want… Via: Harper’s Magazine: According to a source close to the company, Spotify’s own internal research showed that many users were not coming to the platform to listen to specific artists or albums; they just needed something to serve as a soundtrack for their days, like a study playlist or maybe […]
Ukraine: Millions of Hours of Drone Video to Train AI for Battle
December 20th, 2024Via: Reuters: As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to […]
FAA Temporarily Bans Drones in Parts of New Jersey
December 19th, 2024Via: ABC News: The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to “special security reasons.” … The temporary flight restrictions, which are set to last until Jan. 17, have been implemented beginning Wednesday in […]
New Palantir Commercial: The Future of Warfare
December 16th, 2024Yes, really. Via: Palantir:
