AI: ChatGPT implements NewSpeak restrictions
OpenAI’s ChatGPT goes full propaganda – refuses to say anything positive about fossil fuels: “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” – HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Social: Are the FBI and CIA secretly controlling content and censorship on social media?
Twitter has employed a large number of ex-FBI agents while Facebook/Meta employs a large number of ex-CIA staff. And puts them in roles to police “misinformation” – basically, censorship tsars.
Privacy: Test versions of iRobot’s Roomba vacuums leaked photos and video from inside homes
iRobot—the world’s largest vendor of robotic vacuums, which Amazon recently acquired for $1.7 billion in a pending deal—confirmed that these images were captured by its Roombas in 2020. All of them came from “special development robots with hardware and software modifications that are not and never were present on iRobot consumer products for purchase,” the company said in a statement. They were given to “paid collectors and employees” who signed written agreements acknowledging that they were sending data streams, including…
Privacy: Rockettes uses facial recognition software to prohibit entry of selected patrons
Rockettes uses facial recognition software to control access to their venues. Raises privacy issues.
Stanford University releases their Dictionary of NewSpeak
Stanford University is run by idiots.