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Microblog supporting Internet and Society and Controversies in the Data Society courses, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh
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www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/06/...

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Article on AI and fascism on IEET substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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🔴Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat Entire communities are now becoming locked into dangerous belief systems that are almost impossible to challenge, argues @eliothiggins.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/m...

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BBC News - Food delivery apps to tighten checks to stop illegal workers www.bbc.com/news/article...

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techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/u...

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This article introduces the concept of “semantic pareidolia” - our tendency to attribute consciousness, intelligence, and emotions to #AI systems - and explores the dangers it holds. http://spkl.io/63327ABUO1 @floridi.bsky.social

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www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/06/... @atoosakz.bsky.social

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Inside the British lab growing a biological computer - on.ft.com/3TTPY4J via @financialtimes.com

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BBC News - Stockton Council claims AI pilot saves staff time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-...

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www.anthropic.com/research/pro...

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venturebeat.com/ai/can-ai-ru...

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www.euronews.com/next/2025/06...

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Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...

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Sex work in the gig economy www.economist.com/internationa... From The Economist

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Chinese cops are cuffing erotica www.economist.com/china/2025/0... From The Economist

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BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... Beneath the canopy: Pioneering satellite reveals rainforests' hidden worlds - BBC News

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#AI #Governance Controls Mega-map www.ethos-ai.org/p/ai-governa...

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Seeing lots of takes on the AI copyright issue that don't make sense to me. Here's a 🧵 or just read my article (linked) :) www.techpolicy.press/in-copyright...

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New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

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www.scotsman.com/business/rav...

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Huawei offered me €50k to research how their products could become trusted. I insisted they donate it to @hertieschool.bsky.social and I recruit an RA to do the report, they asked to talk to her weekly, I said never, they only talk to me and not weekly. Hertie School turned down the offer anyway. 1/

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All #encryption #e2ee experts around the world — please consider applying to save the EU from its own fuckwitted police ideas about “safe” backdoors From: @aristot73 https://infosec.exchange/@aristot73/114756135579776190

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Last week @koltai.bsky.social and @melzxy.bsky.social dug into the “CrushAI” network, uncovering new companies associated with the deepfake brand. Meta is currently taking legal action against another Crushmate-affiliated company for 1000s of 'nudify ads' that violated its platform policies.

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arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs on.ft.com/3WSCN6h

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Who needs Accenture in the age of AI? www.economist.com/business/202... From The Economist

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Fraudes sur Internet : plongée chez les Yahoo Boys, les arnaqueurs à l’amour les plus sulfureux d’Afrique

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“The key question in virtually any case where a defendant has copied someone’s original work without permission is whether allowing people to engage in that sort of conduct would substantially diminish the market for the original” www.wired.com/story/meta-s...

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if you run a child abuse helpline, perhaps don’t install Meta and Snap pixels. Recent fine announced earlier this month from the Norwegian DPA gdprhub.eu/index.php?ti...

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I live-blogged my initial reading of today's opinion from Judge Alsup in Bartz v. Anthropic here: bsky.app/profile/bb..... But what are the most interesting, big-picture holdings? Here goes: 🧵

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www.theverge.com/news/692248/...

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Why China is giving away its tech for free www.economist.com/business/202... From The Economist

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Apparently people are flagging posts of our book on X as prohibited material, so if you needed more reason to buy and post about Character Limit…

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New from me: Israel's government is running a big ad campaign on Google targeting five European countries with its justification for military intervention in Iran. indicator.media/p/how-israel...

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www.biometricupdate.com/202506/itl-s...

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How can AI support rather than replace student writing and thinking? How can we encourage confidence and skepticism of AI outputs? Our approach, developed at UC Davis, combines peer review with AI feedback, emphasizing reflection and agency. 1/3

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