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they're absolutely right

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I know not all of my followers signed up for updates on post quantum cryptography (PQC), but what the hell Delighted to see the @ncsc.gov.uk publish the clearest guidance yet anywhere in the world on this hugely important long-term cyber security challenge 👇 www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/pqc...

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Thanks @connectedbydata.org @jenitennison.com @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social and countless others for a super unconference today 🫶

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Keep an eye out for AI lackeys using the phrase “freedom to learn” in an attempt to normalize plagiarism, copyright violation, and theft of labor

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A new study finds that workers aren’t buying into AI hype. They see it as a tech “that will primarily benefit large corporations, be used to surveil them & invade their privacy, & over which they will have little power,” @bcmerchant.bsky.social reports. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/workers-kn...

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NEW: Pinterest is the latest social media site to update its TOS + privacy policy to outline its use of user data and images to train AI. That said: Pinterest was already using platform data for AI training, including for a text-to-image AI used by marketers. futurism.com/pinterest-da...

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AI-generated review summaries are coming to Apple’s app store

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Nothing to see here, just Nature advocating LLM peer review. “Feed your dictated notes into an offline large language model (LLM) to clarify and organize your feedback. A simple prompt such as “Write a critical reviewer letter based on the following notes. Maintain a professional tone throughout”

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With Apple pulling the plug on at-rest end-to-end encryption in the UK, and Signal threatening to pull out of Sweden if that government demands special access, it's looking bleak Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors. New opinion piece here www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/o...

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Women who report being raped on dating apps like Hinge and Tinder get no traction, while accused offenders keep swiping — and assaulting. What we found: themarkup.org/investigatio...

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Europe's overregulation is a myth... (US in red, OECD average in blue) @martinsandbu.ft.com on.ft.com/3EKoZo6

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All the hours, days, weeks and months we spent fighting this small but impactful piece of the investigatory powers act. Now almost a decade later this Labour govt fully undermine our privacy. ‘Apple pulls data protection tool after government privacy row’ www.thetimes.com/article/785d...

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This from @ryanbourne.bsky.social is excellent on the challenge now facing digital regulation www.thetimes.com/article/f4bd...

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Dating apps like Tinder and Hinge have known for years which users have been reported for assaulting their dates. But their corporate owner is keeping you in the dark. Our latest investigation:

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1/2 Why is child participation important in court proceedings? Research has shown that there are benefits to children being involved in proceedings that may have significant and long lasting impacts on their lives and their futures. Read more: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/chi...

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Microsoft study finds AI makes human cognition “atrophied and unprepared” 🔗 www.404media.co/microsoft-st...

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I wrote about the quiet AI revolution taking place at work. on.ft.com/4hr0zhQ

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AI harms being likened to social media harms. Lots of people seem to think no one was yelling about social media harms 15 years ago. I can tell you we were - just the people that mattered didn’t listen

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In Paris at the Global AI Forum on children, education and youth wellbeing. The most eloquent young people are telling the tech platforms in the room they’re not listening to young people or looking after them, and the platforms care more about money than people.

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UK Apple Users: the UK government is likely to stop Apple offering encrypted storage in the UK. If you have not already, turn on Advanced Data Protection now — it will be harder for them to turn off than stop offering support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/... full story in WaPo: wapo.st/4k2AF5Z

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PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK

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www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/ it's finally happened

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Really learning a lot from @renatesamson.bsky.social explaining how #AI is currently used in schools, at the launch of a landscape review of AI in education from @nuffieldfoundation.org and @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social

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Great to host our event on AI and education with @nuffieldfoundation.org, following the publication of our joint landscape review. Thanks to all our panellists and audience for a really interesting discussion! www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/a-lea...

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📣 New landscape review exploring the potential & pitfalls of #AI in UK schools has been published by the Foundation & @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social 📑A Learning Curve? draws on existing & emerging evidence to highlight opportunities & challenges of AI in education. 💻Read more: ow.ly/FWkE50UQ6bl

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I am delighted our education and AI landscape review ‘A learning curve?’ has been published. 🎉 @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org I hope this work will generate further research and evidence to support schools, teachers, pupils and policy makers going forwards.

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Microsoft eggheads say AI can never be made secure – after testing Redmond's own products

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Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the thousands of apps hijacked to spy on your location A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. 🔗 www.404media.co/candy-crush-...

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New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

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Seeing an online ad shouldn’t mean surrendering your data to thousands of companies you’ve never heard of. It’s time to end online behavioral advertising and the mass surveillance it enables.

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The currently viral Meta AI profiles are old and are already inactive because they were such a colossal failure and were indistinguishable from AI spam. This 'inevitable' future Zuckerberg is trying to shove down our throats is being completely rejected www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...

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You have to click the Learn More button to discover it's AI. Also note that it's "verified," which destroys all remaining meaning for that functionality. You can't block the acct either.

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My heart hurts for New Orleans today

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An early Christmas present for all you algorithmic transparency fans out there - 14 new records published to the government's Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (with a hefty h/t to @jctanner.bsky.social for spotting) www.gov.uk/algorithmic-...

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More than 60 countries held elections this year. Many researchers and journalists claimed AI misinformation would destabilize democracies. What impact did AI really have? We analyzed every instance of political AI use this year collected by WIRED. New essay w/@random_walker: 🧵

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Excellent opportunity- new @hrw.org job posting for senior technology and human rights researcher. Please share widely within your networks, we are hoping for as diverse a candidate pool as possible grnh.se/77d735632us

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Being under surveillance has changed Caitlin's* life: "I've moved house. My car's changed, my job's changed, kids' schools have changed. I can't go anywhere that I used to go." #rhizomaticharms news.sky.com/story/i-thou...

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⏰ UK MPs don't know where facial recognition is being used or how it is (or isn't) governed by law. But the government wants to spend £20 million on police facial recognition systems anyway: privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5477/uk-government-announces-tender-live-facial-recognition-technology

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Oh no the Regency Cafe is for sale 😭 www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...

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NEW: The current system for funding special educational needs in England is broken. Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows how recent big funding increases haven’t been sufficient to cover rising need, and why the system needs urgent change: [THREAD: 1/9]

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