Hacker NewsFeb 16, 2025
Man from uncontacted tribe emerges in Amazon, villagers demonstrate a lighter
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-indigenous-uncontacted-isolated-tribe-funai-0552568846327f9e4b296f83152c1afc
#ycombinator #Indigenous_people #Brazil #Amazon_River #General_news #Latin_America #Race_and_ethnicity #Bela_Rosa #Climate_and_environment #World_news #Brazil_government #Health #World_News #Race_and_Ethnicity
Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter

In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, according to the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses. Villagers believed the Indigenous man was asking for fire. Smartphone video of the encounter shows one resident trying to show him how to use a lighter. After being served fish, the man was taken to a nearby facility operated by Funai, the Indigenous bureau. The Amazon rainforest is home to the world’s largest number of uncontacted tribes. As a policy, Brazil does not actively seek contact with them but instead creates protected and monitored areas.

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 Hacker NewsDec 1, 2023
Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was written by ChatGPT
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-artificial-intelligence-porto-alegre-5afd1240afe7b6ac202bb0bbc45e08d4
#ycombinator #Porto_Alegre #Brazil #Brazil_government #Generative_AI #General_news #Politics #World_news #Artificial_intelligence #Water_shortages #Technology
Brazillian city enacts an ordinance that was written by ChatGPT

City lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time. The experimental ordinance was passed in October in the southern city of Porto Alegre and revealed this week by city councilman Ramiro Rosário. He says he asked OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to craft a proposal to prevent the city from charging taxpayers to replace stolen water consumption meters, then presented the proposal to his peers without making a single change or even letting them know about its origin. The arrival of ChatGPT on the marketplace just a year ago has sparked a global debate on the impacts of potentially revolutionary AI-powered chatbots.

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 Hacker NewsAug 22, 2023
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the 2022 voting system
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-hacking-inquiry-cc8f890588a5115ff77370d236b3e149
#ycombinator #Jair_Bolsonaro #Brasilia #Voting #Crime #Brazil_government #General_news #World_news #Hacking #Elections #Law_enforcement #World_News
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote

A Brazilian hacker claims then-President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to hack the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election. Walter Delgatti Neto did not provide any evidence for his claim to the parliamentary commission of inquiry Thursday. But his testimony adds further pressure on the former far-right leader. Bolsonaro is being investigated for his role in the January riots in the capital city of Brasilia and has been barred from running for office until 2030. Police also alleged earlier this month that Bolsonaro received cash from the sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office.

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