Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Quantum_lichen/116534282767152037

Codes and missiles fly,
a child’s blood stains the algorithm—
who programmed the guilt?

#AntiWar #TechAccountability #HaikuQuantique #SystemicCollapse

Despite an abundance of international frameworks and high-level commitments, AI governance remains fragmented and ineffective, failing to protect the vulnerable. Stronger enforcement, transparency, and inclusive participation are urgently needed.
Discover more at https://dev.to/rawveg/the-ai-governance-crisis-21pj
#HumanInTheLoop #AIGovernance #AIRegulation #TechAccountability

The AI Governance Crisis

In November 2021, something remarkable happened. All 193 member states of UNESCO, a body not known...

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Tim Green Apr 12

Impressive benchmark scores mask real-world failures of AI systems, from biased image recognition to autonomous vehicle accidents. Benchmark saturation and data contamination highlight the gap between AI hype and practical reliability.
Discover more at https://dev.to/rawveg/brilliant-on-paper-blind-in-practice-3ici
#HumanInTheLoop #AIlimitations #AIethics #Techaccountability

Brilliant on Paper, Blind in Practice

The promotional materials are breathtaking. Artificial intelligence systems that can analyse medical...

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Debby ‬⁂📎🐧

Apr 3

RE: https://techhub.social/@rayckeith/116338182555614323

#Perplexity's “Incognito” mode still shares your chats, email, and identifiers with Meta/Google. It’s surveillance with better branding.
#Privacy #AI #DigitalRights #PrivacyRights #TechAccountability

Marcus Schuler Apr 3

OpenAI acquired TBPN, the tech talk show that frequently interviews Sam Altman, for hundreds of millions. The 11-person team will report to OpenAI's strategy chief, not a newsroom. The company calls this an "Editorial Independence Covenant" - but when you buy your interviewer, that independence becomes theoretical at best. #AIGovernance #MediaOwnership #TechAccountability

https://www.implicator.ai/opinion-openai-bought-its-interviewer-call-that-what-it-is/

OpenAI Bought TBPN. That's Not Editorial Independence.

OpenAI paid hundreds of millions for an 11-person talk show and called it an Editorial Independence Covenant. The playbook is not new. Margit Wennmachers wrote it at Andreessen Horowitz when Valley coverage turned hostile.

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The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial]Apr 1

A $375 million verdict that could reshape how Big Tech treats children

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/a-375-million-verdict-that-could-reshape-how-big-tech-treats-children/

The-14 Mar 30

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug
#SocialMedia #TechAccountability #BigTech #Meta #Media #YouTube #DigitalAddiction #MentalHealth #YouthProtection #Algorithm #TechEthics #DataEconomy #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights
https://the-14.com/landmark-lawsuit-finds-that-social-media-addiction-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug | The-14

Landmark lawsuit finds social media addiction is built into platform design, holding tech giants accountable for harms to users, mental health, and youth today.

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Eric Darnley Small Mar 29

Tennessee grandmother Angela Lipps spent over five months in jail after AI facial recognition wrongly linked her to bank fraud crimes in Fargo, North Dakota, where she'd never been. Police relied on a partner agency's AI system and additional investigative steps before issuing a warrant, but Chief Zibolski admitted "part of the issue" was overreliance on flawed AI data. Despite promising operational changes, police stopped short of a direct apology. This case highlights risks of AI facial recognition—false identifications can ruin lives and expose systemic flaws in law enforcement. Click here: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #JusticeReform #WrongfulArrest #TechAccountability #CivilRights

Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited

A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before.

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The Internet is Crack Mar 28

From Isolated to Connected

Extremist beliefs didn’t disappear—they found each other. Online spaces made it easier for fringe communities to grow, validate themselves, and spread their ideas.

The full episode looks at how platform design, incentives, and disinformation reshape public conversation.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#Fedi #DigitalEthics #Disinformation #MediaStudies #TechAccountability

Marcus Schuler Mar 22

Cursor's $29.3B code editor marketed Composer 2 as an "in-house" model. A developer found the actual model ID within 24 hours: it was Kimi K2.5, built by Beijing's Moonshot AI. This marks the second undisclosed use of Chinese models in four months, raising questions about transparency when users route proprietary code through these systems.

#AITransparency #CodeSecurity #TechAccountability

https://www.implicator.ai/opinion-cursor-called-it-in-house-it-was-built-in-beijing/

Cursor Called Composer 2 In-House. The API Said Kimi K2.5

Cursor called Composer 2 an in-house model. A developer found the actual model ID within 24 hours: kimi-k2p5-rl-0317-s515-fast. The $29.3B code editor ran on Beijing-built Kimi K2.5, whose maker the Commerce Department flagged for national security risks. Second time in four months.

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