"#AI Companies were asked to each pay $10 million annually over a decade, The two industry representatives confirmed that AI companies were offered a role in shaping how the institute would evaluate their models if they donated"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/key-nonprofit-pitches-tech-giants-to-pay-100m-each-for-ai-safety-effort-00853205
Key nonprofit pitches tech giants to pay $100M each for AI safety effort
California-based nonprofit Common Sense Media is asking top AI firms to help fund new safety assessments — and it’s offering companies input into the process, according to documents and people close to the effort.
"#AI Companies were asked to each pay $10 million annually over a decade, The two industry representatives confirmed that AI companies were offered a role in shaping how the institute would evaluate their models if they donated"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/key-nonprofit-pitches-tech-giants-to-pay-100m-each-for-ai-safety-effort-00853205Key nonprofit pitches tech giants to pay $100M each for AI safety effort
California-based nonprofit Common Sense Media is asking top AI firms to help fund new safety assessments — and it’s offering companies input into the process, according to documents and people close to the effort.
"I’m perturbed by how quickly my initial discomfort passes and the
#smartglasses become second nature. Just having a covert camera makes me want to use it, the possibilities of the tech overriding my better judgment and even basic decency"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/01/i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and-it-left-me-feeling-like-a-creep
I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?
Meta Loses Insurance for Defense in Major Social Media Addiction Litigation
A Delaware judge has ruled insurers do not have a duty to defend Meta Platforms in the thousands of lawsuits that allege its Facebook and Instagram
Employees inside Thomson Reuters have raised concerns about these contracts, questioning whether the company’s data is enabling deportation efforts. Meanwhile, DHS calls CLEAR “vital” for identifying people, assets, and affiliations at scale.
Documents suggest CLEAR data is used in ICE tools built by Palantir Technologies, including ELITE, which maps targets and assigns “confidence scores” to addresses. The same data is also tied to license plate tracking systems used in investigations.
New reporting links Thomson Reuters data to ICE targeting tools. Its CLEAR database, which contains personal data like SSNs, addresses, and vehicle records, appears to feed systems used to identify deportation targets.
https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/
#privacy #surveillance
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir
Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.
Apple's "lockdown mode", implemented four years ago appears to be effective against powerful governmental
#spyware like Pegasus.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/apple-says-no-one-using-lockdown-mode-has-been-hacked-with-spyware/
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch
The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
Apple's "lockdown mode", implemented four years ago appears to be effective against powerful governmental
#spyware like Pegasus.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/apple-says-no-one-using-lockdown-mode-has-been-hacked-with-spyware/Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch
The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
California will be the first state to audit the operations of its federal fusion centers.
https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/03/california-opens-fusion-center-audit/
Are your local cops telling ICE about you? California is now investigating
The state will audit three of its federally-funded fusion centers amid concerns about violations of civil liberties and privacy.
