New: Cruise lost its permit to operate self-driving cars without staff inside because the California DMV says it didn't disclose that its car's attempt to pull over after an October 2 crash dragged a woman 20 feet. https://www.wired.com/story/cruise-robotaxi-self-driving-permit-revoked-california/
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Andrew CoutsNEW: Every year, governments use algorithms to flag people receiving welfare benefits as "high risk" of committing fraud. Today, for the first time, a joint investigation by Lighthouse Reports and WIRED can reveal how one of these algorithms works. We obtained the full algorithm code and the training data and recreated the system. What we found was discrimination based on gender and ethnicity. Part 1 is here: https://www.wired.com/story/welfare-state-algorithms/
Anil Dashrelevant to my post last night that I'm going back and fixing up my 23 years of blog archives, and restoring broken links, it is *astounding* how much better a job the personal web does at keeping links alive and content online. Most personal blogs I linked to are either still around or redirect to a place where the content is easy to find. The vast majority of corporate content (including news) has been erased, with only imperfect Internet Archive copies available.
Google shows emissions estimates on flight searches, driving directions, and recipe searches. Airlines already forced the company to make its readouts more conservative and cattle farmers are complaining too https://www.wired.com/story/airlines-and-cattle-farmers-have-beef-with-googles-climate-math/
Google researcher Doug Eck on ChatGPT-like systems late last year: "I’m proud we’ve been slow to release them.” Guessing the sentiment has changed more recently
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-welcome-to-the-wet-hot-ai-chatbot-summer/
Maryn McKennaNew from me at WIRED:
The UK is enduring an historic outbreak of scarlet fever, caused by group A strep infection. Cases *might* be rising in the US too; it's hard to know, because we haven't built the data systems that could tell us.
But if a wave of serious group A strep is coming, what might protect the US is greater awareness of the illness —caused, sadly, by the death of a NY teen 10 years ago.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-enduring-an-onslaught-of-scarlet-fever-is-the-us-next/
The UK is enduring an historic outbreak of scarlet fever, caused by group A strep infection. Cases *might* be rising in the US too; it's hard to know, because we haven't built the data systems that could tell us.
But if a wave of serious group A strep is coming, what might protect the US is greater awareness of the illness —caused, sadly, by the death of a NY teen 10 years ago.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-enduring-an-onslaught-of-scarlet-fever-is-the-us-next/
Andy GreenbergA forensic analysis shows hackers fabricated evidence on the computer of a third Indian human rights activist—84-year-old Stan Swamy, who contracted Covid-19 in jail and died. And a new clue suggests the hackers collaborated with Indian police. (Thread)
https://www.wired.com/story/modified-elephant-stan-swamy-hacked-evidence-frame-bhima-koregaon-16/
#FollowFriday, WIRED journalists edition:
Security reporter: @agreenberg
Security reporter: @lhn
Security reporter: @mattburgess
US Business editor @simonite
UK Business editor: @natashabernal
AI and business reporter: @willknight
Consumer tech reporter: @laurengoode
Health reporter: @marynmck
Business contributor: @stokel
When @lhn wrote this, it was a *possible* hypothetical. Given this evening's events, a #Twitter mega-breach now seems all but inevitable. Stay safe out there, friends: http://www.wired.com/story/twitter-mega-breach-what-if
"People probably want to hear that it's been great—all this growth and success—but I would prefer to be watching from the sidelines. There is more work, there are more fires to put out. It's incredibly stressful. I’m pulling 14-hour workdays, sleeping very little, and eating very little." Mastodon founder @Gargron talks with @willknight about two crazy weeks https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/
