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Deloitte AI Hallucinations Raise Oversight and Accountability Questions

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09 October 2025 16h12

Deloitte is refunding part of a $440K govt report after using AI (GPT-40), which hallucinated fake court cases + citations. Lawmakers called it a “human intelligence problem.”
AI didn’t fail, oversight did.  What do you think? Image: theaifield | IG #AI

Signal refuses surveillance: Chat Control as existential threat

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09 October 2025 13h50

So we remain vigilant & deeply grateful to our allies. For Signal, Chat Control is an existential threat. If we were *forced* to choose between building surveillance into our services or keeping our integrity, we would choose integrity & leave the market. We hope it never comes

Privacy Concerns in Content Scanning Surveillance Proposals

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09 October 2025 13h50

We must be wary of "new" proposals that allow scanning of "known content" while claiming to protect privacy by proscribing "indiscriminate" surveillance. We must also look out for those that mandate only scanning for “hashed images or videos.” 4/

European Council Privacy Negotiations Face Regulatory Challenges

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09 October 2025 13h50

The war is not over, however. Now we move to the European Council, where the issue is unresolved. We expect closed-door negotiations to engage in rhetorical arbitrage–claiming to support privacy by using word games and bespoke definitions–while in practice undermining it.

Privacy Defense Against Surveillance and Emotional Arguments

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09 October 2025 13h50

Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access +more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance to those doing the work!

Germany Opposes Chat Control Mass Surveillance Proposal

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09 October 2025 13h50

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal–the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was