https://
wsj.com/articles/pro-t
ake-election-will-influence-tech-policy-on-the-margins-11668037054
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Election outcomes shape US tech policy trajectory marginally
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CDEIUK Launches Red-Teaming Recruitment for Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
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The @CDEIUK has also launched it's recruitment process for red-teaming these projects. https://
ktn-uk.org/news/red-team-
registration-uk-privacy-enhancing-technologies-challenge-prize/
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Increased proliferation risk estimate and fast takeoff concerns
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I have increased my estimate of the proliferation risk, which does indirectly increase the risk of fast takeoff, but my constant factor for the danger is still quite low.
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Class Action Lawsuits: AI Liability and Compensation Challenges
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Class action lawsuite and then US folks get back 0.67$; 70% of that ho to lawyers tho. Wouldn‘t bet on success in EU.
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Legal Compliance Burden Shift to Engineers Criticized
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> I have heard another leader in the Legal department say that because of the tight SLA's (of two weeks?!) between product inception > launch, Legal will "have to shift the burden to engineers" to self-certify compliance with FTC requirements and other laws. Just no.
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Platform Moderation Policy on Account Impersonation and Verification
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Difference now is that they didn't use to have a policy of banning accounts that were impersonating people – that was the problem verification was meant to solve for them Now they have a new policy which means they constantly have to make those decisions in response to pranks
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Twitter moderation challenges with verified account impersonation
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So the Twitter moderation team are now having to ban verified accounts that imitate real people and brands Hate to ask the obvious question… but how do the moderation team verify which account is real and which is fake?
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Patent Trolls and Weakening Features in Software Products
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“This happens all the time in software. You don't hear about it because nobody can talk about it. Everyone loses. Blame the patent trolls.” Still, weakening features from an already purchased product should be illegal. https://
reddit.com/r/airpods/comm
ents/yfc5xw/comment/iu5fjip/?context=1
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Differential Privacy in 2020 US Census: Key Concerns
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For those who haven't kept up, Aloni Cohen (
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France lithium independence critical minerals supply chain
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4 pays du monde contrôlent 95% de la production mondiale de Lithium, nous mettant dans une situation de dépendance inquiétante. Si le sous-sol français abrite des gisements potentiels, alors nous avons le devoir de les exploiter.