Oh, to be clear, they can WANT whatever. But we will never, ever, ever undermine our e2ee in any way or break any of the other privacy promises we make to the people who rely on Signal. We’d shut down before even considering it. That goes for every jurisdiction on earth.
REGULATION
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Backdoor Concerns in End-to-End Encryption Security
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If you think they don’t want a backdoor in end-to-end encryption, I have a lock to sell you https://
404media.co/massively-popu
lar-safe-locks-have-secret-backdoor-codes/
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Social Media Election Influence: Facebook Voting Ads Impact
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How can a social media company swing elections? We already know the answer as @jengolbeck pointed out: a 2012 study found Facebook banner ads reminding people to vote generated "340,000 additional votes" Companies don't need to show the ads to everyone… https://
nature.com/articles/natur
e11421
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Caregiving Economics: Impact Metrics Before Technology Launch
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Caregiving. For economics but also for the start of all meaningful metrics moving forward. Measured in impact, discussed before a product or technology is released. Prioritizing people and planet. Healing, joyful care.
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Chatbots Hallucinate Legal Precedents: Stanford Study Findings
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Chatbots tend to “hallucinate” legal precedents from cases that never happened. How frequently? @StanfordHAI senior fellow Daniel Ho discusses findings from a recent study and concerns about AI over-reliance in the legal context.
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Among the AI Doomsayers: Examining AI Risk Concerns
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Among the #AI Doomsayers https://
newyorker.com/magazine/2024/
03/18/among-the-ai-doomsayers
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Data Governance and Safety Matter More Than Models
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Fully agree. There’s a lot of talk about *models*, but *data* access, governance, safety, attribution, multimodality, engineering, research and production is where the AI action is happening. More education on this is needed because it’s a big part of the safe and responsible
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Stanford HAI’s Latest Projects in Finance Regulation Technology
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What are some of the latest projects at @StanfordHAI
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Government AI governance panel with defense and cyber leaders
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I was lucky to be part of a panel led by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta w/ Adm. Mike Roger (former head of Cyber Command and the NSA), Prof. @jengolbeck & @aneeshchopra (former US CTO). A lesson: government taking upsides & risks of AI seriously https://
youtu.be/MJ_8CHkPttY?si
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Federal Government Uses Personnel Act to Hire Scientific Talent
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Stanford HAI senior fellow Daniel Ho makes the case for why the Intergovernmental Personnel Act can combat the federal government’s workforce crisis when it comes to hiring scientific and technical talent. https://
wapo.st/3v0720q