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BIOMETRICS

Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement

Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

Who verifies the verifier? Indicio on the race to give AI agents an identity

Who verifies the verifier? Indicio on the race to give AI agents an identity

Discord launches age-adaptive design, says 90% of users won’t need active checks

Discord launches age-adaptive design, says 90% of users won’t need active checks

Notorious hackers, Shiny Hunters, breach FBI systems

Notorious hackers, Shiny Hunters, breach FBI systems

YouTube adds voice to likeness detection as platform expands AI impersonation protections

YouTube adds voice to likeness detection as platform expands AI impersonation protections

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

  • #AI
  • #Biometrics
  • #Education
  • #Ethics
  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
  • #Science
  • #Technology

Robotics

Robots in society, business and culture: August 2026

Robots in society, business and culture: August 2026

Building and programming autonomous robots at the York Micromaze Hackathon

Building and programming autonomous robots at the York Micromaze Hackathon

A.I.

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

CEOs Are Losing Control of AI

CEOs Are Losing Control of AI

Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

Neuroscience

Molecular Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s Risk

Molecular Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s Risk

Firsthand Experience Dictates Social Judgment

Firsthand Experience Dictates Social Judgment

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Can Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Can Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Chronic Stress Shapes Cognitive Aging

Chronic Stress Shapes Cognitive Aging

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Posted on 09.02.202609.03.2026

When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study

Posted on 09.02.202609.03.2026

LAW

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting
#Business #Ethics #Law #USA

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

09.24.2026
Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match
#Biometrics #Crime #Ethics #Law #USA

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

09.24.2026
‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People
#Behavior #Business #Crime #Data #Law

‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

09.17.2026
Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable
#Crime #Ethics #Law

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

09.15.2026
Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics #Law

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
#Ethics #Government #Law #USA

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

09.03.2026

Molecular Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s Risk

Molecular Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s Risk

Firsthand Experience Dictates Social Judgment

Firsthand Experience Dictates Social Judgment

A new study reveals personal experience overrides public reputation when judging uncooperative behavior, altering indirect reciprocity rules.

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Researchers overturn a 30-year neuroscience belief, showing shared neural noise does not cap the brain’s sensory information capacity.

Can Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Can Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease?

A mathematical model from Mississippi State shows how copper and zinc drive amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s, opening […]

Chronic Stress Shapes Cognitive Aging

Chronic Stress Shapes Cognitive Aging

A new study of 3,800+ adults finds social support slows attention decline, but cannot shield the brain from […]

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

When I first started writing about online cultures and subcultures almost 10 years ago, one of the first […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement

Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement

Posted on 09.24.2026
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

Posted on 09.24.2026
Who verifies the verifier? Indicio on the race to give AI agents an identity

Who verifies the verifier? Indicio on the race to give AI agents an identity

Posted on 09.24.2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

Posted on 09.24.2026
Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

Posted on 09.24.2026
ICE builds nationwide ERO intelligence layer around biometric targeting operations

ICE builds nationwide ERO intelligence layer around biometric targeting operations

Posted on 09.24.2026

BUSINESS

CEOs Are Losing Control of AI
09.24.2026

CEOs Are Losing Control of AI

Peter Kuper With no slowdown from Trump’s administration. The post CEOs Are Losing Control of AI appeared first on The...

People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

09.24.2026
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

09.24.2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

09.17.2026
‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

09.16.2026
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

CRIME

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
09.24.2026

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

The catastrophic hack of at least thousands of FBI officials’ personal data, including their addresses, phone numbers, and even their...

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

09.24.2026
Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

09.17.2026
‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

09.15.2026
Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

09.14.2026
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

USA

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs
09.24.2026

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting
09.24.2026

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
09.24.2026

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match
09.24.2026

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

ICE builds nationwide ERO intelligence layer around biometric targeting operations

ICE builds nationwide ERO intelligence layer around biometric targeting operations

09.24.2026
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

09.16.2026
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

09.14.2026
New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

09.14.2026
‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

09.11.2026
Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras

Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras

09.09.2026
Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

09.09.2026

WORLD

OpenAI and Microsoft Admit LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

OpenAI and Microsoft Admit LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

09.17.2026

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models...

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide
09.15.2026

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability
09.09.2026

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo
09.09.2026

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo


DIG DEEPER

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown
2 weeks ago

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown

Meta Just Settled for  Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.
3 weeks ago

Meta Just Settled for $18 Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.

How to deal with the data center dilemma
3 weeks ago

How to deal with the data center dilemma

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever
3 weeks ago

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet
4 weeks ago

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet

VIDEODROME

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?
2 weeks ago

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
3 weeks ago

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra
4 weeks ago

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra

How We Deal with Rogue AI
4 weeks ago

How We Deal with Rogue AI

5 Rules for AI Writing
4 weeks ago

5 Rules for AI Writing


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