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BIOMETRICS

Anatomy of a WAN 3.0 Prompt: Taking Apart a 20 Second, Three Shot Scene

Anatomy of a WAN 3.0 Prompt: Taking Apart a 20 Second, Three Shot Scene

ICE contract reveals network infrastructure behind HSI surveillance operations

ICE contract reveals network infrastructure behind HSI surveillance operations

Cyberette launches deepfake forensics platform to show where media was manipulated

Cyberette launches deepfake forensics platform to show where media was manipulated

Arc’s Socure integration pushes identity deeper into crypto infrastructure

Arc’s Socure integration pushes identity deeper into crypto infrastructure

With wrongful arrests, Jacksonville police show how not to use facial recognition

With wrongful arrests, Jacksonville police show how not to use facial recognition

Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights

Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights

Do we trust supermarkets more than the police with our biometrics?

Do we trust supermarkets more than the police with our biometrics?

  • #AI
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  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
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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.

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They’re Horrified

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They’re Horrified

AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory

AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

Neuroscience

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

Statins Linked to Reduced Glaucoma Risk and Slower Progression

Statins Linked to Reduced Glaucoma Risk and Slower Progression

Adults With ADHD Face Higher Long-Term Dementia Risk

Adults With ADHD Face Higher Long-Term Dementia Risk

AI Chatbots Are Hardwired to Defend the Status Quo

AI Chatbots Are Hardwired to Defend the Status Quo

LAW

Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
#Crime #Data #Ethics #Law

Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

10.02.2026
Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
#AI #Chatbots #Law

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

10.01.2026
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
Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights
#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

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

A new study reveals a “split attractor network” in fruit flies that explains how neural circuits stabilize short-term […]

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

Summary: Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that human microglia can selectively prune away toxic alpha-synuclein […]

Statins Linked to Reduced Glaucoma Risk and Slower Progression

Statins Linked to Reduced Glaucoma Risk and Slower Progression

A new study in 420,000 adults links statin medications to a 15% lower glaucoma risk and a 55% […]

Adults With ADHD Face Higher Long-Term Dementia Risk

Adults With ADHD Face Higher Long-Term Dementia Risk

Adults with ADHD have over 4 times the risk of dementia, backed by genetic data from 187,000 older […]

AI Chatbots Are Hardwired to Defend the Status Quo

AI Chatbots Are Hardwired to Defend the Status Quo

A new study of 11 AI models reveals chatbots systematically favor the status quo, advising against electric vehicles […]

Early DBS Protects Cognition in Genetic Parkinson’s

Early DBS Protects Cognition in Genetic Parkinson’s

Timing of DBS surgery is critical to preserve cognitive function in Parkinson’s patients with GBA1 mutations.

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

ICE contract reveals network infrastructure behind HSI surveillance operations

ICE contract reveals network infrastructure behind HSI surveillance operations

Posted on 10.03.2026
Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

Posted on 10.02.2026
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

Posted on 10.02.2026
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

Posted on 10.01.2026
How the Feds Get Your Data

How the Feds Get Your Data

Posted on 10.01.2026
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras

Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras

Posted on 09.29.2026

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

Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
10.02.2026

Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

A company that makes phone hacking devices claims to have developed a solution that freezes iPhones in a state that...

Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

10.02.2026
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

09.29.2026
FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

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
Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights

USA

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
10.01.2026

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the Feds Get Your Data
10.01.2026

How the Feds Get Your Data

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
10.01.2026

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’

FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data
09.29.2026

FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

US Social Security becomes major test of digital identity at scale

US Social Security becomes major test of digital identity at scale

09.29.2026
DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

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

09.24.2026
FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

09.24.2026
Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights

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

09.24.2026
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

WORLD

EU study puts digital identity on research roadmap for next Horizon Europe

EU study puts digital identity on research roadmap for next Horizon Europe

10.01.2026

The European Union is deciding where to place its next big technology bets. The European Commission has proposed €175 billion...

OpenAI and Microsoft Admit LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
09.17.2026

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

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


DIG DEEPER

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown
3 weeks ago

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown

VIDEODROME

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3 weeks ago

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?


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