Skip to content
Monday, September 21 2026

B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N

Biometrics ∙ Robotics ∙ Artificial Intelligence ∙ Neuroscience
  • #AI
  • #Biometrics
  • #Education
  • #Ethics
  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
  • #Science
  • #Technology
Shuffle

BIOMETRICS

24.4M Filipinos use national ID to open GCash accounts: PSA

24.4M Filipinos use national ID to open GCash accounts: PSA

AI one of the top sources of risk to enterprises; AI threats to ‘human rights’

AI one of the top sources of risk to enterprises; AI threats to ‘human rights’

Nigerian president calls for 95% digital ID coverage by year-end

Nigerian president calls for 95% digital ID coverage by year-end

Masking protest: AI-enabled surveillance is a global ID issue for law enforcement

Masking protest: AI-enabled surveillance is a global ID issue for law enforcement

OSD granted patent for biometric barcode security and authentication

OSD granted patent for biometric barcode security and authentication

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

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

Authologic becomes registered issuer of EUDI-ready digital credentials in Poland

Authologic becomes registered issuer of EUDI-ready digital credentials in Poland

Authologic has become a registered issuer of non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes (EAAs) in Poland, allowing the identity […]

Asia-Pacific digital identity rollout reveals widening regional divide

Asia-Pacific digital identity rollout reveals widening regional divide

Asia-Pacific is building one of the world’s largest digital identity ecosystems, but not through a single model. A […]

PNG begins first large-scale digital ID rollout with public servants

PNG begins first large-scale digital ID rollout with public servants

Papua New Guinea’s government has set a December 31 deadline to provide every public servant with a digital […]

WIOCC secures $300M investment to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure for AI, DPI

WIOCC secures 0M investment to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure for AI, DPI

African digital infrastructure platform WIOCC Group has secured a combined US$300 million investment from Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) […]

Indonesia considers linking social media accounts to national ID cards

Indonesia considers linking social media accounts to national ID cards

As countries across Asia develop age assurance policies and schemes, the region is serving to illustrate the many […]

Cuba goes its own way on digital government with UNDP and China support

Cuba goes its own way on digital government with UNDP and China support

Cuba has launched a new initiative to strengthen its digital government platform Soberanía. The project is led by […]

Posts navigation

← Older Posts
→ Newer Posts

B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N ∙ W A V E S

  • A Massive New Study of 588,000 Workers Links Working From Home to Isolation and Mental Health Problems
    ❖ | INC BY Bill Murphy Jr.
  • British food was complex, multicultural and flavorful in the 18th century—despite what you might think
    ❖ | PHYS.ORG BY Curator
  • 6 days left to save up to $200 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
    ❖ | TECHCRUNCH BY TechCrunch Events
  • Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans
    ❖ | WIRED SCIENCE BY Marlowe Starling
  • The Placenta May Decide Autism Vulnerability
    ❖ | NEUROSCIENCE NEWS BY Neuroscience News
  • Surviving the summer
    ❖ | SCIENCE NEWS BY Nancy Shute
  • These Are the Best Smartwatches to Gift in 2026
    ❖ | LIFEHACKER BY Jake Peterson
  • These Are the Best Smartwatches to Gift in 2026
    ❖ | LIFEHACKER BY Jake Peterson
  • Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
    ❖ | QUANTA MAGAZINE BY Paulina Rowińska
  • Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain
    ❖ | NATURE NEUROSCIENCE BY Rayyan T. Jokhai

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

Posted on 09.17.2026
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

Posted on 09.16.2026
Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

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

Posted on 09.15.2026
Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Posted on 09.14.2026
Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Posted on 09.14.2026
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’

Posted on 09.14.2026

BUSINESS

‘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

Flock created a fake police department called “Flock City PD” that it used to search a series of live automated...

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

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

09.09.2026
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

09.09.2026
Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

09.09.2026
NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

CRIME

‘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

Flock created a fake police department called “Flock City PD” that it used to search a series of live automated...

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’

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

09.14.2026
New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

09.09.2026
IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

USA

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

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’

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites
09.14.2026

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center
09.11.2026

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

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
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

09.09.2026
Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

09.09.2026
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

09.08.2026
Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

09.03.2026

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
6 days ago

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown

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

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

How to deal with the data center dilemma
2 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
3 weeks ago

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet

VIDEODROME

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?
7 days ago

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
2 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
3 weeks ago

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

How We Deal with Rogue AI
3 weeks ago

How We Deal with Rogue AI

5 Rules for AI Writing
3 weeks ago

5 Rules for AI Writing


Subscribe now to the monthly B∙R∙AI∙N newsletter!

  • Bluesky
  • Mail
  • Mastodon
Copyright ©2026. LEGACYLICIOUS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society
Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies

B∙R∙AI∙N is the brainchild of Steven John Thompson, PhD, who aggregates and curates its content. Find more about Steve here or here and access some of his ethics in science and emerging technologies reference books above.

∙
  • BRAIN:
  • #Climate
  • #Crime
  • #Entertainment
  • #Government
  • #Humanity
  • #Nature
  • #Politics
  • Regulation
  • #Space
  • • Privacy Policy •
Scroll to top