A Boring Dystopia
Billionaires 7 years ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20171004002738/https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/ Billionaires today: https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
www.forbes.com.au
>Drew Crecente last spoke to his daughter Jennifer Ann Crecente on February 14, 2006. A day later, Jennifer, a senior in high school who was in an abusive relationship, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, who was later convicted and is serving time in prison. That year, Crescente started a nonprofit in her name to prevent teen dating violence and now routinely monitors any piece of media coverage related to her. >But he was appalled when he received a Google Alert notification at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday that somebody had created a chatbot on popular AI platform Character AI using his daughter’s yearbook photo and name. >“A grieving father should not have to find out that his dead daughter is being used to try and make money as a chatbot on some website,” he told Forbes. “It shocks the conscience, and it’s unacceptable behavior”...
www.theguardian.com
This case is quite similar with Disney+ case. You press 'Agree', you lost the right to sue the company.
www.theverge.com
>Two Harvard students have created an eerie demo of how smart glasses can use facial recognition tech to instantly dox people’s identities, phone numbers, and addresses. The most unsettling part is the demo uses current, widely available technology like the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and public databases. >AnhPhu Nguyen, one of the two students, posted a video showcasing the tech in action that was then picked up by 404 Media. Dubbed I-XRAY, the tech works by using the Meta smart glasses’ ability to livestream video to Instagram. A computer program then monitors that stream and uses AI to identify faces. Those photos are then fed into public databases to find names, addresses, phone numbers, and even relatives. That information is then fed back through a phone app. >In the demo, you can see Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, the other student behind the project, use the glasses to identify several classmates, their addresses, and names of relatives in real time. Perhaps more chilling, Nguyen and Ardayfio are also shown chatting up complete strangers on public transit, pretending as if they know them based on information gleaned from the tech...
The Jerusalem Post has deleted this article but thankfully it had been archived.
www.404media.co
> Clearview AI is a facial recognition company that can take a photo of the face of the target, and run it against the company’s database of around 30 billion faces. Clearview AI obtained many of these images by scraping the web, including sites and services like Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo. When the New York Times first reported on Clearview in January 2020, a researcher who provided documents to the Times said Clearview “appears to be crossing the Rubicon on facial recognition technology.” Often the tool is used in the form of an app installed on customers’ phones.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20276590
www.independent.co.uk
cross-posted from: https://real.lemmy.fan/post/6996597 > Meanwhile IVF is north of $25k...
www.theverge.com
Alternative link where I'm told the story is written better, but unfortunately has a signup wall and I'm not willing to sign up https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25812215 > Labour is to revive the hated Tory plan to force banks to carry out surveillance on claimants’ accounts and give the DWP police type power to search premises and seize possessions. > > The Tory provisions were contained in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, but this failed to be passed into law before the general election and was therefore scrapped. > > Now, however, Labour have announced that they are to include what appear to be very similar provisions in a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill. > > According to the DWP, the new law will give the DWP powers to: > > - Better investigate suspected fraud and new powers of search and seizure so DWP can take greater control investigations into criminal gangs defrauding the taxpayer. > > - Allow DWP to recover debts from individuals who can pay money back but have avoided doing so, bringing greater fairness to debt recoveries. > > - Require banks and financial institutions to share data that may show indications of potential benefit overpayments > > The Tory bank surveillance provisions would have forced banks to monitor the accounts of all means-tested benefits claimants and report every time an account went over the capital limit or was used abroad for more than four weeks. > > In late 2023, it was estimated that almost 9 million claimants would be caught in the Tory surveillance net, including: > > - 8 million universal credit claimants > > - 6 million employment and support allowance claimants > > - 4 million pension credit claimants > > That number is likely to have increased by now, especially with the push to get more people to sign-up for pension credit. > > Labour’s new bill will also give the DWP the power to search premises and seize evidence, such as documents, laptops and phones. > > The Tory Bill contained similar powers. > > It would have allowed designated DWP staff to arrest claimants, search premises and seize any evidence they found without needing to use the police. The DWP said this would put them on a par with HMRC and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). > > In an attempt to reassure claimants, the DWP today claimed that: > > “The Bill will also include safeguarding measures to protect vulnerable customers. Staff will be trained to the highest standards on the appropriate use of any new powers, and we will introduce new oversight and reporting mechanisms, to monitor these new powers. DWP will not have access to people’s bank accounts and will not share their personal information with third parties.” > > Labour claim that these powers will only be used against criminal gangs. But, until we see the text of the bill, we will have no way of knowing whether the law will actually prevent the DWP using their new powers against individual claimants if they so choose. > > The outline of the new bill was published today by the DWP to coincide with Kier Starmer’s first speech as prime minister to a Labour party conference. > > In his speech, Starmer made only a brief reference to the new bill, saying, “If we want to maintain support for the welfare state, then we will legislate to stop benefit fraud and do everything we can to tackle worklessness.” > > Back in April of this year the then prime minister, Rishi Sunak, outlined his plan to give the DWP police powers. He did this whilst setting out his five point plan for welfare reform in a speech at the right-wing think tank, the Centre for Social justice, founded by Iain Duncan-Smith. > > Just five months later, Keir Starmer has announced similar measures, this time in a speech to the Labour party conference. > > The other four Sunak points were: > > - The WCA to be made harder to pass > > - GPs no longer to issue fit notes > > - Legacy benefits claimants to move to UC sooner and work requirements to be increased > > - PIP no longer always a cash benefit and fewer people to be eligible > > We will now have to wait for Labour’s welfare reform white paper to see whether any of the four remaining points will also be adopted as Labour policy.
www.aljazeera.com
> American non-profits are engaging in pro-Israel political activity while enjoying tax-exempt status.
The israeli school children all got together for the girl and [sang a song called "may your village burn"](https://files.catbox.moe/dtosxz.mp4)
Is in network with your insurance plan. Treats the condition you are concerned with. Has good reviews. Pick 2. I have Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1), Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks, and Major Depressive Disorder in Partial Remission. Ghost networks are the bane of my fuuuuucking existence. You know what's monumentally hard to do when you are a depressed autist with high anxiety? Endlessly and fruitlessly search for care related to those conditions. FUCK insurance companies, and FUCK Republicans for propping them up.
I just watched this documentary series. I'm flabbergasted. Truly. Internationally, this is considered crimes against humanity. They use banned torture techniques. The fact this ever existed is insane. The fact the people responsible for this are still walking free makes me sick. The fact that these people are still operating similar facilities is fucking outrageous. What the actual fuck. HOW! Like, how is it possible to operate child torture facilities for years and years without repercussions? I already thought the US incarceration system was fucked up but this is the ultimate dystopian horror.
invidious.nerdvpn.de
Olayemi Olurin tells the stories of Lakeith Smith, Tay K, and those who've been affected by the felony murder rule.
www.nbcnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19869252 > Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240917114909/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-north-texas-corpses-dissected-unclaimed-bodies-rcna170478
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