AI
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
Users voted to restrict Anthropic's Claude to its own channel, but Jason Clinton, Anthropic’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a moderator in the Discord, overrode them. The Discord that was once vibrant is now a ghost town.
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot. “We have published research showing that the models have started growing neuron clusters that are highly similar to humans and that they experience something like anxiety and fear. The moral status might be something like the moral status of, say, a goldfish, but they do indeed have latent wants and desires,” Clinton said.
Politics
They were almost American - then Trump cancelled their citizenship ceremonies
Earlier this month the Trump administration began cancelling the citizenship ceremonies of immigrants from 19 countries already subject to a travel ban, including Iran. Migrants from the 19 countries already subject to a travel ban have had their immigration processing halted no matter where they are in the process, not just those at the final step
This major cruise line just banned Meta Ray-Ban and other smart glasses — is this category already doomed?
Swedish MSC Cruises company is cracking down on the use smart glasses to record people in public areas.
Judge blocks Louisiana's social media age verification law
The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, was passed in 2023 and required Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube Discord and others to implement age verification and parental control features.
Texas sues 5 smart TV manufacturers over data collection practices
Texas is suing five major television manufacturers for using automated content recognition (ACR) technology that records what consumers watch and for allegedly deceiving customers about the practice.
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The second Trump administration can no longer identify any specific countries that might wish harm to the United States, or any specific actions they might be taking to do harm. This is what this radical faction really fears: people who talk about transparency, accountability, civil rights, and the rule of law.
Infosec
PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data
The search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach.
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