Google is rolling out a new Search Services History setting that automatically saves users' uploaded media—including images, audio, and video—for AI training, with the option enabled by default. Users…
A free, open-source route planner called DeFlock is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers operated by Flock Safety, which has over 100,000 AI cameras in a national surveillance network…
AI startup Micro AGI is sending college-educated workers to clean New York City apartments for free under its Shift initiative, capturing video footage to train robots for household chores. The compan…
Cory Doctorow argues in a new book and podcast interview that the AI boom is driven by unsustainable hype and power dynamics that benefit bosses at the expense of workers, coining the term "enshittifi…
AI company Micro AGI is offering free apartment cleaning and cooking services in New York City to gather data for training next-generation autonomous robots. The initiative, called Shift, sends camera…
Cory Doctorow argues that the AI boom is driven by bosses' desire to replace workers, not by genuine progress, and warns that the technology's hype masks power dynamics that harm users. In a podcast i…
Google secretly fought a US warrant demanding identities of users who searched for Democratic and Republican party headquarters before pipe bombs were planted on Jan. 6, 2021, arguing the request was …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) joined Foxglove, Human Rights Watch, and 60 other organizations in urging the UK to halt its deployment of Facial Age Estimation (FAE) technology at the border…
Defense contractor Leonardo is marketing SignalTrace, a technology that pairs automatic license plate readers with sensors to capture unique identifiers from phones, wearables, and other devices, enab…
Author Cory Doctorow discusses his lifelong relationship with technology, from a cardboard computer to professional programming, and explains how his background as a digital rights activist and scienc…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digit…
Meta has embedded facial recognition code, internally called "NameTag," into the Meta AI smartphone app used by its smart glasses, according to investigations by Wired and the Electronic Frontier Foun…
Meta embedded unreleased face-recognition code, internally named "NameTag," into the Meta AI app used with Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to a WIRED code review. The code, added as early …
Meta has been actively developing a facial recognition tool called "NameTag" for its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to code found inside the Meta AI app and reviewed by Wired. The feature…