[nonostantement #366] - ai granny / disappearing datasets / infosec
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Good morning, my name is Joele. For over six years, I have made it a personal commitment to curate and share noteworthy discoveries from across the internet. Every Sunday, without exception, I distribute this email to my valued recipients—not as a commercial venture, but as a thoughtful effort to provide engaging and unconventional content.
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#PEOPLE
How 9 Popular YouTubers Helped Trump Win a Second Term
Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America’s men to lean right. An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how.Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies On YouTube?
A major studio is apparently treating YouTube as a place to drop some of its archive films that have lost their cinematic luster. My mind is admittedly blown.The Death of Scenius - by Ian Leslie
Urban Creativity Isn't What It Was[Video] - ASMR at the museum | Turning the pages of a medieval choirbook
Join curator Catherine Yvard inside the National Art Library as she introduces us to a medieval choirbook from the 15th century.Data Beads
Databeads - a website that shows how to create simple data based bracelets.[Video] - Daisy the 'AI granny' speaks to scammer: 'I'm a bit lost now'
O2 has introduced “AI granny” Daisy for a short period to show what could be done with artificial intelligence to counter the scourge of scammers, who have become so ubiquitous.The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study
#TECH
Introducing ChatGPT Gov
ChatGPT Gov is designed to streamline government agencies’ access to OpenAI’s frontier models.What really happens inside a dating app
I have been working inside a dating app for a few months and there are a lot of interesting things. This article is going to be without any structure as there are many things to say.As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders
Ars staffers take aim at some of the web’s worst predatory practices.Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.
#SOCIALMEDIA
[Video] - How This Creator Broke the Algorithm by Ignoring It
This week Francis is joined by Jenna Stoeber, a video essayist and content creator known for her deep dives into video game and media culture.
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#THEDARKSIDE
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna's Archive, Despite Few Seeders
Freshly unsealed court documents reveal that Meta downloaded significant amounts of data from shadow libraries through Anna's Archive.U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.Google’s new AI policy removes promises not work on weapons or surveillance
Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions that it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect and profit from your personal data, here’s what you need to know.Infosec 101 for Activists
Why should you care? While challenging existing power structures has always carried an element of risk, the wireless digital landscape provided by today’s technology makes it far riskier.
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