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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Sam Altman’s ‘eyeball cataloging’ crypto integrates with Okta.

    Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that gives free tokens to users that are willing to scan their eyeballs, has integrated its World ID verification protocol with Okta in Germany.

    German developers can now select a “sign in with Wolrdcoin” option from Okta’s Auth0 marketplace to adopt it for their apps. The eyeball scanning hardware — dubbed “The Orbs” — will also be available to purchase around the country.

    The EU still needs to get its AI Act together

    It’s taken over two years for the European Parliament to approve its artificial intelligence regulations — but AI development hasn’t been idle.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Even the Vatican has thoughts on how AI should be regulated.

    Pope Francis has teamed up with Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics to create a handbook for navigating the ethics of artificial intelligence technology.

    Instead of commandments, the handbook provides seven guiding principles — such as “Respect for Human Dignity and Rights.” I guess that means he saw those swag Pope deep fakes after all?

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Meta thinks teens need help to stop using Facebook.

    A new batch of parental supervision features have been created to protect minors on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.

    The new tools allow parents to view how much time their child spends on Messenger, and who can interact with their account. Minors will also be encouraged to log off from scrolling Instagram Reels at night, and after spending 20 minutes on Facebook... which is adorable,