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Jess Weatherbed

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    Meta pauses employee tracking tool after internal leak.

    Screenshots seen by Business Insider showed that data from Meta’s controversial AI training program — including employees’ private conversations, performance data, and transcriptions — could be accessed across the entire company. In a statement to the publication, Meta said:

    “We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards, and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we’re pausing it while we investigate.”

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    Jess Weatherbed
    What Is A Photo: souvenir edition.

    Yup, that about sums up where we are right now in the world of AI editing tools and content authenticity.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Five Eyes urges organizations to ‘act now’ against AI cyber threats.

    The intelligence-sharing alliance says that Al models are anticipated to fundamentally transform offensive and defensive cyber capabilities in a matter of months, and that “breaches will occur” as previously unknown vulnerabilities emerge. “Adversaries are already using AI to move faster and more effectively,” said Five Eyes. “Defenders must do the same.”

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Samsung is no longer South Korea’s most valuable company.

    Chipmaker SK Hynix, which supplies high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips to Nvidia and Google, has overtaken Samsung, with Reuters reporting that its market capitalization has now hit $1.35 trillion. Samsung had held the top spot since 2000, prior to the AI boom.

    A graph showing the value of Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix.
    That’s one heck of a comeback for SK Hynix, after it almost collapsed under debt two decades ago.
    Image: Reuters
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    Jess Weatherbed
    Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI monopolies are a problem (duh).

    In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Microsoft CEO says that people won’t tolerate a small group of companies “doing all of the learning for the world.” Insert the We’re-All-Trying-To-Find-The-Guy-Who-Did-This meme. According to Nadella:

    “You can’t say, hey, all white-collar jobs are gone and this could even be a weapon and we will use all the power to build data centers.”

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    Jess Weatherbed
    The big problem with bigger cars.

    The number of pedestrians killed each year has increased by about 75 percent since 2009, and large pickups and SUVs — which have taller hoods and bigger blind zones — are contributing to rising fatalities. This interactive deepdive from The New York Times examines the growing risks of having bigger vehicles on US roads.

    A graph showing US pedestrian deaths since 1980.
    The New York Times estimates that “about 200 to 400 pedestrians a year would not have died if vehicles had remained approximately the same size over the past quarter-century.”
    Image: The New York Times