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Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.

While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on.

"When an authoritarian regime tells Apple what it can do with the App Store, the company’s response is a curt single paragraph. When a democratic union tries to do the same, the response is vociferous and negative."

Employers are letting artificial intelligence conduct job interviews. Candidates are trying to beat the system.

"And when they got on the phone, Ty assumed the recruiter, who introduced herself as Jaime, was human. But things got robotic."

Israeli company NSO Group is accused in lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of spying on 1,400 users over a two-week period.

It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?

Experts ​alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.

A massive data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity firm has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers. Analysts say the leak is a treasure-trove of intel into the day-to-day operations of China’s hacking programme, which the FBI says is the biggest of any country.

In this perspective, Fokas argues that computations reflect a small part of conscious thinking and that conscious thought itself is just one part of human cognition. An immense amount of unconscious work goes on behind the scenes.

Also, AI models are often conceptualized as artificial neural networks, but human thinking is not limited to the neurons; thinking involves the entire body, and many types of brain cells, such as glia cells, that are not neurons.

Fokas concludes that AI is a long way from surpassing humans in thought.

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/12/pgad409/7477223?login=false (open access)

US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple's alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.

A WIRED investigation just revealed Mark Zuckerberg's years-long construction of a lavish, bunker-equipped sprawling compound in Hawaii.

The details:

The nearly completed Koolau Ranch spans 1,400 acres with over a dozen buildings, 30 bedrooms, off-grid power and food, helipads and underground bunkers with blast-resistant doors.

Costs eclipse $270 million — with reports of extreme NDAs muzzling hundreds of workers, lawsuits targeting landholders, and Zuckerberg reps allegedly clashing with press.

Political ties abound as the Chan/Zuckerberg donations flow, including hiring a former council chair and funding a former vice chair's nonprofit.

While tech entrepreneurs have a history of doomsday prepping, Zuck sounds like he’s taking this Hawaiian hideaway to the next level.

The final push to start using Firefox over Chrome on Android might finally be thanks to the enormous selection of add-ons (Firefox's version of extensions) coming out next month. Chrome doesn't offer native support for extensions in its mobile app. Also, better security.

Imagine if our brains could be scanned and the contents of our thoughts could be read. A team of researchers and also Meta have just achieved this feat by using AI. This episode takes a look at it. Links:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19812 https://ai.meta.com/blog/brain-ai-image-decoding-meg-magnetoencephalography/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9**

What do you think are the ramifications of this research?