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@heyitsseher.bsky.social

global community lead @mozilla.org 🦊🤖

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂@rude1.blacksky.team · last wk.

Hello. @mozilla.org is in the market for a "0→1 engineer" for a consulting role focused on open source AI 🌍 remote friendly 💰 budget ≈ $200K–$227,250 🕰️ fixed term contract (not FTE role) 🧑🏾‍💻 fluency in Python and/or TypeScript 🤖 comfortable working w/ agents 📧 contact mike@mozilla.org if interested

Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · 3mo ago

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026 This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned. The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I wrote about RightsCon's cancellation after Zambia's government announced it would postpone the event to sort out its concerns over "thematic issues." With thousands about to depart (or already en route) to Lusaka, it's a huge blow to the digital and human rights field.

RightsCon Canceled After Zambia Requires ‘Full Alignment’ With 'National Values'

Organizers canceled the event just days before thousands were set to descend on Lusaka to discuss issues at the intersection of technology and human rights.

techpolicy.press

Ismael K.G. 🇩🇿🇨🇦🇪🇸🧀@hermeneuticist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This werk’s Brief includes comments on work from @heyitsseher.bsky.social @blairaf.com @jhereia.bsky.social and others who contributed to Part II of the State of AI Ethics Report, Volume 7.

Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI)@mtlaiethics.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📌 The AI Ethics Brief #178: How AI Regulation Can Both Harm and Foster Social Justice We further explore our State of AI Ethics Report, while highlighting the latest addition to our AI Policy Corner on Ukraine's AI regulation whitepaper. brief.montrealethics.ai/p/the-ai-eth...

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

404media.co

seher@heyitsseher.bsky.social · last yr.

"Today, I’m compelled to speak, not as a composer this time, but as a citizen alarmed by the role Microsoft is playing in a very different kind of composition: one that leads to surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine" www.stereogum.com/2308906/bria...

Brian Eno Calls On Microsoft To Cease Partnership With Israel, Will Donate Windows ‘95 Chime Fee To Victims In Gaza

Art-music master Brian Eno is the composer of what might be one of the most-heard pieces of music in history, even if much of the world doesn’t necessarily process it as a piece of music. Eno made the...

stereogum.com

seher@heyitsseher.bsky.social · last yr.

"By 2028, the researchers estimate, the power going to AI-specific purposes will rise to between 165 and 326 terawatt-hours per year...That could generate the same emissions as driving over 300 billion miles—over 1,600 round trips to the sun from Earth." www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

technologyreview.com

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last yr.

Well, well, well: Meta is building facial recognition tech for its Ray-Ban smart glasses. Incredible about-face when last year a Meta spokesperson lost their shit at me for reporting students had married facial recognition to the glasses. My comms with Meta here: www.404media.co/well-well-we...

Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All

Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.

404media.co