Mark Zuckerberg: Threads users down by more than a half
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66336058
The rival to Twitter saw explosive growth but users have since drifted away, Meta boss acknowledges.
California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues
California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues
https://edsource.org/2023/california-moves-to-silence-stanford-researchers-who-got-state-data-to-study-education-issues/694920
At issue is whether researchers can analyze nonpublic California student data and also testify against the state in related and even unrelated cases.
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/28/1076843/cryptography-ai-labeling-problem-c2pa-provenance/
An internet protocol called C2PA adds a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio.
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/did-facebook-fuel-political-polarization-during-the-2020-election-its-complicated/
There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.
Sci-Hub's Alexandra Elbakyan Receives EFF Award for Providing Access to Scientific Knowledge * TorrentFreak
Sci-Hub's Alexandra Elbakyan Receives EFF Award for Providing Access to Scientific Knowledge * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728/
The EFF will award Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of 'pirate' library Sci-Hub, for her efforts to provide access to scientific knowledge.
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/tor-dark-web-privacy-secure-browser-anonymous-130048839.html
The Onion Router, now called Tor, is a privacy-focused web browser run by a nonprofit group.
The Cryptographer Working to Protect Computations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMrpHQehRmY
Yael Tauman Kalai is a theoretical computer scientist and cryptographer. Her breakthroughs have had a major impact on everything from how cell phones communi...
Neuronpedia - AI Safety Game — LessWrong
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/skKYznZyRtN87tHbB/neuronpedia-ai-safety-game
Neuronpedia is an AI safety game that documents and explains each neuron in modern AI models. It aims to be the Wikipedia for neurons, where the cont…
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/uk-government-very-close-eroding-encryption-worldwide
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force...
This new tool could protect your pictures from AI manipulation
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/26/1076764/this-new-tool-could-protect-your-pictures-from-ai-manipulation/
PhotoGuard, created by researchers at MIT, alters photos in ways that are imperceptible to us but stops AI systems from tinkering with them.