Constant test runs on the Outage Highway

On March 5, 2024, Meta’s outage exposed deep reliance on social media, as people panicked over Facebook and Instagram’s downtime. Elon Musk boasted about his platform’s stability, while the incident raised questions about our vulnerability without technology and the forgotten simplicity of old-fashioned alternatives. The mock seriousness hints at a society unprepared for a true crisis without electricity or social media.

If you could read my mind.. what a tale my thoughts could tell…

The haunting words of Gordon Lightfoot’s IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND may be the best background for this story.. conjuring the imagination of his ghostly song coupled with technology piercing the safety nets of our mind.. and going deep into brains to predict what we will want. What we will buy.. what we will…think? … Read moreIf you could read my mind.. what a tale my thoughts could tell…

AI doom calculator can predict when you’ll die using 4 pieces of data – and it’s being called eerily accurate

It was created by scientists in Denmark and the US, who fed it a a registry of data of six million Danish citizens from 2008 to 2020. In comparison to ChatGPT, this AI uses information including income, profession, place of residence, injuries and pregnancy history. The team – which has not yet made the calculator available … Read moreAI doom calculator can predict when you’ll die using 4 pieces of data – and it’s being called eerily accurate

Artificial Intelligence Lawsuit: AI-Generated Art Not Copyrightable

This confirms the tenet what copyright protection rooms are only available for things created by human.. This is all happening very quickly.. A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection. The ruling was delivered in an order … Read moreArtificial Intelligence Lawsuit: AI-Generated Art Not Copyrightable

Facial recognition in Detroit to remain in use after police commissioners vote despite errors

Ultimately the vote failed and the technology will continue to be used–despite innocent people being swept up in error by technology.. By a vote of 5-3 Thursday night with two people abstaining, a measure to suspend the use of facial recognition for a year was shot down. The technology has come under fire this week … Read moreFacial recognition in Detroit to remain in use after police commissioners vote despite errors

Broad decision: Judge Orders Every U.S. ISP to Block Streaming Sites Accused of Copyright Infringement

Judge Orders Every U.S. ISP to Block Streaming Sites Accused of Copyright Infringement More.. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York, an Obama appointee, last week ordered every US internet service provider to block three streaming sites for enabling piracy, effectively enacting by judicial decree the SOPA legislation Congress … Read moreBroad decision: Judge Orders Every U.S. ISP to Block Streaming Sites Accused of Copyright Infringement

TIME feeling musky.. Elon named person of the year

TIME’sEditor-in-Chief said that Elon Musk has had an “extraordinary influence for Life on Earth and life off Earth, too.” It’s no secret that he had an extreme dominance over “many things in America’s life right now” — from the space industry, to the automobile industry, to his influence on social media with millions of followers. … Read moreTIME feeling musky.. Elon named person of the year