Thank you MORGAN MEAKER for this interesting interview with Yanis Varoufakis telling us about a new type of #feudalism that leads to #fascism - it doesn’t look good for us “little people” with no power.

In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs. wired.trib.al/Bmfsvbb

Should I flee to a world where the truth might kill me—or seek peace in Russian censorship? trib.al/HaMQvh2

📣 Groundbreaking news when it comes to #platform workers' rights in the #EU . 1) reclassification, 2) algorithmic transparency, and 3) robo-firing are at the heart of it. Here some of my thoughts in WIRED MORGAN MEAKER wired.com/story/platform…

In negotaitions that lasted 11 hours, through Tuesday night, EU lawmakers decided to end robo-firing as part of a major gig economy overhaul. “We do not want an inhuman labor market,” said Elisabetta Gualmini.
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Line Coll has turned Norway's privacy regulator Datatilsynet into an outspoken critic of Meta.

I spoke to her this week about her strategy to take on the tech giant and how her next target is the company's new ad-free subscription model.

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A huge global workforce of clickworkers labours for a few dollars a day to train artificial intelligence, often being exposed to violent or sexualised content. An investigation by Niamh for WIRED found that many of those workers are underage.

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In September last year, our son Rayan was stillborn. It was devastating, but was made worse by the silence around stillbirth, especially for men.

With that in mind, I wrote something for The Guardian about what happened, and how we survived. Please read + share if you can

Deepfake audio - and claims of deepfake audio to dismiss real footage - are proliferating. I spoke to WIRED about the problem and the missing solutions. wired.com/story/deepfake…

I've been sounding the alarm on AI's danger to democracy. Last week in Slovakia, we saw the damage it can do.

Congress can't afford to wait any longer–we need an independent agency to regulate Big Tech and safeguard our elections.
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'Fact-checkers scrambled to deal with faked audio recordings released days before a tight election in Slovakia, in a warning for other countries with looming votes'.
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Deepfake audio recordings shared in the final hours of Slovakia's election campaign found a weak spot in both Meta's manipulated media policy and for factcheckers.

Potentially a big problem for all the other countries facing elections in the next year

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As we navigate this AI age, we must remember the people working behind the scenes. MORGAN MEAKER’s WIRED article on Finnish prisoners training AI models is a reminder that we must ensure the protection of all in AI. Read the full article here: eu1.hubs.ly/H05xn2S0

3) An interesting perspective on AI data training work from an unlikely corner of the globe. WIRED MORGAN MEAKER

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For months, every time I spoke to anyone about European AI, the same company name would come up again and again: Aleph Alpha. So I decided to find out what all the fuss was about. wired.com/story/aleph-al…

The European Commission just released a groundbreaking study that for the first time provides a methodology to assess a systemic risk (in this case: Russian disinformation campaigns) as foreseen by the Digital Services Act🧵(1/8) op.europa.eu/en/publication… #dsa #DigitalServicesAct

In March, I went to Taiwan to meet a doctor battling a strange epidemic.

The people who love the Northwest Territories love it for its isolation, adventure, diversity and connection to the land. I spoke to some of them for WIRED — people who chose to stay and those watching from a distance as a wildfire approaches

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