🚨Apple has sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries informing them they "are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack" If you're a member of civil society + received an alert, you can request forensic support using our Get Help form👇securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/04…

The crappiness of the Humane AI Pin reported here is a great example of the underappreciated capability-reliability distinction in gen AI. If AI could *reliably* do all the things it's *capable* of, it would truly be a sweeping economic transformation. theverge.com/24126502/human…

“I was attacked by Pegasus spyware a total of 14 times... Women and LGBTI people understand very well what being oppressed feels like. The more we're attacked, the louder we have to speak out”

Announcing 15 grants at the intersection of Climate Justice & Digital Rights! So proud of the funders and practitioners that worked so hard to make this happen. insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/5/21…

In case you missed it: Interview with Nikole Yanez on her experience using technology to support marginalised people and rights defenders. Nikole is a computer scientist who joined the Digital Forensics Fellowship at Amnesty Tech Security Lab in 2022 securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/05…

📢 Timely tech policy job opportunity: work with Princeton SPIA-DC and faculty at Princeton CITP and across the university (including me) to develop programming that helps bridge AI expertise with policy making. Pay: $105-115,000 Details and application: spia.princeton.edu/sites/default/…

New AI Snake Oil essay: AI scaling myths Scaling will run out. The question is when. Full essay: aisnakeoil.com/p/ai-scaling-m… Summary: Scaling laws only quantify improvements in next-word prediction, not emergent abilities. What matters is emergence, and it is not governed by any

Joine Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon on Monday @ 11am ET to learn about the DATA WORKERS INQUIRY - a collaboration between researchers and the workers that essential to AI and yet face precarious employment and harm. RSVP: data-workers.org

Applications due July 8th!

🚨Apple has sent another round of notifications to iPhone users to inform them that they are being targeted by "mercenary spyware attacks". Here's what this means and what you can do if you're a member of civil society + received an alert 👇 securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/04…

🚨 FINAL DAY TO APPLY 🚨 This is it – your last chance to join our January 2025 Congressional Innovation Fellowship! Applications close TONIGHT at 11:59 PM ET. 👉 techcongress.io/apply

Dear Outreachy December 2024 applicants. This chat starts in less than 30 minutes. youtube.com/watch?v=y_kysX… It promises to be insightful. #OpenSource #DiversityinTech

JOB ALERT! Work with Shobita Parthasarathy (on bsky under same handle) and her amazing team at the Science, Technology and Policy Program at the University of Michigan. 1-year term for a Research Analyst. Great opportunity in particular for folks who are just finishing a graduate degree. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/252…

What messaging app is used to run your country? 🇬🇧 WhatsApp 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 Telegram 🇦🇺 Signal I'm going to start keeping track of what political circles use in different countries — if you happen to know yours (or others) and can find a cite — add it in. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

🔈💼 WE’RE HIRING: The Citizen Lab is seeking a highly motivated Systems and Security Administrator. We are looking for a network administrator to manage and support the Lab’s information security needs, carrying a range of information technology-related responsibilities. Apply

Getting Signal up and running on your phone only takes a couple minutes. If you've already got it set up, take a minute to help your friends, too. ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-…

We've launched our annual fundraiser today! Thanks to our matchers, large and small for contributing to a $204,887 match challenge. Any donations or contributions you make until Jan 15th will be matched up to that amount. Help us out and spread the word! sfconservancy.org/news/2024/nov/…

Why you should care about what’s happening to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Funding opportunity! The Spyware Accountability Initiative is giving grants to civil society orgs fighting spyware abuse. Learn more + apply by June 13th at stopspyware.fund/apply #SpywareAccountability #Funding