For the past 21 years, James has worked for a private security company as a plain-clothes officer in high-street stores, mainly on London’s Oxford Street. He’ll often film the people he detains, either to show to the police or to share with his colleagues over WhatsApp. But since February, he’s found a new home for his footage: his TikTok account, @london_content, which already boasts nearly 100,000 followers. In his most-watched video, viewed more than 25 million times, an alleged shoplifter can be seen removing items from her skirt, soundtracked to Sam Smith’s “Unholy.” The caption reads simply: “She got caught.” Other videos claim to show people pickpocketing or suggest they might be part of a “begging scam.” Now, on his days off work, James will walk the streets of London in the hope of capturing illegal activity—in other words, more viral fodder for his TikTok. [...] Source: The Latest TikTok Trend? Shoplifters and Vigilantes
ChatGPT can write sermons. Religious leaders don’t know how to feel about it | CNN
The future of artificial intelligence promises technology with a human touch. But is it human enough to deliver a convincing spiritual message? Pastors and rabbis have recently discovered that ChatGPT, an AI language learning model that can spit out passable prose with just a few prompts, is not that bad at creating sermons – a cornerstone of worship services across many religions. Historically, these orations are based on generations of knowledge, keen textual analysis and scholarship, combined with the unique charisma and experiences of each worship leader. Sermon writing is considered an art. A divine calling, even. [...] Source: ChatGPT can write sermons. Religious leaders don't know how to feel about it | CNN
All Tech Is Human’s Spring Into Responsible Tech Reading List | All Tech Is Human
All Tech Is Human’s Spring into Responsible Tech Reading List is a curated list of 20 books that are helping to educate, inform, and inspire the growing Responsible Tech Movement. [...] Source: All Tech Is Human’s Spring Into Responsible Tech Reading List — All Tech Is Human
FTC Launches New Office of Technology to Bolster Agency’s Work | Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission today launched a new Office of Technology that will strengthen the FTC’s ability to keep pace with technological challenges in the digital marketplace by supporting the agency’s law enforcement and policy work. “For more than a century, the FTC has worked to keep pace with new markets and ever-changing technologies by building internal expertise," said Chair Lina M. Khan. "Our office of technology is a natural next step in ensuring we have the in-house skills needed to fully grasp evolving technologies and market trends as we continue to tackle unlawful business practices and protect Americans." The Office of Technology will have dedicated staff and resources, and will be headed by Chief Technology Officer Stephanie T. Nguyen. [...] Source: FTC Launches New Office of Technology to Bolster Agency’s Work
ChatGPT: New AI tool, old racism and bias? | Mashable
Every time a new application of AI is announced, I feel a short-lived rush of excitement — followed soon after by a knot in my stomach. This is because I know the technology, more often than not, hasn't been designed with equity in mind. One system, ChatGPT, has reached 100 million unique users(Opens in a new tab) just two months after its launch. The text-based tool engages users in interactive, friendly, AI-generated exchanges with a chatbot that has been developed to speak authoritatively on any subject it's prompted to address. [...] Source: ChatGPT: New AI system, old bias?
Peabody EDI Office responds to MSU shooting with email written using ChatGPT | The Vanderbilt Hustler
A note at the bottom of a Feb. 16 email from the Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion regarding the recent shooting at Michigan State University stated that the message had been written using ChatGPT, an AI text generator. Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Nicole Joseph sent a follow-up, apology email to the Peabody community on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. CST. She stated using ChatGPT to write the initial email was “poor judgment.” “While we believe in the message of inclusivity expressed in the email, using ChatGPT to generate communications on behalf of our community in a time of sorrow and in response to a tragedy contradicts the values that characterize Peabody College,” the follow-up email reads. “As with all new technologies that affect higher education, this moment gives us all an opportunity to reflect on what we know and what we still must learn about AI.” [...] Source: Peabody EDI Office responds to MSU shooting with email written using ChatGPT
How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians | MIT Technology Review
“While the idea of Citizen is brilliant … I do come to this with a healthy dose of skepticism because of the uniqueness of our community,” says OCA’s Kosai. “One of the things that I’m always thinking about is, how accessible is it to members who are most vulnerable?” He notes that the Asian community in the US encompasses “50 different ethnicities and 100 different languages spoken” and that “different communities interact differently with local law enforcement around these kinds of public safety issues.” [...] Source: How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians
Facebook, Google Give Police Data to Prosecute Abortion Seekers | Inisider
As abortion bans across the nation are implemented and enforced, law enforcement is turning to social-media platforms to build cases to prosecute women seeking abortions or abortion-inducing medication — and online platforms like Google and Facebook are helping. Through data collected by online pharmacies, social media posts, and user data requests from law enforcement for message and search logs, cases for prosecution can be built against women for seeking abortion — and it has been happening since before Roe was overturned. [...] Source: Police are prosecuting abortion seekers using their digital data — and Facebook and Google help them do it
ChatGPT will lead colleges to increase student surveillance. Here’s how. | Slate
In the classroom of the future—if there still are any—it’s easy to imagine the endpoint of an arms race: an artificial intelligence that generates the day’s lessons and prompts, a student-deployed A.I. that will surreptitiously do the assignment, and finally, a third-party A.I. that will determine if any of the pupils actually did the work with their own fingers and brain. Loop complete; no humans needed. If you were to take all the hype about ChatGPT at face value, this might feel inevitable. It’s not. [...] Source: You’re Not Going to Like How Colleges Respond to That Chatbot That Writes Papers
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour: Exclusive | Time
ChatGPT was hailed as one of 2022’s most impressive technological innovations upon its release last November. The powerful artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can generate text on almost any topic or theme, from a Shakespearean sonnet reimagined in the style of Megan Thee Stallion, to complex mathematical theorems described in language a 5 year old can understand. Within a week, it had more than a million users. [...] Source: Exclusive: The $2 Per Hour Workers Who Made ChatGPT Safer