Todd Feathers
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Senior tech reporter @Gizmodo. Writing about algorithms, privacy, and civil rights. DM for Signal. he/him. 🐘: @[email protected] bsky: @toddfeathers
New York, NY
Joined December 2012
For at least 25 safety or rights-impacting systems, agencies reported that “no documentation exists regarding maintenance, composition, quality, or intended use of the training and evaluation data.” https://t.co/kF75cegtkK
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From facial recognition tools to algorithms that identify diseases, agencies reported that they didn't know enough about what they're acquiring from commercial vendors.
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Hell Gate is on the scene at the protest of Amazon union members at the distribution center in Maspeth. Just moments ago, NYPD officers pulled an Amazon worker out of his car after he stood up out of his seat and attempted to join the strike.
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On the scene of the Amazon strike in Maspeth, the NYPD is trying to break the picket, engaging in arrests of union members and engaging in physical confrontations with workers and their supporters.
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At the scene of the Amazon strike: The NYPD has now erected barricades to allow Amazon contractors to enter and leave the distribution center, helping Amazon break the picket line.
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For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history. Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life. But it's not over. A thread.
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OpenAI's thoughts on communities that are displaced to make way for data centers, or because nearby data centers are driving up land prices. Your home may be gone, but at least you have increased access to technology.
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Just because it can answer questions, doesn't mean it should.
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Are you getting help from a friend or being an anomaly? https://t.co/DqUph0dhZa
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Coresight AI has released a new product that sends alerts to store security when customers and staff have anomalous interactions.
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This is wild, treating public records like hacked documents. Anyone else had this response from the FBI? #FOIA #FOIAfriday
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New from 404 Media: we've found exactly how a Musk-funded PAC is microtargeting Muslims & Jews with opposing messages. Happening with adverts on Snapchat; digging through data we found the exact ZIP codes the PAC is targeting. Includes areas with mosques https://t.co/Fh3IFKcpb7
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It's driving me crazy that we're in the middle of an immense pullback in funding from charitable people and institutions to major non-profit newsrooms, causing many outlets to cut operations, and it's being treated as a bunch of individual events instead of a holistic phenomenon.
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Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.
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Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.
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Adam Mosher said his AI program could geolocate a person's "cyber profile" in real time or at any point on the past. Cops across the country bought it. Prosecutors used it to convict at least two men of murder. Then Mosher's claims started to unravel. https://t.co/PJvNFeOlid
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Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.
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Why are we doing this? Because it's going to be a hell of a lot of fun, but also collaboration is how we make all of journalism better. Do better reporting on voting and let us help you! It's free!
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Human Feedback Makes AI Better at Deceiving Humans, Study Shows https://t.co/fc3tp0GasX
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In a preprint study, researchers found that training a language model with human feedback teaches the model to generate incorrect responses that trick humans.
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I am excited to reveal the incredible power of OpenAI's new "Strawberry" model (known as "o1"). This technology truly is the future. consider me impressed
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Figuring out where automation can speed employment without doing the work that human merit staff should be doing is a big question. Ultimately, real people are required to be responsible for UI determinations. We'll have to keep a close eye on this:
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The state is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that will analyze transcripts from appeals hearings and issue a recommended decision in an effort to clear a stubborn...
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The state says this will speed up the appeals process and get people decisions faster. Lawyers who represent Nevadans in unemployment appeals say that speed may come at the cost of fair and accurate decisions. https://t.co/oV3skmxpJU
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The state is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that will analyze transcripts from appeals hearings and issue a recommended decision in an effort to clear a stubborn...
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