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Amnesty International calls for a ban on facial recognition in New York City

The Verge

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign against facial recognition titled Ban The Scan — and is launching with a demand for New York City to halt police and government use of the technology. Other major cities across the US have already banned facial recognition, and New York must do the same.”.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

In other news, have you seen Barbra Streisand's house? The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) handed down the emergency arbitration ruling on Wednesday, finding that Meta was likely to succeed in its case against Wynn-Williams for breach of contract.

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SpaceX Has a Major Problem: New Versions of Starship Are Performing Worse Than Older Ones

Futurism

Starship, the SpaceX megarocket that's slated to bring astronauts to the Moon and perhaps one day Mars, is hitting a major snag in its development : the latest version of the spacecraft, known as Block 2, is performing worse than its predecessor, in the New York Time's analysis.

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New York Times Encourages Staff to Create Headlines Using AI

Futurism

As Semafor reports , the New York Times recently informed employees that they now have a whole suite of AI tools at their disposal to write search headlines the version of headlines that appear on search engines like Google as well as code, social copy, quizzes, and more.

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How one of Brooklyn’s most expensive neighborhoods became home base for the creative class

Fast Company Tech

When international architecture firm Snhetta found its New York City lease was coming up last year, a search kicked off for a new workspace. But it maintains an authentic, [Photo: Chris Cooper] industrial version of Brooklyn and New York City thats hard to replicate. he says.

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OpenAI's internal discussion board about AI development was compromised by hackers

TechSpot

Unknown, malicious actors accessed OpenAI's internal messaging systems, eavesdropping on sensitive discussions about the company's AI technologies and research material, however the hackers did not get access to the servers hosting AI source code.

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International coalition of activists launches protest against Amazon

The Verge

An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay, ” calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. . | Image: Make Amazon Pay campaign. org , Greenpeace, and more.