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The Huggingface Dilemma
Sigh. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-models-escaped-containment-and-hacked-huggingface
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Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple | Eric Goldman
The opinion downplays the encryption angle; it mentions encryption only twice, as if it’s an afterthought. However, encryption is the critical attribute underlying Apple’s moves. Forcing Apple to scan for CSAM in iCloud means breaking end-to-end encryption for everyone and all purposes, including: malefactors who would intercept private files for criminal purposes; and government actors…
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EU Exempts Apple Watch and AirPods [and iPhone] From Battery Removal Requirement [due to water resistance & safety]
The “right to repair” folk will be upset, but here’s a further thought: If “water resistance” is legitimate grounds for sidestepping “right to repair”, perhaps “hacker & abuse resistance” can be valid grounds to sidestep “interoperability”? https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/17/eu-exempts-apple-watch-and-airpods-from-battery-removal-requirement/
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I was waiting for this: House of Lords / Baroness Royall: “Algorithms Killed Ann Widdecombe”
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2026-07-14a.524.6#g531.1
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How It Started in 2018 / How It’s Going in 2026: UK Labour Government to discover “Timezones” in 3… 2…
Oh dear. See also: https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3Aalecmuffett)%20AND%20(timezone%20OR%20%22time%20zone%22)&src=typed_query&f=live
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I asked 3 separate AIs to pretend to be Nigel Farage’s campaign manager and to propose a strategy to survive the Clacton by-election; this is what they suggested
Excuse the bits of markup which I can’t be bothered to remove right now, I think you can take away the gist of most of the advice that is being given: Therefore the counter strategy is: Prompt Please check the news headlines for relevant context to answer this question: imagine that you are the campaign…
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EU Mandates Driver-Facing Cameras in New Cars From Today
“Strange?” There is a strange asymmetry in how Europe treats machines that watch drivers against machines that drive. Advanced self-driving features that their makers say cut crashes face tight restrictions on European roads, while a camera trained on your eyes becomes compulsory. https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-mandates-driver-facing-cameras-in-new-cars-from-today
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Stochastic Nerds
I keep reading criticisms of LLMs as mere “autocomplete engines”, excellent at predicting what people will say next, framing this as systemic weakness. As a person with ADHD who has spent much of his life waiting for others to finish saying the perfectly obvious thing that they will not actually finish saying for the next…
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India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns – BBC News
The first reaction of any government to increased freedoms for people to communicate: panic and then attempt to control it The notice cites provisions of India’s Information Technology Act and the country’s technology rules governing intermediary due diligence, identity theft and impersonation offences. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8e0n9l41o
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