More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD

Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“The ultimate superficiality” - Fears AI tone-shifting tech - such as Apple Intelligence could flatten our voices

Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud - FoIA releases obtained by @publiclawproject.bsky.social anyone with more info on AI and the public sector get in touch

Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. So any insiders who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TikTok nibbles into child safety problem on beauty filters and age limits. “It will not escape attention these shifts are announced largely to comply with EU+UK regs” says @andyburrows.bsky.social “This makes the case for more ambitious regulation, not less.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TikTok is the most likely place for teenagers to encounter real-life violent content, followed by X, according to the survey by the Youth Endowment Fund of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-olds. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Iniko, a 19 year old in Handsworth told me: “The fearmongering on social media puts you in a fight or flight state so when you leave the house now you are either on the front foot or on the back foot.” www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden.