John Wunderlich
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Documents show that ICE has reversed its decision not to use location data remotely harvested from people's phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
https://www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-tool-that-tracks-locations-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-phones-every-day/
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How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.
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Podcast: Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs
How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.
https://www.404media.co/podcast-landlords-demand-your-workplace-logins-to-scrape-paystubs/
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Five questions in-house counsel should ask about agentic AI in financial services | Insights | Torys LLP
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Five questions in-house counsel should ask about agentic AI in financial services | Insights | Torys LLP
What is the business case for agentic AI, and how will it impact your risk profile? We share key questions financial institutions should consider.
https://www.torys.com/our-latest-thinking/torys-quarterly/q4-2025/agentic-ai-in-financial-services
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Notes on Nova Scotiaâs FOIPOP Reform Bill
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Notes on Nova Scotiaâs FOIPOP Reform Bill
On Friday, the Nova Scotia legislature introduced Bill 150, a new statute that consolidates the provinceâs public sector access and privacy laws and introduces key modernization reforms. Below are âŠ
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California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 | TechCrunch
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California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 | TechCrunch
SB 53 requires large AI labs â including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind â to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at thoseâŠ
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about 21 hours ago
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What is Differential Privacy?
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What is Differential Privacy?
Differential privacy is a mathematically rigorous framework for adding a controlled amount of noise to a dataset so that no individual can be reidentified. Learn how this technology is beingâŠ
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about 22 hours ago
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Welfare not Warfare
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Welfare not Warfare
by Yves Engler
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Canadaâs hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year â The Breach
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Canadaâs hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year â The Breach
For decades, Liberal and Conservative governments alike have incentivized corporations and wealthy individuals to shift profits overseas.
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âThe first thing a country needs to do is unify all of their data so that it can be consumed and used by the AI model,â Ellison responded.
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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PMâs tech evangelism?
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The Glass Box Paradox: When AI Canât Explain Itself (Inside my AI Law & Policy Class #10)
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The Glass Box Paradox: When AI Canât Explain Itself (Inside my AI Law & Policy Class #10)
AI Transparency, When Seeing Isnât Understanding
https://nitafarahany.substack.com/p/the-glass-box-paradox-when-ai-cant?publication_id=1530814&post_id=174866715&isFreemail=true&r=nu5h&triedRedirect=true
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The key financial option for Canada Post: postal banking
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The key financial option for Canada Post: postal banking
Canada had postal banking for over a hundred years and there is a strong case now to bring it back.
https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/the-key-financial-option-for-canada-post-postal-banking/
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Big AI firms pump money into world models as LLM advances slow
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Big AI firms pump money into world models as LLM advances slow
World models aim to navigate the physical world by learning from videos, robotic data.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/big-ai-firms-pump-money-into-world-models-as-llm-advances-slow/
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The playlist may be the central device contributing to a noticeable decrease in sonic and stylistic diversity in music. Still, I wonder if the authors would have said the same thing about mixtapes in the '80s?
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From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/finance-and-society/article/from-adorno-to-50-cent-financialized-platform-capitalism-spotify-and-the-culture-industry-in-the-twentyfirst-century/61644B64A790CB6B4B15A36C3D6DF83C
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AI-powered vulnerability detection will make things worse, not better, former US cyber official warns
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AI-powered vulnerability detection will make things worse, not better, former US cyber official warns
Patching wonât be able to keep up with discovery, said Rob Joyce, who once led the National Security Agency's elite hacking team.
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The left should defend democracy, not Ottawaâs bid to curb the notwithstanding clause
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The left should defend democracy, not Ottawaâs bid to curb the notwithstanding clause
Ottawa wants the Supreme Court to curb provincial use of the notwithstanding clause, but progressives shouldnât cheer. Limiting Section 33 risks eroding democratic accountability and inflamingâŠ
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70 leading Canadians, civil society groups ask Carney to protect Canada's 'digital sovereignty' | CBC News
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70 leading Canadians, civil society groups ask Carney to protect Canada's 'digital sovereignty' | CBC News
Dozens of experts, academics and organizations have released an open letter urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to swiftly "defend Canada's digital sovereignty" and protect the country from the whims of...
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Written in 1956, the Winnipeg Declaration rings as true now as it did then. A good place to start rebuilding the NDP.
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Winnipeg Declaration
The aim of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation is the establishment in Canada by democratic means of a cooperative commonwealth in which the supplying of human needs and enrichment of human lifeâŠ
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The Cost of the AGI Delusion
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The Cost of the AGI Delusion
By chasing superintelligence, America is falling behind in the real AI race.
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2 days ago
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Malicious-Looking URL Creation Service - Schneier on Security
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Malicious-Looking URL Creation Service - Schneier on Security
This site turns your URL into something sketchy-looking. For example, www.schneier.com becomesâŠ
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2 days ago
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The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing
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The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing
This fall, the new luddites are rising
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Pluralistic: Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU (26 Sep 2025) â Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU (26 Sep 2025) â Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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How Surveillance Firms Use âDemocracyâ As a Cover for Serving ICE and Trump
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How Surveillance Firms Use âDemocracyâ As a Cover for Serving ICE and Trump
Multiple Palantir and Flock sources say the companies are spinning a commitment to "democracy" to absolve them of responsibility. "In my eyes, it is the classic double speak," one said.
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The post office must be defended - CCPA
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The post office must be defended | CCPA
When Stephen Harperâs government announced the end of door-to-door mail delivery in favour of community âsuper-boxesâ in 2014, then Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra was asked about the difficulty thisâŠ
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-post-office-must-be-defended/
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The data beneath the skull: Neurodata in the algorithmic age
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The data beneath the skull: Neurodata in the algorithmic age
In today's algorithmic age, neurodata is no longer just a medical curiosityâit has become a critical resource powering personalized medicine, adaptive technologies, and even targeted advertising.
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2 days ago
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Another 'libertarian' government needs a bailout, the UK needs to deal with its stagflation problem, and Vanuatu needs to stop itself from sinking.
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What I read this week
Another 'libertarian' government needs a bailout, the UK needs to deal with its stagflation problem, and Vanuatu needs to stop itself from sinking.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-read-this-week-84a?publication_id=3166126&post_id=174613211&isFreemail=true&r=nu5h&triedRedirect=true
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security
Todayâs world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on yourâŠ
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3 days ago
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How The Gig Economy Fuels Global Exploitation & Undermines Democracy
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At Your Doorstep
A Research Consortium on the Illicit Network Undermining Democracy Across the World
https://reactionary.international/cases/at-your-doorstep/en/
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How The Gig Economy Fuels Global Exploitation & Undermines Democracy
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At Your Doorstep
A Research Consortium on the Illicit Network Undermining Democracy Across the World
https://reactionary.international/cases/at-your-doorstep/en/
4 days ago
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Canada remains at the âwrong end of the data vacuum,â says Sen. Colin Deacon as Liberals preview AI, privacy legislation reboot
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Canada remains at the âwrong end of the data vacuum,â says Sen. Colin Deacon as Liberals preview AI, privacy legislation reboot
Civil liberties groups are urging the need for greater penalties for companies for non-compliance, and for recognition of the human right to privacy in new legislation.
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5 days ago
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TikTok to amend age assurance tools following joint inquiry by Canadian DPAs
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TikTok to amend age assurance tools following joint inquiry by Canadian DPAs
TikTok will bolster its age-assurance standards and implement additional privacy safeguards for users under 18 years old. The move comes after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, alongâŠ
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Starmer to unveil âBritCardâ digital ID law today: What form of Digital ID will âBritCardâ be? - Identity Week
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Starmer to unveil âBritCardâ digital ID law today: What form of Digital ID will âBritCardâ be? - Identity Week
Itâs official - every UK adult who is a national citizen or legal migrant will be holding a government-issued digital ID âcardâ, which has strongly been aligned with the current political debate onâŠ
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The AI Bubble Is About To Burst, But The Next Bubble Is Already Growing
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The AI Bubble Is About To Burst, But The Next Bubble Is Already Growing
Techbros are preparing their latest bandwagon.
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How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business
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How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business
Weak password let Akira ransomware destroy 158-year-old KNP Logistics, causing ÂŁ5M ransom demand and 700 job losses.
https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-one-bad-password-ended-158-year-old.html
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The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it)
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Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025) â Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/
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Uncovering Canadian Mediaâs Devastating Pro-Israel Bias
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Uncovering Canadian Mediaâs Devastating Pro-Israel Bias
The bias is enforced at every level of the media, from editorial boards all the way to ownership.
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6 days ago
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Labour Leaders Must Advance BDS, or Step Aside â Socialist Project
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Labour Leaders Must Advance BDS, or Step Aside
In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci invokes the âFable of the Beaverâ to critique the political failings of party leaders who compromise their obligation to represent the classes that raisedâŠ
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6 days ago
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The US economy is a house of cards
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The US economy is a house of cards
Spending by the rich and big tech can only keep the party going for so long...
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6 days ago
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PIPEDA Findings #2025-003: Joint investigation of TikTok Pte. Ltd.
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PIPEDA Findings #2025-003: Joint investigation of TikTok Pte. Ltd. by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Commission dâaccĂšs Ă lâinformation du QuĂ©bec, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Overview
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/investigations/investigations-into-businesses/2025/pipeda-2025-003/#toc5-1
6 days ago
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When AI Discrimination Happens 1.1 Billion Times (Inside my AI Law and Policy Class #9)
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When AI Discrimination Happens 1.1 Billion Times (Inside my AI Law and Policy Class #9)
The Scale of Algorithmic Bias
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6 days ago
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Authoritarian threats, coupled with ongoing corporate surveillance, demand that we rethink how we use digital technologies.
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7 days ago
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Colour me sceptical on the effectiveness of this: Ottawa assembling AI task force as it prepares 'refreshed' strategy
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Ottawa assembling AI task force as it prepares 'refreshed' strategy
MONTREAL - The federal government is putting together a task force to guide its next steps on artificial intelligence.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ottawa-assembling-ai-task-force-as-it-prepares-refreshed-strategy/article_39baaa8f-80e9-5524-b947-3083a3eb988b.html
7 days ago
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Water woes from data centres
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Water woes from data centres
As artificial intelligence grows, data centres are consuming vast amounts of water for cooling and electricity. Often hidden behind corporate secrecy, this demand strains local supplies, pits techâŠ
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7 days ago
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Robots are prone to privacy leaks despite encryption
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Robots are prone to privacy leaks despite encryption
A new study from the University of Waterloo has unveiled major privacy weaknesses in collaborative robotsâcalling for stronger defenses.
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7 days ago
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Another kick at the can: Ottawa renews efforts to regulate online harms
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Another kick at the can: Ottawa renews efforts to regulate online harms
For years, Ottawa has been working to pass online harms legislation. This time, Ottawa may leave controversial hate offences aside to get the job done
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7 days ago
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News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada elected to lead international forum of data protection authorities - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada elected to lead international forum of data protection authorities - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
September 19, 2025
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7 days ago
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AI-Generated âWorkslopâ Is Destroying Productivity
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AI-Generated âWorkslopâ Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce âworkslopââcontent thatâŠ
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Recording conversations -- using AI gadgets and otherwise -- and the law in Canada
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Recording conversations -- using AI gadgets and otherwise -- and the law in Canada
One of the most common questions I get is about recording conversations. Can you do it? Is it legal? And maybe just as impor...
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8 days ago
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law - Michael Geist
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law - Michael Geist
The âright to be forgottenâ â perhaps better characterized as a right to de-index - has been a hotly debated privacy issue for well over a decade now, pitting those that argue that the harms thatâŠ
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The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom | TechCrunch
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The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom | TechCrunch
Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.
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How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
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How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But theyâre open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.
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9 days ago
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