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Internal FBI and Pentagon documents detail early research to improve AI to aid with identifying or tracking Americans, later folded into the Horus search tool (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

March 7, 2023

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Internal FBI and Pentagon documents detail early research to improve AI to aid with…

Some AI companies are hiring "prompt engineers", who create and refine text prompts for AI systems to understand their faults and coax optimal results (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

February 26, 2023

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Some AI companies are hiring “prompt engineers”, who create and refine text prompts for…

An interview with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as he works to persuade US lawmakers that the app is not a national security threat, calling suspicions "misinformed" (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

February 16, 2023

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: An interview with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as he works to persuade US…

A study finds 11 data brokers selling data on Americans' mental health information, including on antidepressants and insomnia, likely acquired from app makers (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

February 13, 2023

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A study finds 11 data brokers selling data on Americans’ mental health information, including…

An in-depth look at TikTok's rise, as US viewers spend longer there than Facebook and Instagram combined, and ongoing issues with Chinese ownership (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

October 14, 2022

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: An in-depth look at TikTok’s rise, as US viewers spend longer there than Facebook…

Ex-Twitter staffer Anika Collier Navaroli reveals herself as the whistleblower who testified to the January 6 committee about Twitter's failure to curb Trump (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

September 23, 2022

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Ex-Twitter staffer Anika Collier Navaroli reveals herself as the whistleblower who testified to the…

Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data from ~10K travelers' devices per year to a database, accessible to 2,700 officers without a warrant (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

September 15, 2022

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data from ~10K travelers’ devices…

Analysis of 164 remote learning apps and sites used in 49 countries during the pandemic finds ~90% shared student data with ad tech companies and data brokers (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

May 26, 2022

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Analysis of 164 remote learning apps and sites used in 49 countries during the…

ACLU and Clearview AI reach a settlement where the company agrees to permanently stop selling its facial recognition service to most businesses in the US (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

May 9, 2022

[ad_1] Drew Harwell / Washington Post: ACLU and Clearview AI reach a settlement where the company agrees to permanently stop…