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Leading AI firm Anthropic drew two red lines on their work with the newly renamed US ‘Department of War’: No mass surveillance of Americans, and no autonomous weapons. USA Secretary of Defense Pete Hesgeth threatened to declare Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’ (basically, an enemy of the state) unless they erased those red lines by 5.01pm on Friday 27 February. Anthropic held ...


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In conversation with RNZ “Nine to Noon” host Kathryn Ryan, we look at the recent massive layoffs at Amazon, France’s social media laws for under 15s, Microsoft


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Abby Bloom, Catherine Ball and I (along with Sally Dominguez) are heading back to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see the latest innovations in ‘agetech’ – technologies that help restore ability and increase agency as we age. Is agetech “the” solution to the crisis in care, or is it, instead, kit that helps support us as we transition toward a culture where care...


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Abby Bloom wants us to face an uncomfortable truth: we need a lot more space and time for care in our culture. A rapidly aging population – living twenty to thirty years longer than the generations preceding – means we’re going to have to rethink and redesig...


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Could it be that the smartphone and social media brought us together only to make us completely intolerant? Research seems to be pointing that way – so what can we do? Also, fake receipts, fake voices and fake apologies – the more AI we use, the more we get faked out. Finally, ‘mind captioning’ – could bring a voice to those who can not use their own! Recorded live on Radio N...


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