In recent months, there has been a surge in reports of police officers misusing automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) sold by Flock Safety to stalk…
Author: Caroline Haskins
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
For Luis DeSantiago, a substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, it started with a few text messages. On March 12, as he was working his…
The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
What if, instead of typing the next silly question you have into Claude or ChatGPT, you asked a random guy instead? That’s the idea behind…
Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts
As Big Tech dumps billions of dollars into America’s data center buildout, a slew of opportunities have opened up to the electricians wiring these massive…
Norse Atlantic Airways Offers Dirt-Cheap Tickets. There’s a Catch
On March 31, I received an email from Norse Atlantic Airways. The $940 flights for my upcoming round trip to Rome had been canceled, it…
The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged
The Internal Revenue Service paid Palantir $1.8 million last year to improve a custom tool designed to help the tax agency identify the “highest-value” cases…
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
When the user asks “What enemy military unit is in the region?” the AIP Assistant guesses that it’s “likely an armor attack battalion based on…
HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants
Since last March, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using AI tools from Palantir to screen and audit grants, grant applications, and…