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Woodrow Hartzog
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Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Author of "Privacy's Blueprint" (2018) and co-author of "Breached!" (2022). Posting mainly about privacy, tech and the law.

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Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social · 19d
I have posted a new draft w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social titled "AI Slop." We argue that "AI slop" isn't just slang. It's useful for distinguishing between cheap and dangerous AI output and the kinds of meaningful human authorship that strengthen our cultural domains. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
AI Slop
<div> The term “AI slop” has become popular to describe the output of generative AI systems seen as voluminous, low quality, or the result of little effort. Wh
papers.ssrn.com

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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 1h
Smart glasses are turning people into unwitting stars of viral videos in India—and giving police a new surveillance tool.
Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India
And the chances of a crackdown are slim, as the authorities spy opportunities for surveillance.
trib.al

Reposted by Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Woodrow Hartzog

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d
Just go to therapy, bro.
DAVID JIANG, COFOUNDER and CEO of smart glasses company Viture, tells me about how he used to yell at his kid. His 10-year-old son played tennis. During tournaments, Jiang says he had a habit of shouting and criticizing his son’s mistakes as he played. He wanted to apply pressure to make him succeed—it was the way he’d been taught to raise kids, after all. It made sense. But then, unprompted, his smart glasses sent him a message. The AI assistant in his company’s newest wearable had picked up on what he was doing, recognized that his behavior wasn’t helpful, and messaged him about what he should do differently. Stop shouting. Stop criticizing. Just be there, be present, and show that you support your son. That worked, Jiang says, and being called out like that has supposedly made him a better father and improved the relationship with his kid, all thanks to his yet-to-be-released Vonder AI glasses.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told
Citizens Advice says providers of essential services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’
www.theguardian.com

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Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social · 1d
Seems bad.
thomasbrewster.bsky.social Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 1d
🚨NEW🚨 In an astonishing cyberattack, a Chinese-speaking hacker told AI agents powered by DeepSeek and Anthropic's Claude to go breach a bunch of retailers and hospitality companies.

Within five days, the agents hacked 30+ websites and stole over 600,000 credit cards.

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Massive AI-Fueled Hack Hit 100 Companies In Days
Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.
www.forbes.com

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 1d
🚨NEW🚨 In an astonishing cyberattack, a Chinese-speaking hacker told AI agents powered by DeepSeek and Anthropic's Claude to go breach a bunch of retailers and hospitality companies.

Within five days, the agents hacked 30+ websites and stole over 600,000 credit cards.

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Massive AI-Fueled Hack Hit 100 Companies In Days
Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.
www.forbes.com

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Woodrow Hartzog

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d
So far, Apple has been slow on pushing AI features. But that also appears poised to change under Ternus, starting with a new set of Apple Watch features that necessitate it constantly listening to you and the people around you.

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It appears one of the big initial Ternus pushes will be more comprehensively integrating generative AI into Apple’s products, following the slow deployment under Cook. It’s most visible in a series of new features for the Apple Watch that record everything said around it to recognize sounds and music, provide a recap of your conversations, and allow a “Live Rewind” where you can see a transcript of what was said around you in the past 15 seconds. At a moment of people freaking out about Meta’s “pervert glasses,” this is Apple moving to make the fear of your devices listening to everything you say a reality that’s openly championed as a new feature. The company is promising it will all be done in a way that respects privacy and security, but that’s what companies always say as we experience a progressive degradation in those very things.

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404media.co
404 Media @404media.co · 2d
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
www.404media.co

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Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social · 2d
How AI destroys institutions
karlbode.com Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care

Reposted by Woodrow Hartzog, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
The difference between, say, the opioid epidemic and shoving gambling apps in front of everyone is that no-one has plausible deniability about the effects of gambling. It will absolutely ruin lives and families. They may as well be promoting cigarettes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
www.nytimes.com