U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back
… Kenya drops its yearlong government probe over privacy concerns, paving the way for Orbs to come back . …
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The agentic divide: Why “good enough” AI isn’t enough to survive the new economy
… Both systems will tap the country’s digital public infrastructure, including the Aadhaar citizen ID, the UPI payment gateway, the DigiLocker verification system, and the ONDC digital commerce platform. “It’s about decentralization and democratization of AI,” Ramesh Raskar, an associate professor at… …
Can social media age verification really protect kids?
… With the focus on technology, there isn’t enough discussion around how these measures can disproportionately harm minorities and others who lack documentation or prefer anonymity online, Shivangi Narayan, who teaches sociology at the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Patiala, India, tol… …
The AI black box grows darker
… On the AI Impact Summit’s child safety panel, Chris Lehane of OpenAI said , “This is not social media and we should not make the classic mistake of fighting the last war with the next war.” But a lot of the harms for children are similar — exposure to inappropriate content, misinformation, privacy … …
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
… Civil liberties groups have raised concerns that the scale of the surveillance operation will create privacy issues: Everyday citizens will be tracked, without necessarily reducing gang-related violence. …