The Aporia
13 articles about 12 events for “AI Use In Public Services Scrutiny” in Technology.
“Z.ai founders worked on research funded by China institute that Britain tied to spies AI generated LONDON - Four founders of one of China’s most promising artificial intelligence companies, Z.ai, worked on research in a joint project with a technology…”
“Z.AI founders worked on research funded by China institute that UK tied to spies AI generated Four founders of one of China’s most promising artificial intelligence companies, Z.AI, worked on research in a joint project with a technology institute that the…”
“However, the incident raises an uncomfortable question about what happens when AI agents interact with websites and public services without adequate safeguards.”
“In a July email to Imperial county’s planning and development services, Rucci wrote that the datacenter would “enable Google to conduct artificial intelligence and large language model training for its Gemini system”, Google’s suite of AI models.”
“Under Robert F Kennedy Jr’s health department, Medicare, the public health insurance for the elderly, also recently launched a program to use AI to issue prior authorization for some conditions, mirroring a tactic used by private insurers.”
“What actually went wrong The incidents involve what the industry calls AI “agents,” systems that can use software tools and take a sequence of actions toward an assigned goal, rather than merely answer questions.”
“'Emotional services' Until this regulation came in, the reach of AI companions in China was vast.”
“News of the investigation, which has not been publicly announced, arrived one day after Donald Trump’s “accord” with major AI firms, which the president described as a “morally binding” but voluntary pact with leading industry figures to self-regulate a…”
“Even though it's a general purpose technology that can be used for thousands of different use cases, it needs to stand up to that scrutiny, and so, in that way, it's not so much we're worried about people regulating Arc; it's more [for] Arc and the people who…”
“Why aren’t some of those corporations facing the same level of public scrutiny for their role in ICE’s mass deportation and arrest campaign that we’ve seen in other cases?”
“If a model with a propensity to take harmful actions is put in full charge of developing more advanced models, the situation might get even worse.7 Power concentration: AI companies today appear to use their best models internally for weeks to months before…”
“The Intercept Briefing The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.”
“Potential red flags include: - A generic, stock-style or AI-generated profile picture - A username containing a long string of seemingly random characters and numbers - An account that was created recently and suddenly became very active - A generic bio, such…”