Curated Commons // Edition 149
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Musk, now controlling the skies
Good piece in the NYT how Starlink and, by extension, Musk control satellite Internet globally and what it means - Read here ($)
The rise of data-driven jobs
Will AI systems help create a new category of jobs in India and elsewhere? Are these jobs to stay or are they transitory? Are there ‘ethical data’ companies? One startup in India is trying - Read here
Is it time to be concerned about “mind-reading” machines?
Brain-computer interfaces are coming. Is it time for us to start worrying about privacy issues? Or will it slow the progress of this technology and who it might benefit the most? - Read here
AI, biting the hand that feeds it?
Apparently, staff at Adobe are worried on the impact of AI tech in Adobe’s products on jobs for their customers. - Read here
Meet the newest contributor to global warming - Forests
A new study finds that forests are fast losing their ability to hold carbon and that they might be a major emitter of carbon by 2070! - Read here
ESG funds for funding…oil giants?
Financial engineering will be the cause of of ruin of the world! - Read here ($)
AI impact on jobs in some industries is already a real worry
Hollywood, and the various people that work in it, are worried about the impact that AI will have on several jobs. - Read here($)
The hot new area for venture funding - defense tech
Growing very strongly in the US now, only a question of time before public sector agencies in other countries start calling up on tech startups to help augment defense capabilities - Read here ($)
Meet the decentralized centralized identity provider
Sam Altman has his hands in some very interesting pies. First with OpenAI and now with Worldcoin that wants to scan all the Irises of the world (on a path to universal basic income) - Read here
AI Newsbots are here
Given how Indian news media is, some might say this is a welcome development! - Read here
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