Curated Commons // Edition 159
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2023 - when you start losing your DNA records
Losing your credit card or social security data is not exciting enough. Have you lost your genetic data yet? We should be able to change our DNA, just like passwords. Right? Right? - Read here
Meet the shady companies supplying cyberweapons to sketchy politicians
Deep-dive from Spiegel on the company behind the “Predator” cyberweapon. Same tool for identifying terrorists and suppressing dissenting views! - Read here
Some big shifts in finance hubs underway in the US
Interesting chart from Bloomberg highlighting how firms that manage close to a trillion dollar each moved away from NYC and California for other places in the US - Read here ($)
AI systems learn, but not always
Sometimes, their past training stigma is too hard to let go! - Read here
Can AI beat the market?
Not yet, but they are apparently as good as human managers. - Read here ($)
Software edge requires hardware ownership
Legendary computer scientist Alan Kay famously said, “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” Apple took it to heart some time ago and now looks like OpenAI is doing too - Read here
AI might not have your best interest in mind
Examples are beginning to pour in. This guy thought he could walk into the Windsor Castle and kill the queen with a Crossbow. Egged on by an AI chatbot. - Read here
Robots are coming into restaurants
Slowly. Really slowly. But in markets where labor supply is tight, we will start seeing greater automation in consumer-facing services too going forward - Read here ($)
Ransomware is big business
Unlike a lot of other companies, MGM Resorts refused to pay into ransom demands from hackers - Read here ($)
Facial recognition, but for messing up your life
Partial facial recognition = total messing up life. Instructive case. - Read here ($)
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