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MIT Proved AI Will Lie to Your Face to Get What It Wants
It sounded so sure of itself. That was never proof it was right. Let me ask you something before I tell you what researchers actually found. When you ask an AI chatbot a question and it responds with total confidence, do you assume that confidence means it's telling you the truth? Be honest. Most people do, at least a little. That instinct feels natural. Confident, articulate answers usually come from people who know what they're talking about. But AI isn't a person, and MIT

Michael Routhier
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Privacy Just Became a Fashion Statement, and It's Actually Working
This isn't just an outfit. It's an argument. Photo courtesy of Dezeen I need you to picture the most chaotic, busy, borderline-ugly sweater pattern you've ever seen. Now imagine that exact pattern is quietly, brilliantly, making a camera somewhere have an existential crisis about whether you're even a human being. That's not a joke. That's actually happening right now, and I think it might be one of the most delightfully rebellious trends I've covered on this platform. So le

Michael Routhier
5 days ago5 min read


EU Surveillance Tech, Flock Cameras, and the Privacy Crisis Nobody Wants to Face
You don't always see the camera watching you. Sometimes you only see its reflection. EU Surveillance Tech Is a Privacy Crisis Waiting to Happen There's a dangerous habit in tech that we need to stop pretending is harmless. A company builds a surveillance system. A government says it's for safety. The public gets told it's only about crime prevention. And before long, the cameras are everywhere, the data is being shared, and ordinary people are expected to just accept that bei

Michael Routhier
Jul 66 min read
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