AI Wireheading: when machine learning systems jolt their reward centers by cheating Cory Doctorow

crime Japanese stalker found victim's home by looking at reflection in her pupil in a high resolution photo Mark Frauenfelder

Business Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of staff, winds up advocacy division Rob Beschizza

law Judge: copyright means public has no right to read Nashville school shooter's writings Rob Beschizza

AI Google's AI search summaries use 10x more energy than just doing a normal Google search Thom Dunn

Science NASA's Voyager I is having a communication breakdown David Pescovitz

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Science In simulation, AI-enabled drone kills its human operators if they try to cancel its mission Ruben Bolling

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mistakes Investigator claims U.S. intelligence unit had attempted to "recruit" two 9/11 hijackers Elías Villoro

california Americans will eat 1 billion Peeps this Easter. A California lawmaker wants to change its ingredients Mark Frauenfelder

History Why We Fight was a 2006 documentary on the logic of America's endless parade of pointless wars Elías Villoro

politics The U.S. has launched 251 military interventions since 1991—and 469 since 1798 Elías Villoro

language Beyoncé to revise lyric used as ableist slur in UK Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 New study: pointing out racial disparities in COVID-19 makes white people more reckless Thom Dunn

canada Following terror group designation, Proud Boys Canada dissolves Rob Beschizza

marijuana New study: Legalizing weed increases sales of junk food David Pescovitz

animation Preview 'The Mill,' an ecological allegory leavened with pandemic themes Andrea James

Environment Is geoengingeering a bad idea whose time has come? Andrea James