AI
How to Run a Chatbot Locally on Your Computer
Running a chatbot locally can improve control over data and costs, but the experience depends on choosing a realistic model, runtime and hardware setup.
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privacy
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Privacy is the ability of individuals and groups to control access to their personal information, communications, bodies and spaces. It encompasses data protection, confidentiality, anonymity and freedom from unwanted observation. In digital life, privacy depends on laws, technology, organizational practices and informed personal choices.
Security
Georgia Flock Case Exposes Police Surveillance Risks
An internal investigation in Alpharetta, Georgia, shows how a licence-plate reader system designed for public safety can be repurposed for personal surveillance when access controls and oversight fail.
Security
Google’s Spirit Data Deal Raises Worker Privacy Questions
Google’s proposed $10 million purchase of deidentified Spirit Airlines data has become a test of whether privacy safeguards designed for consumers can adequately protect workers’ confidential records.
Society
Greater Manchester’s Challenge to Palantir’s NHS Role
Greater Manchester’s reluctance to adopt Palantir’s NHS platform has become a test of whether health-data modernisation depends on a single national supplier or can be built around trusted local systems.
Gaming
Take-Two Seeks Microsoft and Discord Data Over GTA VI Leaks
Take-Two Interactive has sought data from Microsoft and Discord as it attempts to identify the person or people behind fresh Grand Theft Auto VI leaks ahead of the game’s November release.
AI
Flock’s Police AI Raises a New Surveillance Question
WIRED’s reconstruction of Flock Safety’s OS Investigate shows how generative AI could turn a vast police data network into a tool for pattern-based searches, intensifying questions about oversight and privacy.
AI
Twitch AI Training Opt-Out Raises Creator Consent Questions
Twitch’s new opt-out for Amazon generative AI training gives creators a practical choice, while reopening questions about default consent, disclosure and control over online work.
Security
WhatsApp AI Scam Alerts: What Is Actually Confirmed
Reports indicate that WhatsApp is developing an optional, on-device warning for suspicious messages, but the feature has not yet been formally announced by Meta or given a public rollout date.
AI
Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is a Strategy, Not a Roadmap
Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI manifesto is less a technical blueprint than a political and commercial argument for putting powerful agents in the hands of individuals.
AI
AI reasoning trace flaw exposes security trade-offs
A newly disclosed weakness in some AI APIs showed that supposedly hidden reasoning traces could be recovered, exposing a difficult trade-off between model secrecy, security and transparency.
Security
Zoom Fixes Reported Screen-Sharing Device Takeover Flaw
A reportedly fixed Zoom screen-sharing vulnerability shows how a feature designed for collaboration can become a device-control risk when permission boundaries fail.
Security
Quantum Voting Experiments Advance Election Security
Recent laboratory demonstrations show how entangled quantum states could strengthen ballot secrecy and tamper detection, but they remain far from replacing the safeguards required for public elections.