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Using Estonia for new experiments in Totalitarianism
GOVERNMENT USUALLY ISN'T the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind. As...
Trump hails Google’s ‘total commitment’ to US military (not Chinese military!)
27 Mar, 2019
President Donald Trump has boasted that tech giant Google is “totally committed to the US Military, not the Chinese Military” after meeting...
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind
By Rory Cellan-Jones
2 December 2014
Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to...
Thousands Of Scientists Sign Pledge Against Developing Lethal A.I.
By Aaron Kesel
July 19, 2018
Thousands of leading scientists have urged their colleagues against helping governments create killer robots, making the movie The Terminator a...
Generation being born now is the last to be free –...
20 Sep, 2018
Before his links to the world was cut by his Ecuadorian hosts, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gave an interview on how technological...
Global civilisation to descend into ‘hell on earth’ unless we choose...
British energy pioneer warns of uncertain future while highlighting increasing probability of a ‘great transition’
By Nafeez Ahmed
Jun 5, 2018
Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfunded...
Amazon’s fusion with the state shows neoliberalism’s drift to neo-fascism
By Elliot Gabriel
June 30, 2018
Originally published: Mint Press News (June 29, 2018)
In Part 1 of our investigative series on Surveillance Capitalism, MPN spoke to...
Les deepfakes, ces fake news vidéo dopés à l’intelligence artificielle qui...
20/02/2018
Sans doute avez-vous entendu parler des deepfakes porno, ces trucages video malveillants qui se sont déversés sur la toile ces dernières semaines. Mais en...
Robots gone wild: Scientists have duty to protect mankind from artificial...
By Robert Bridge
3 Feb, 2018
The clock is ticking for the world of science to take the necessary steps to protect mankind from the deleterious...
Blockchain’s Broken Promises | By Nouriel Roubini
Jan 26, 2018
Boosters of blockchain technology compare its early days to the early days of the Internet. But whereas the Internet quickly gave rise...