As the hysteria randomly triggered by Jason Coxon’s resignation hopefully dies down I find myself lifting my head from my usual fixation on everyday resistance and glancing around a bit. I us…

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One of the (many) interesting aspects of watching resistance to AI grow and develop is seeing the many and varied shapes it forms into. It’s unique, or at least rare, to see not just movement…

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’

Over the last year or so the enthusiasm for the anti-data centre push back has increasingly blossomed into a broader sense of enthusiasm for anti-AI resistance. Taking inspiration from local campai…

Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications

While it’s probably the most predictable prophecy I could have made it looks like my guess that Burnham would be more of the same when it came to AI is being rapidly proven true. In one of th…

One period tracker app tested by Mozilla was 'squeaky clean,' while another app was seen sharing users' health data with an analytics company, underscoring vast differences in user privacy among these...

Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for chemical-filled balloon attack targeting concrete and steel

People generally seem to react pretty well when I speak in public, which is fortunate because since starting my PhD I’ve quickly discovered that I enter into an absolute memory hole the secon…

“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon.

A petition is seldom a very edifying thing, nor a very effective one for that matter, but where it does have value is as a point of highlighting and mobilising wider sentiments so I’m happy t…

It’s a little light on details pending the no doubt arduous process of getting Meta to open up on their behaviour but this article on the use of AI surveillance to flag employees for firing c…

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People are increasingly choosing to limit or reject the use of AI tools, according to a new report published today by the Digital Futures Institute at King’s College London and Responsible AI UK.

People are increasingly choosing to limit or reject the use of AI tools, according to a new report published today by the Digital Futures Institute at King’s College London and Responsible AI UK.

I’ve had a few conversations recently which have touched on the idea of resistance to AI from creatives specifically. As opposition actors against the glut of hype narratives artists of vario…

In an unfortunately paywalled Financial Times article (although workarounds may be available) the usual ‘anonymous sources’ are busy at work spreading the word about what may be Burnham…

When workers had cameras attached to them, they found it funny at first. But novelty soon turned to concern