89 Seconds to Midnight: The Age of AI and the New Global Threat
The Doomsday Clock stands at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest in history — with AI now joining nuclear weapons and climate change as the most urgent threats to global survival | #AIThreat #DoomsdayClock #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalSecurity #BulletinOfAtomicScientists #TechGovernance #AIInWarfare #AIandNuclearRisk #Vanuatu
http://mattdotvu.blog/2025/06/24/89-seconds-to-midnight-the-age-of-ai-and-the-new-global-threat/
🚨 60,000 tokens. One AI. Zero transparency.
Claude isn’t just answering—you’re hearing its hidden leash talk.
This exposé uncovers the secret 'constitution' shaping every word it says.
🧠 System prompts = modern censorship.
💬 What else are your AIs hiding?
👇 Read the full piece:
https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/claudes-60-000-word-leash-the-hidden-ai-constitution-controlling-billions-3555f2f4b6ce
#AIethics #Claude4 #PromptEngineering #TechGovernance
https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/claudes-60-000-word-leash-the-hidden-ai-constitution-controlling-billions-3555f2f4b6ce
📄 What if we viewed digital economies not just as systems, but as labor-atories - sites of active class struggle and experimentation? In his new #wjds paper, Rafael Grohmann (@uoft) explores how digital labor in Latin America reflects this dynamic.
➡️ https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.6
#research #socialscience #work #DigitalLabor #DigitalEconomies #PlatformWork #LatinAmerica #GlobalSouth #DigitalSovereignty #AI #DataColonialism #TechGovernance #WorkerOrganizing
@DAIR @towardsfairwork
"Civil society is deeply concerned over the crony capitalist, tributary-focused nature of this administration, especially as it relates to companies that control our access to the free flow of information. We have documented clear private sector winners, like Elon Musk’s Starlink and SpaceX, and how X and Musk amplify the administration’s messages. For instance, amid Trump’s attempt to negotiate a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia—where Ukraine has been vilified—Musk amplified false claims that widespread outages at X were the result of Ukrainian attacks. Soon thereafter, President Trump returned the favor, claiming that consumer boycotts of Tesla are “illegal” and encouraged Americans to support the company.
The quid-pro-quo dynamic is not unique to Musk. During the previous Trump administration, Amazon lost high-profile contracts, for which it directly blamed the president. This time around, the company has reportedly made a series of overtures, including signing a $40 million deal to support a documentary from the first lady. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ decision to intervene in the Washington Post’s endorsement of Kamala Harris was also widely scrutinized, as it came on the heels of visits with then-candidate Trump. Most recently, President Trump reportedly pushed Bezos away from a stance that would display the extent to which tariffs changed the price of products on Amazon. As companies ingratiate themselves with this administration, we fear that policy stances are shifting to the detriment of privacy, security, and political freedom."
#USA #Trump #TechPolicy #TechGovernance #DigitalGovernance #BigTech
How does your organization deal with shadow IT?
#ShadowIT #EnterpriseSecurity #DigitalTransformation #TechGovernance
Check out the detailed (preliminary) programme of the #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen and register now to join us on June 3-4, 2025!
Don't miss this opportunity to discuss methods, concepts and data for studying #TechGovernance under the conference theme "From Platform Governance to Generative AI".
ℹ️ Info and Programme: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
✍️ Direct Link to Registration (10-50$): https://members.aoir.org/event-6113333
🚀 Swiftly 1.0: The latest attempt to cram every possible buzzword into one overstuffed casserole of corporate virtue signaling. 🍝 Debug your way through endless committees and governance docs while pretending you’re not just using another glorified Apple-approved coding language. 📚🔧
https://swift.org/blog/introducing-swiftly_10/ #Swiftly1.0 #CorporateBuzzwords #TechGovernance #AppleCoding #LanguageInnovation #HackerNews #ngated
"Big Tech’s influence in Washington, DC, is not new, but private tech and governmental interests are merging in ways that represent a concerning reconfiguration. In part two of our series on the Trump administration’s first 100 days, we highlight three key trends:
- Large tech companies have long sought influence in Washington, but many are now bending to state power because they know the administration is picking winners and losers.
- Today’s dynamic between the private sector and our government started taking shape well before November 2024.
Large tech companies’ acquiescence offers the government unprecedented power over communications platforms and infrastructure.
In analyzing the Trump administration’s first 30 days, we unpacked efforts to weaken the federal government’s pillars of independent oversight, undermine institutions protecting consumers and their data, and access sensitive data across government without regard for privacy and security. Each of these efforts persists—as dramatically demonstrated by President Trump’s attempts to fire Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. These trends are also part of a dangerous new dynamic in tech governance."
Bureaucracy: the unholy love child of efficiency and red tape, now swiped right on tech. But as powerful elites tap-dance over democracy, our systems play catch-up. Who’s really in the driverless seat? 🚗💡
https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/thetwosfromthet_15/
#TechGovernance
🚀 Tarleton Gillespie is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
🚀 @ubiquity75 is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
🚀@Nhelberger is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
Turns out the FSF runs its own organizational anti-virus: a governance structure immune to corporate takeover attempts! 🛡️ Like having root access locked down, they've been keeping their mission "free as in freedom" since 1985 by carefully controlling who gets sudo privileges to the board. Smart chmod management! #FreeSoftware #TechGovernance
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/11/2244246/why-the-fsf-is-structured-the-way-it-is
¿No será hora de desarrollar infraestructura pública y regional para no estar a merced de los volantazos de policy de particulares?
Now, this is fun! Wyoming mayoral candidate proposes using an AI bot, “VIC,” to run the city, raising concerns from OpenAI and officials.
#AlinPolitics #TechGovernance #WyomingElections https://google.com
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Now, this is fun! Wyoming mayoral candidate proposes using an AI bot, "VIC," to run the city, raising concerns from OpenAI and officials about the bot's role in governance.
Will Vic become 2024'S "HAL"?
#AIinPolitics #TechGovernance #spaceodyssey #WyomingElection
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3126383/wyoming-mayoral-candidate-campaigns-having-ai-run-city/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3126383/wyoming-mayoral-candidate-campaigns-having-ai-run-city/
🌟 New Notes! Dive into the complexities of API governance with my latest piece, "Harmony Humans: Defining The Role of API Governance". Whether you manage API governance, are impacted by frustrating governance, or wondered how you might make your governance better there is something here for you. 🔗 https://netapinotes.com/harmony-humans-defining-the-role-of-api-governance/ #TechGovernance #APIs #DigitalTransformation
Open Future was a part of the conversations that led to the "Keys to a Healthier Digital Future" report by New America, Ford Foundation & Microsoft. Read about how technology can better serve society through #Interoperability and #TechGovernance👇https://www.newamerica.org/digital-impact-governance-initiative/briefs/keys-to-a-healthier-digital-future/
MUST READ: @CenDemTech’s Amy Winecoff authored a piece for@techpolicypress@bird.makeup, drawing parallels between the rise and fall of Enron and today's #AI landscape and offers lessons on navigating #ethics & #governance in tech. #TechGovernance https://www.techpolicy.press/what-todays-ai-companies-can-learn-from-the-fall-of-enron/
Reconocimiento Facial en LATAM 👁️🗨️🌎
Facial Recognition in Latin America
#REM x Amenaza Roboto 🤖🖖
#techGovernance #podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZJHLVO7RZyJid8npTCak8?si=CyJEPtnPRSavky1yhfEL6g
