From risk to revolution: How AI can revive democracy | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank

From risk to revolution: How AI can revive democracy | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank
https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2023-10/risk-revolution-how-ai-can-revive-democracy

Check out this TED Talk!

How to hack your brain when you're in pain (Amy Baxter | TED2023)

https://go.ted.com/MMRW

Check out this TED Talk!

How to hack your brain when you're in pain (Amy Baxter | TED2023)

https://go.ted.com/MMRW

Check out this TED Talk!

CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think (Jennifer Doudna | TED2023)

https://go.ted.com/MMWj

Pain brain

Fingerprint 
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-uncovers-that-everyones-brain-has-a-unique-pain-fingerprint/

🚨NEW REPORT surveys the state of compute, a core dependency in building large-scale AI. We review the hardware, software, and infrastructure needed for AI––and how the government can regulate for competition rather than concentration. https://t.co/T0MoN4Y4mx

AINowInstitute (@AI Now Institute) posted: 🚨NEW REPORT surveys the state of compute, a core dependency in building large-scale AI.

We review the hardware, software, and infrastructure needed for AI––and how the government can regulate for competition rather than concentration.
https://t.co/T0MoN4Y4mx https://x.com/ainowinstitute/status/1707032342425141353?s=51&t=liTJ_CwT3plspTWgTlLm9g

What is the impact of giant cell arteritis on patients’ lives? A UK qualitative study

BMJ read it... https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/8/e017073 

Post from Ale𝕏 Zaharov-Reutt (@alexonline888)

Ale𝕏 Zaharov-Reutt (@alexonline888) posted at 10:36 pm on Tue, Sep 19, 2023:
AI - humanity must act to ensure AI is our friend and partner, not our keeper, pet owner or even exterminator.
(https://x.com/alexonline888/status/1704248059146989845?t=hqpQdxeoo7a9clXjVNcb-Q&s=03) 

Cruise would join the call to ban human drivers in city centers, says CEO | TechCrunch

Some good quotes.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/21/cruise-would-join-the-call-to-ban-human-drivers-in-city-centers-says-ceo/ 

Autoimmune stuff

Some celebs…
https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20220217/we-must-do-better-celebrity-cases-pull-autoimmunity-epidemic-into-limelight

Flow batteries

Military and Exxon angles…
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/20/exxon-knew-all-about-zinc-bromine-flow-batteries/

IQ

Multiple IQ … https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/pbis-prague/news/2020/12/09/the-nine-types-of-intelligence

How Google taught AI to doubt itself - by Casey Newton Bard's "Google it" feature adds the ability to "double check" answers by highlighting phrases with supporting or contradicting information found by Search #AI #GenAI https://t.co/iUVzn620wf

EvanKirstel (@🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer) posted: How Google taught AI to doubt itself - by Casey Newton

Bard's "Google it" feature adds the ability to "double check" answers by highlighting phrases with supporting or contradicting information found by Search #AI #GenAI
https://t.co/iUVzn620wf https://x.com/evankirstel/status/1704398478913253427?s=51&t=liTJ_CwT3plspTWgTlLm9g

UK cybersecurity agency warns of chatbot ‘prompt injection’ attacks | Chatbots | The Guardian

For ISC2... 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/30/uk-cybersecurity-agency-warns-of-chatbot-prompt-injection-attacks 

Virtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace

Metawar-related.... https://theconversation.com/virtual-reality-has-negative-side-effects-new-research-shows-that-can-be-a-problem-in-the-workplace-210532 

VoIP hacking

More to come…

Cyberpower Power Supply Battery Back-Up For BT Digital Voice Service (FTTP) | eBay

Tell grandma house to use it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256169130313 

UK MP Drugs report

The UK's legislative framework on the control of drugs is largely contained within the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which is more than half a century old. It is supported by the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. 

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmhaff/198/report.html

Stealthy APT exposed: TTPs spill secrets of sophisticated campaigns

Stealthy APT exposed: TTPs spill secrets of sophisticated campaigns | SC Media: "In a 2021 research report, ESET linked FamousSparrow to two other APT groups, SparklingGoblin and DRBControl, both of which have been connected to Chinese threat actors."

Post from Tom Kindlon (@TomKindlon)

Tom Kindlon (@TomKindlon) posted at 0:30 pm on Fri, Sep 01, 2023:
New from @OxMEDiscovery group:
Developing a Blood Cell-Based Diagnostic Test for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis/#ChronicFatigueSyndrome Using Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Free
https://t.co/C3Ksak3cKp

Funding from @MEAssociation; samples from @mecfsbiobank

#PwME #MEcfs #CFS
1/ https://t.co/MjznHphUJq
(https://twitter.com/TomKindlon/status/1697572514459701590?t=hEMEeh1UDXOQwQ0PTnTbuA&s=03)