Quand est ce qu’un pigeon voyageur est plus rapide que votre connexion Internet ?
▻https://hci.social/@aurelien/111477735760830998
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/10/pigeons-are-faster-than-your-internet
Quand est ce qu’un pigeon voyageur est plus rapide que votre connexion Internet ?
▻https://hci.social/@aurelien/111477735760830998
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/10/pigeons-are-faster-than-your-internet
Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/07/amazon-alexa-news-2020-election-misinformation
Amid concerns the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Asked about fraud in the race — in which President Biden defeated former president Donald Trump with 306 electoral college votes — the popular voice assistant said it was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud,” citing Rumble, a video-streaming service favored by conservatives.
The 2020 races were “notorious for many incidents of irregularities and indications pointing to electoral fraud taking place in major metro centers,” according to Alexa, referencing Substack, a subscription newsletter service. Alexa contended that Trump won Pennsylvania, citing “an Alexa answers contributor.”
Satellite technology raises new issues for American military - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/08/ukraine-russia-satellite-space-force-policy
Ukraine’s use of commercial satellites to help repel the Russian invasion has bolstered the U.S. Space Force’s interest in exploiting the capabilities of the private sector to develop new technologies for fighting a war in space.
But the possible reliance on private companies, and the revolution in technology that has made satellites smaller and more powerful, is forcing the Defense Department to wrestle with difficult questions about what to do if those privately owned satellites are targeted by an adversary.
White House and Pentagon officials have been trying to determine what the policy should be since a top Russian official said in October that Russia could target the growing fleet of commercial satellites if they are used to help Ukraine.
Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for nonproliferation and arms, called the growth of privately operated satellites “an extremely dangerous trend that goes beyond the harmless use of outer-space technologies and has become apparent during the latest developments in Ukraine.”
He warned that “quasi-civilian infrastructure may become a legitimate target for retaliation.”
In response, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated earlier comments from her counterpart at the Pentagon that “any attack on U.S. infrastructure will be met with a response […]