Scams and Shadow Workers: A Black Market is Selling European Accounts for AI Training

AI data annotation companies are losing control of their supply chain. Criminal networks are taking over the work account management.

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Spanish National Police Halts Veripol, Its Flagship AI To Detect False Reports

The Ministry of Interior stated that it dismissed the system on the grounds that it had been proved being of no validity in judicial proceedings.

Automating Injustice: “Predictive” policing in Germany

The police, criminal justice authorities, and prisons in Germany are increasingly exploring digital possibilities for "predicting" and "preventing" crimes. The report Automating Injustice gives an overview of such systems being developed and deployed in Germany.

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Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis

Is AI contributing to solving the climate crisis or to making it worse? Either way, the increase in AI applications goes hand in hand with the need for additional data centers, for which energy resources are currently lacking.

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