Author Archives: Tessa Zavala

How to review a bazillion hours of police body cam footage? A.I. Today there is  100 petabytes of police body cam footage. (note to self: what is a petabyte?!) Route Fifty | Police departments are turning to AI to sift through millions of hours of unreviewed body-cam footage

Negotiations are occurring this week at the UN on this draft of a global cybercrime treaty.   World leaders agreed to work on the international treaty in 2019— yes, you are very good at math, indeed that is the Trump era. Politico

78 countries cooperated to set up traffic light safety parameters. What A.I. is green, good to go? chatbots, video games, and product recommendations. What A.I. is let’s slow our roll, yellow? A.I. managing investment portfolios. What’s do not pass go, red? surveillance, social scoring, and discrimination. @ mitsloan

“ “Companies like TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook are fueling a mental health crisis by designing their platforms with addictive and dangerous features,” he said. “We cannot stand by and let Big Tech monetize our children’s privacy and jeopardize their mental health.” Adams confirmed New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan issued an advisory to […]

Florida legislature is moving HB 1 (2024 | FL) that would ban kids under 16 from being on social media. “Sites like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat and YouTube are expected to become targets, out of concern that they could affect young people’s mental health.” Politico | Legislature wants kids on digital detox

  In 2023 Utah passed restrictions on kids using social media. Tech groups sued. Utah’s attorneys told the court that the Legislature would repeal and replace the laws in 2024. The Legislature is in the process of doing so.  Salt Lake Tribune | Big changes to how Utah kids use social media are — again — […]

Ring, the doorbell camera company, will no longer allow police to ask Ring users for video footage. Ring announced the new policy by blog post. Ring is owned by Amazon. @ABCNEWS NPR | Ring will no longer allow police to request users’ doorbell camera footage

Identifying business trends: Quantum Computing. “McKinsey has estimated that 5,000 quantum computers will be operational by 2030 but that the hardware and software necessary for handling the most complex problems won’t be available until 2035 or later.” @MITSLOAN

Pennsylvania and Open A.I. have announced a new partnership. Governor Shapiro said, “I believe Pennsylvania can be a national leader in the safe and responsible use of generative AI in our government operations—and this first-in-the-nation pilot with OpenAI will help us safely and securely learn from and use this important technology to serve Pennsylvanians and […]

Open AI and Arizona State University, those Sun Devils, are partnering. This is the 1st university to partner with Open AI so that “Arizona State University will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to use it for coursework, tutoring, research and more.” @CNBC