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Douglas McCarthy
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Belongs in a museum, preferably one with a cat. >> douglasmccarthy.com
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what you can’t see happening when we’re on a Zoom call

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This story deserves the full Netflix docudrama treatment, doesn’t it?

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Good morning

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The intensity of effort that Cosmo is investing in getting something that is in the public domain *actually available in the public domain* is simultaneously inspiring and infuriatingThe intensity of effort that Cosmo is investing in getting something that is in the public domain *actually available in the public domain* is simultaneously inspiring and infuriating

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What an incredible achievement - asking the public can work. 'In total there were some 22,000 submissions to Art Detective over the ten years and around 10,000 data enhancements have been made to collection records, including new artist attributions, sitter identities, location identities and […]

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Monday

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This is a fascinating lunch with Signal's Meredith Whittaker about privacy, surveillance, AI, and the ethics (or not) of Big Tech. I think it will appeal to Blue Sky-ers so here is a free (x300) link on.ft.com/3XLeu9Q

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: ‘I see AI as born out of surveillance’
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: ‘I see AI as born out of surveillance’

[FREE TO READ] The head of the encrypted messaging service on why she’s a privacy absolutist — and breaking Big Tech’s hold over AI

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