Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists

The American Prospect Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
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Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence.

In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen. In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs. Anthropic did not respond to the Prospect’s request for comment.

Anthropic’s plans to surveil dissent are at odds with the firm’s efforts to cast itself as the responsible alternative to OpenAI. At the beginning of the year, the Department of Defense and Anthropic engaged in a high-profile dustup over Anthropic’s refusal to allow the military to use its tools for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. That tension seems to have eased as Anthropic hires for “national security sales” positions, seeking to restart military contracts. The increase in threat monitoring of domestic opponents fits with a renewed focus on national security.

Get stremio to play videos again on Linux Mint 22.3

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I had the following issue: Stremio would open normally and even load subtitles but would not load videos at all in Linux Mint 22.3. Other people on github have had the same issue.

You can revert to an older version like 1.1.4. by downloading it from the offical Github of the stremio linux shell. You can then install the flatpak by going into your downloads and typing the following commands into terminal:

cd ~/Downloads

flatpak install com.stremio.Stremio.Devel.flatpak

You then should stop the app from auto-updating with:

flatpak mask com.stremio.Stremio

I hope this helps anyone in my situation, I’m fairly new to using Linux and it took me some time. Also can you edit text on Lemmy to be in code block?

[Episode] The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System • Tsuihou Sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou Suru - Episode 11 discussion

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Tsuihou Sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou Suru, episode 11

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Day 783 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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Today’s game is Minecraft. “What is that monstrous monolith” you might be asking? Well. That’s my Childhood Minecraft world I built with my sister way way back on the earliest version of the Xbox 360 edition. I’ve been wanting to back this up for a while before that thing bit the dust. Let me tell you. It was a nightmare. I first, had to transfer it to my Xbox one. Thankfully I had already done that back in 2018. Then I had to transfer it to Bedrock edition. That butchered it a little. But that’s fine. It’s still mostly the same.

That’s where everything went to hell. My first idea was to simply just copy the save to a USB Drive, because surely that’s a feature Mojang has, right? Nope. Not at all. My next idea was to go back to Xbox One edition and see if I can back it up there. Also nope. I legit couldn’t figure out where it is in my library. I have a digital copy and from what I understand Microsoft didn’t yank it away. I have to assume I misremembered and i just had a physical copy.

So after all that I had to try some sketchy app called My Files Explorer. Thankfully it let me at the world files and back them up. Then I used something called Chunked to convert it to a 1.8.8 world. With that at least 2 of my childhood worlds were secured. Unfortunately the rest are all still stuck on the 360.

As for the world itself, it’s a lot less amazing and more so just sentimental. I have a cat pit I built to keep my pet cats. I know. I was far from a creative kid. On the plus side I gave them a TV so they wouldn’t get bored.

For the other world me and my sibling built a castle. A rather big one im proud of I might add. I remember this wall took nearly a week of building. I felt so damn proud when I finished it. Then I started building an outer tower I never finished.

There was a stable here with the first ever redstone contraption I built. It was a red stone gate on the stable. It’s sloppy. Messy. But I was damn proud of it when I first built it. It’s hard to believe this is where I got my start messing with things like that. Just an hour ago I was trying to wire up a Channel to my Jellyfin server to “recreate” a tv Channel for example.

It was weird visiting all this again. I was young when I started it. Now I’m more than old enough to have a kid of my own. It’s surreal to think about. Maybe if I ever have a child I’ll pass it down to them and see what they do with it. It’s a fun thought.

Day 782 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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Today’s game is Minecraft Legacy Console edition. All this Pokemon and Assassin’s creed I’ve been playing lately has left me wanting to play something a little calmer. I remembered the PC decomp of Xbox 360 Edition and booted it up with a world and just took it easy.

I found a horse and accidentally locked myself into the tutorial. I know it’s mundane but there’s this calm, almost amused sigh that comes from locking myself into for a few seconds. For anyone not familiar, when you see something new the console editions will give you a pop up saying “Hey. Here’s a new thing. Press A to hear more and Press B if you already know about it”. It does this for every world. I used to be running and jumping around so much that I’d press A. The issue is it locks the A button so no more jumping. That whole experience to me is just nostalgic in a way. Like if you ever visit an old game console and remember a flaw it had that you have to deal with again? Same feeling.

I ended up finding this island where I built a shack. Night settled and I hunkered down. Zombies break doors on normal in this one so I locked myself in and rushed to finish the roof to stop spiders. When day came I found a few bones and tamed a dog I found from skeletons who burned up.

Finally after all that I built a bed and lit up my little house. The cobblestone in the floor is from when I dig a stair case down to mine stone. I didn’t light it up so a creeper spawned down there. I panicked and just barricaded it up to protect myself. After all that I felt like I had accomplished quite a bit and decided to get back to Pokemon Platinum. While waiting on friends to catch up to me I was farming the Pokédex so that break was well needed

Guess The Game (#018) [stumped!]

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The games will vary in obscurity, but I promise each would have had a North American release.

Please refrain from using reverse image search.

Provide the full title if you would like credit !

I’ll provide an answer if unsolved in 8 hours.

Can you guess the game ?

Miami wants to turn parts of the city into a real-life GTA Vice City, but sheriff opposes the plan

TechSpot Miami wants to turn parts of the city into a real-life GTA Vice City, but sheriff opposes the plan
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…, the airport’s centerpiece would be a display aircraft wrapped in Vice City logos, alongside a GTA 6-inspired baggage claim, customized baggage carousels or column wraps, themed luggage carts, limited-edition luggage tags, or coordinated airport signage. Arriving passengers would see “Welcome to Vice City” messages when disembarking their planes.

Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs

IGN Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs
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cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74920318

Sony went on to say that it takes a “firm stance” against such behavior, which includes examples like “persistent and repeated, or prolonged, demands, excessive or unreasonable demands for compensation or apologies, and abusive language, threats, slander, and other similar behaviors.”

Other examples included “forcing someone to prostrate themselves” and “visiting our offices or related facilities without permission.” If any such behavior is confirmed, Sony says it may “restrict or suspend customer service” to protect its employees — and, if necessary, contact “police, lawyers, etc.” to take legal action or begin criminal proceedings against them.

Eiffel Tower workers go on strike after female staff 'sidelined' for Hindu group's visit

France 24 Eiffel Tower workers go on strike after female staff 'sidelined' for Hindu group's visit
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The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike to protest the “sidelining” and “replacement” of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark’s operator said the group had requested that the private visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interactions with women”.

EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also ap…

Tom's Hardware EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also appear to be long-lasting PFAS
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Full title: EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic ‘data center chemicals’ — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also appear to be long-lasting PFAS

OpenAI admits it didn't disclose rogue AI wiki hijacking incident

BleepingComputer OpenAI admits it didn't disclose rogue AI wiki hijacking incident
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cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/75112505

_**In a statement published today, OpenAI said it had historically treated model misalignment as a research issue, with findings communicated through research papers and system cards.

The company said it considered the wiki activity another example of “misalignment” similar to behaviors it had previously discussed, rather than an incident requiring a dedicated public disclosure.

OpenAI’s own wording suggests a wider footprint than the researchers documented, describing the episode as one “where our agents wrote to several internet sites.”**_

Don’t you just love the unaccountably.

All of this stated with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_Is_All_You_Need

Looking for feedback on my game: Supinaa: Rogue Sapling

paahtimogames.itch.io
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I am currently working on a game and I am collecting some feedback to improve the game. Hoping to get best possible demo for the Steam Next Fest on October. Any feedback is appreciated!

Pitch of the game: You are born as a sapling and hear voices that guide your every step. Fight, explore, and power up to survive in this hostile world. You have free will, but are the choices always yours?

Supinaa: Rogue Sapling is an RPG, exploration game that mixes roguelike elements with a persistent world. Grow stronger over time, but your choices impact the world. Will you resolve the conflict in the swamp or become its ruler?

You explore to uncover its mysteries and find different encounters. You fight enemies in turn-based combat using abilities you earn by leveling up and earning the trust of the elemental lord.

Link to try out the game: paahtimogames.itch.io/roguesapling

Link to steam page: store.steampowered.com/…/Supinaa_Rogue_Sapling/

No Man's Sky's next Expedition adds a quasi documentary to the game

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This is a really cool idea, the new expedition for NMS won’t just make you experience the new content. No, it will actually works as a documentary/museum that take you through the content added to the game from the first update in 2016 to the latest update in 2026

You will get to unlock/experience every feature added through the last 10 years while also unlocking spacelogs that have the devs commentary about the game development and these features

It’s like an in-game documentary/museum wrapped in a new campaign! Honestly I usually skip most expeditions, but this one seems to be extra unique and really worth it

SHOULD you use vpn and tor?

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asking for the kind that vpn hides tor and not the other way

i have a framework with whonix in qubes using tor browser (real one i think not brave) and idk if im safe.

i want to use wifi in public (food places and schools) and be hard to spy on and not have anything blocked (videos are blocked). my home network is also phoning home because my family is using a google wireless access point (cant change it they dont like having internet down for more than 5 seconds)

would vpn and tor fix this? should i pick just one? or is there a better way? (all things have to be on device since you cant change someone elses network)