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• The Strange New Frontier Of AI ‘Welfare’ And Free Speech For Chatbots

  15-05-2025 17:47 via technocracy.news
  
  “If AI systems were ever able to suffer, would we be obligated to care?” Should speech from AI chatbots be protected under the First Amendment as Free Speech?  Do AIs deserve moral rights? You can see where this is headed. Technocrats have painted themselves – and society – into a corner. Get ready for the insanity to follow. ⁃ Patrick Wood Editor.Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name in response to the challenge of AI while warning that the tec
  
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• Police Skirt Facial Recognition Bans With New Type Of AI

  15-05-2025 16:36 via technocracy.news
  Facial recognition software has been banned in many cities across America. No problem for Technocrats at Veritone. Police departments are doing an end run around pesky laws and statutes by using Veritone’s non-biometric body identification software instead, all based on AI, of course. This is unprecedented because it gives police a brand new tool to use against citizens.
  The CEO of Veritone is blatant about it:
  “The whole vision behind Track in the first place,” says Veritone C
  
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