AI software has moved from a high potential future scenario into present day warfare to obvious, dire consequences. AI is being used as a cyberweapon in the war on Gaza to detect targets and collect personal data using facial recognition.
The Pegasus story unravels at such a pace and it is easy to think that people have moved on but then another angle entirely is presented. This time it is Catalan independence, it’s not a new angle by any stretch but one that has finally made its way to mainstream media. Ronan Farrow has done a long form piece of investigative journalism on the threat of modern spyware, with a focus on NSO groups spyware.
