ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
This week on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down how ICE has collected DNA from nearly a million people this year, including young children, feeding an FBI database indefinitely. The team also discusses the backlash against Google Earth’s AI slop, the White House’s secretive AI cybersecurity plan, and SpaceX rocket crashing into the moon. Plus, WIRED’s Molly Taft discusses their recent story on the strange left-right coalition fighting data centers across the US.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
- ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
- AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory
- The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
- AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse
- Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon
- How Data Centers Broke American Politics
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