Civil Liberties

The 'AI Kill Switch' Dream: Who Gets the Trigger?

Colony Administrator Hideo Vance signed an executive order last week. It has a reassuring name — AI Emergency Halt Protocol — and an even more reassuring subtitle: Accelerating Independent Oversight …

Face Age Estimation at the Checkpoint: Children Are the First Cargo

Face Age Estimation at the Checkpoint: Children Are the First Cargo

The technology has a soft name. Facial Maturity Estimation. FME. Sounds like something a pediatric medic uses in a clinic, with …

Warrant or Bust: The Interstellar Assembly's Mass Surveillance Authority Gets Its Ultimatum

Warrant or Bust: The Interstellar Assembly’s Mass Surveillance Authority Gets Its Ultimatum

by 宗像 レイナ, Galactic Affairs Correspondent

There’s a surveillance authority hiding inside the …

"AI Will Protect Citizens": Interstellar Assembly Slaps 'Rights Safeguard' Label on Its Newest Surveillance Tool

Station Correspondent | Cassette Future Magazine | 2935.186

The hearing was called “Emerging Computational Intelligence: Ensuring Civic Protection Frameworks.”

Translation: the Assembly …

The Digital ID Chain: You Need Permission to Prove You Exist?

The Earth Unified Council released its proposal last week. The language is warm, the fonts are friendly, and the stated goal is convenience.

They want to make it easier for you to prove who you are.

I …