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Seemingly innocuous at the time, Abdullahi’s statement now feels ominous after details of the bill became public this week.
A NEW BILL FROM NIGERIA’S TECH REGULATOR IS ALARMING STARTUP FOUNDERSALEXANDER ONUKWUEAUGUST 18, 2021QUARTZ
A tool designed for an innocuous purpose can be easily used for the same function but with a far different application in mind.
THIS DRONE CAN DETECT HUMAN SCREAMS. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?ROB VERGERJUNE 23, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
It’s the nature of my medium versus his that it sounds more innocuous.
TWO WEEKS LATER, TUCKER CARLSON’S ATTACK ON FAUCI HAS QUIETLY COLLAPSEDPHILIP BUMPJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POST
They regularly take down innocuous posts while giving hate speech and misinformation a pass.
INSIDE THE FIGHT TO RECLAIM AI FROM BIG TECH’S CONTROLKAREN HAOJUNE 14, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
They cover city councils and schools under innocuous-sounding banners such as “Illinois Valley Times” and the “Lansing Sun.”
THE NEW JOURNALISM — AND THE PR FIRMS BEHIND ITELAHE IZADIJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In a new study, scientists tested four of the best AI systems for detecting hate speech and found that all of them struggled in different ways to distinguish toxic and innocuous sentences.
AI STILL SUCKS AT MODERATING HATE SPEECHKAREN HAOJUNE 4, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Universities, research institutes, multinational corporations and exporters are often forced to seek censorship circumvention apps for what the authorities would consider innocuous purposes.
TENCENT HELPS CHINESE STUDENTS SKIP PROHIBITIVELY LOW SPEEDS FOR SCHOOL WEBSITES OVERSEASRITA LIAOMAY 31, 2021TECHCRUNCH
Then, on one seemingly innocuous Friday in January a few weeks later, Universal Pictures put the film in 3,400 theaters.
MANY IN HOLLYWOOD ARE CHEERING A HIATUS FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBES. THOSE WHO COUNT THE DOLLARS ARE LESS SURE.STEVEN ZEITCHIKMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POST
They lure users onto a cloaked landing page that may look innocuous — if simple or slightly pointless — and then gathers information to send back to their malicious server.
AS PUBLISHERS RECOGNIZE THE TRUE COST OF MALVERTISING, RECENT CASES HIGHLIGHT THE DAMAGETREVOR GRIGORUKAPRIL 18, 2021DIGIDAY
One board member warned that while the proposals “sound innocuous,” they could result in “all sorts of bad law” being forced upon the program.
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