Kevin Collier

The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?

New: A few weeks ago, when my father-in-law died, the funeral home asked if we wanted to use AI to write his obituary. So I dug into it and found that it's the biggest new trend in "death care." Tens of thousands of AI obits have been made already. Often the families don't even know wapo.st/4okuxIg

This feels like its in the same category as proposed laws to create back doors for LEOs to bypass strong encryption (without breaking its security). To the lawmaker, implementation may seem like a trivial detail. To the expert, serious or insurmountable obstacles quickly become obvious.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

New: Ghislaine Maxwell was technically ineligible to be transferred from to a minimum-security federal prison camp-- and the Bureau of Prisons had to waive a rule to facilitate the move, according to public records and a federal prison expert. With @lawofruby.bsky.social

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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
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Oooh I totally forgot about Warren, that's a good point.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to speak at three West Virginia events Aug. 8 and 9 • West Virginia Watch U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, a one-time candidate for president, will bring his speaking event tour to three West Virginia locations.

I remember when Bill Clinton held a campaign rally in my hometown when I was a kid, but really can't think of the last time an out of state Dem came to WV.

Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly The United States Military Academy abruptly ended the appointment of Jen Easterly to a high-profile academic position in West Point’s Department of Social Sciences, according to a memorandum issued We...

In another episode of “we live in the stupidest timeline,” Jen Easterly, a woman I have (1) never met and (2) did not work for, had her appointment at West Point terminated because Laura Loomer lied about both of us in a tweet.

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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Latest victim of Laura Loomer’s fanatical pique: Former CISA chief/cybersecurity pro Jen Easterly.

I can see this split being good for NBC but not gonna lie: I'm gonna really miss some of my coworkers making this jump.

That's really interesting and scary! Conductor had mentioned power issue at W4.

AG Bondi testified with a lot of specificity to Congress that she had looked into this and learned from the Bureau of Prisons that it was some technical recording issue and “every night should have that same missing minute.” All while her department was in possession of the uncut video?

New Yorkers, avoid the BDFM line at all costs right now. It's the most fucked I've seen a subway line be in years, particularly around w4

BOP also told me on the record that her explanation was accurate, but declined to clarify even on background when I insisted it didn't make sense.

Coooooool. Cool cool cool.

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If we all agreed that AI and programming are synonyms now it *would* eliminate a lot of friction in the national dialogue.

Hulk Hogan, lying inexplicably sideways in his open coffin, being visited by a chihuahua dog, who looks distraught. The people behind the coffin do too

I'm sorry, but this may be the funniest Facebook AI slop I have ever seen. Bury me sideways in my coffin, brother. Let my dog see

Matthew McConaughey travel coordination email for the Cotton Bowl

Matthew McConaughey travel coordination email for the Cotton Bowl

Matthew McConaughey travel coordination email for the Cotton Bowl

Ever wonder about the VIP treatment Matthew McConaughey gets at the University of Texas?

FOIAball, a new site covering college football through public records reporting, is coming next week.

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Even more than usual, my condolences to whoever on our art team gets assigned to my stories.

Infosec wet dream is a phrase I would like to exit my head now please.

There was a lot of discussion about why cyber didn't appear to play more of an overt role in the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war but now I think it's clear that any modern prolonged war between cyber powers is going to mean major modern systems occasionally just get wiped.

Factory reset so intense!

Very valid point though when I pose a question like this my thinking is there's like a 5% chance it turns into an article.

Are people doing this in serious numbers? I have heard it as legal advice and would consider doing it myself but don't think I know anyone who makes it a habit. Curious if it's a thing though.

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I wonder when we will see the first leak of children’s PII or IDs collected for ID verification schemes in the name of child safety