Bot Swarms · February 2023Gaffe level: Feral
'Aims': the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles
An Israeli firm was caught selling software that runs 30,000 fake personas to plant disinformation on demand. Democracy's newest lobbyist has no face, no soul, and a server farm.
Source: The Guardian
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah