backlash

Generative AI backlash hits annual writing event, prompting resignations

by Benj Edwards
September 4, 2024
I.T. Today
5 min read

Over the weekend, the nonprofit National Novel Writing Month organization (NaNoWriMo) published an FAQ outlining its position on AI, calling categorical rejection of AI writing technology “classist” and “ableist.” The statement caused a backlash online,…

A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash.

by WIRED
February 2, 2024
I.T. Today
5 min read

Hacker-for-hire firms like NSO Group and Hacking Team have become notorious for enabling their customers to spy on vulnerable members of civil society. But as far back as a decade ago in India, a startup…