Raymond Amumpaire

Ethical AI, Law, Tech & Human Rights | Seasoned Columnist @DailyMonitor | Interested in how tech improves lives. All views are my own. Retweets ≠ endorsements

[Raymond Amumpaire @RayAmplifies]

Honoured to share my 2 cents on the Regulation of #ArtificialIntelligence #AI in today's Daily Monitor. Notice the overt #MissionImpossible movie reference in the introduction 🫡

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

AI regulation: A much needed elixir https://t.co/JYWGYd76yo
#MonitorUpdates

[CSBAG (csbag.org) @CSBAGUGANDA]

NGOs in Uganda are exploring alternative funding sources to sustain their operations and protect over 500,000 jobs following the withdrawal of US funding, including USAID support.

The funding cuts have disrupted service delivery, forced organisations to scale down operations and threatened the livelihoods of thousands of Ugandans.

As highlighted by @CSBAGUGANDA ED @JuliusMukunda NGOs must rethink their funding models, strengthen financial resilience and explore sustainable sources of income to keep their work going.

#SustainableFunding @ACODE_Uganda @SEATINIUGANDA @OxfaminUganda @cbtpafrica @GovUganda

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

It’s official! @Airbus’ A350-1000 now holds the Guinness World Record for longest flight by distance by a commercial airliner. We’re proud to have helped validate the record-breaking flight. https://t.co/556Q4CcmDS

[Privacy International @privacyint]

Claude's user base has nearly doubled to 30 million this year, as more people turn to it for everyday tasks.

But popular doesn't mean risk-free. Like with every LLM, Claude comes with privacy risks worth knowing about.

Here are 4 settings worth changing now

[Raymond Amumpaire @RayAmplifies]

@itsJoshuaBaraka @mreazi Even if you don’t drop this in 4 days, it’s okay!

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Is your home filled with surveillance equipment!?

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

Every AI company is trying to fully automate AI research; to allow the AIs to build the next AI.

This is called Recursive Self Improvement (RSI).

OpenAI says they are on track to do so by March 2028.

Anthropic employees say they are on track to do so by 2027.

The METR report below suggests they are likely right.

This is a bad idea given current technology. Any mistake or misalignment in current AIs could be multiplied in each generation.

We don't get another election before AI companies reach this threshold.

Congress should ban RSI, this year if possible.

This is a remarkably consensus opinion, supported in various versions by:
-Bernie Sanders
-Steve Bannon
-Ralph Nader
-Glenn Beck
-Republican and Democratic attorneys general
-Whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo
-Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio
-Humans First
-Open Markets Institute
-Ezra Klein
-Arvind Narayanan (a Princeton computer scientist known for arguing that “AI is a normal technology”)

The exact mechanism can be debated. The ban doesn't have to be permanent either (see below for both). This is not the only thing we have to do in regards to AI, far from it! But it is urgent.

Congress must ban RSI.

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Takedown reports submitted to X in the name of the Delhi Police, seeking the removal of IFF’s entire X account and six of its posts, appear to be fake. X told the Delhi High Court today that its internal investigation points to this, that it has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, and that it is not likely to act on the reports. The Court recorded the statement and disposed of our petition, along with @SFLCin’s, with liberty to return if any action is taken. (1/10) Read More: https://t.co/VkItGC9D96

[Privacy International @privacyint]

Intelligence agencies around the world are adopting AI in the shadows.

Our new report examines the UK’s intelligence agencies and finds a troubling combination of expanding technological power, weak safeguards and secrecy.

https://t.co/y4fiEhfFHh

[IBA's Human Rights Institute @IBAHRI]

Launching in 2027 – the 'IBAHRI Lawyers at Risk Monitor', a joint venture with @L4L_INT and other partners. The first of its kind with global scope, the Monitor will record verified attacks against #lawyers across the world. IBAHRI's Eleonora Scala explains more:

[noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @NOYBeu]

🚨 UN special rapporteurs for Human Rights underline the importance of independence of data protection authorities, pointing to the Irish DPC's special responsibility as the supervisor of many big tech companies.

https://t.co/RPEryEXYIC

[Privacy International @privacyint]

Norway is proposing a ban on AI smart glasses in places where privacy is particularly important, including schools, healthcare facilities and changing rooms.

People should not have to worry about being secretly recorded while going about their daily lives.

[Raymond Amumpaire @RayAmplifies]

@beach_break960 As an air tower control person, I'd think the pilot is high and wouldn't clear them for take off 😅

[Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi @CCGNLUD]

Read this piece by our colleagues, Divyansha Sehgal and Asheef Iqubbal, which examines the implications of the Telegram ban in June 2026, beyond just the disruption caused to a communication platform to the regulatory uncertainity for business.

https://t.co/YVZkw9sKDB

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Human rights are concrete, strategic tools to build a social contract and prevent the abuse of power.

Without respect for human rights, no peace agreement will last, and development will never be sustainable.

https://t.co/RI0Wc3inaT

[7amleh حملة @7amleh]

7amleh has released a new policy brief titled “Beyond the Slur: How Online Misogyny in the Levant Targets Men, Erases Women, and Escapes Platform Policy.

Based on an analysis of 58,798 abusive posts in Levantine Arabic across Facebook and X, the brief examines how language that degrades women is used to target both women and men, exposing gaps in platform content moderation policies.
The findings highlight the need for more context-sensitive moderation, better recognition of indirect misogyny and repeated abuse, and stronger platform accountability.

📄 Read the full policy brief: https://t.co/nka3Kkbg3e

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

The government of India, through Ministry of Road Transport and highways is a data broker selling our personal data.

Shameful. No wonder govt wanted to exempt itself from dpdp act.

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Nothing says 'public safety' quite like 100 cameras watching you, and 0 cameras watching them.

Comic by @aaaaadvik

[UNAudiovisualLibrary @UN_AVL]

Listen to the new lecture “The Military Use of Artificial Intelligence under International Law” by Professor Mateus Kowalski, now available on SoundCloud: https://t.co/u5OpPopjhP; Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/lbZZeS6sBZ; and Spotify: https://t.co/l2BlMDNgFt

[Megan Fritts @freganmitts]

AI companies: “AI is going to cure cancer and unify physics.”

Also AI companies: “Check out our new product! It’s for phone scams :)”

[Ministry of Info, Comms & The Digital Economy KE @MoICTKenya]

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