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New comment by krisbolton in "UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence"

krisbolton — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:07:43 +0000

Not to get into an internet argument, but the entire premise of what you say is false -- and I'm not just saying that to argue.

1. The intent was and is categorically not for the review of CCTV or any evidence to be specifically carried out by humans.

2. Law can't - and isn't suppose to - account for specific future technology, that's future prediction which is impossible.

What you mean is you disagree. What you mean is you believe a human should be involved in video evidence review. I'm not sure why, because it's clearly an area of waste. Maybe you have reservations about accuracy. Then what you mean is you want the technology to be at a certain level of accuracy before it is used in practice.

I suspect you do believe the accuracy isn't good enough, but you've forgotten the layered controls in English law. People are tried by other people. An AI tool that speeds up triage isn't the judge or jury.

New comment by krisbolton in "UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence"

krisbolton — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:49:24 +0000

This wasn't ignored and your source corroborates the fact. It was front page news, there were two IPPC investigations, and an inquest. This is also an example from 2005. An odd choice to reference in a thread about Police use of AI.

New comment by krisbolton in "UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence"

krisbolton — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:28:28 +0000

Sounds like automation to me rather than 1984. 800 hours of video searched in 3 hours, hardly the destruction of democracy.

New comment by krisbolton in "The UK Government's Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time"

krisbolton — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:35:13 +0000

It'll be a legal thing. You're reporting on behalf of yourself / a legal entity, so another system or entity can't say for you. I get it, but it really is a waste of time.

New comment by krisbolton in "CVE-2026-28952: Apple macOS 26.5 Kernel Vuln found by Claude"

krisbolton — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:37:19 +0000

I think Apple became much better at security in recent years. One example which I think is indicative of their approach to security - they bothered to add a hardware microphone disconnect when a macbook is closed. Source: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/secbbd20b00b/...

New comment by krisbolton in "Project Glasswing: An Initial Update"

krisbolton — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:12:23 +0000

This is different though right? He found one (? we don't know who you're referring to - post sources for a higher quality discussion) vulnerability, he already knew it was there, etc. Anthropic didn't claim no other model can find vulnerabilities, nor that it's impossible with smaller models. They're claiming Mythos is a step-change in ability for end-to-end vulnerability discover and exploit creation. And that other frontier models are close behind.

New comment by krisbolton in "Project Glasswing: An Initial Update"

krisbolton — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:06:35 +0000

There is independent research out there on frontier model security capability. AI Security Institute (UK) put out their paper comparing Mythos to other frontier models in early April. They've been tracking frontier model security capability since early 2023, so it's a decent dataset. https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-claude-mythos...

New comment by krisbolton in "Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit"

krisbolton — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:40:20 +0000

I read it as the author is / was going through the vulnerability disclosure process with Microsoft and they're annoyed for unclear reasons and decided to publicly disclose, rather than being an insider.

New comment by krisbolton in "Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Forgot about the processors"

krisbolton — Sat, 16 May 2026 13:47:40 +0000

I don't think they "forgot" about processors. It was out of scope. Creating the pipeline to end up with a fully "sovereign" system end-to-end is a decades long process and hundreds of billions of euros. As others have pointed out, in this context "sovereign" meant data processing. This is also a fairly paranoid take. Not to say hardware isn't targeted, but there are other methods. So spending hundreds of billions and several decades to build the fabs to gain assurance... it's a waste of time.

New comment by krisbolton in "London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time"

krisbolton — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:51:15 +0000

Did that risk materialise? I suppose it would be only the same as credit cards. With a valid warrant authorities can gain access to information. But that's within a legal system designed by an elected parliament. I'm more concerned about ensuring the legal powers are checked and balanced, and stay that way.

New comment by krisbolton in "NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist"

krisbolton — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:42:39 +0000

They're referring to Pete Hegseth's decision to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk back in early May.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/pentagon-tells-anth...

New comment by krisbolton in "Please Do Not A/B Test My Workflow"

krisbolton — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:59:52 +0000

Not to start an internet argument -- I don't think it is appropriate in this context. A/B testing the features of a web app is not unexpected or unethical. So invoking the memory of cambridge analytica (etc) is disproportionate. It's far more legitimate to just discuss how much A/B testing should negatively affect a user. I don't have an answer and it's an interesting and relevant question.

New comment by krisbolton in "Please do not A/B test my workflow"

krisbolton — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:16:50 +0000

The framing of A/B testing as a "silent experimentation on users" and invoking Meta is a little much. I don't believe A/B testing is an inherent evil, you need to get the test design right, and that would be better framing for the post imo. That being said, vastly reducing an LLMs effectiveness as part of an A/B test isn't acceptable which appears to be the case here.

New comment by krisbolton in "How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?"

krisbolton — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:53:41 +0000

The article even says "[...] some Nest devices record event histories and store them on-device. The third-gen wired Nest Doorbell can save up to 10 seconds of clips, while the first and second-gen wired doorbells can save up to three hours of event history, all without a subscription.".

New comment by krisbolton in "Moroccan sardine prices to stabilise via new measures: officials"

krisbolton — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:31:10 +0000

Nothing to do with sardines, but Economics Explained (YT) has a recent interesting video on the Moroccan economy. It's executed some well-designed policy and become a large automotive and aerospace manufacturer. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHuaa8Jr2A

New comment by krisbolton in "Stargaze: SpaceX's Space Situational Awareness System"

krisbolton — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:41:08 +0000

There's an interesting podcast covering space situational awareness from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute, UK). Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/eyes-in-orbit-space-si...

New comment by krisbolton in "Stargaze: SpaceX's Space Situational Awareness System"

krisbolton — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:38:22 +0000

This article is a short history of anti-satellite weapons, discussing who has demonstrated their capability: https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/centre-for-air-and-space-p...

I'm sure I read a more recent account of a satellite moving another satellite around in order to degrade its orbit, but I can only find this 2022 instance: https://www.twz.com/44054/a-chinese-satellite-just-grappled-...

New comment by krisbolton in "House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs"

krisbolton — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:38:10 +0000

No. This a motion within one house of Parliament and hasn't become law, nor is there any guarantee it will be. It's something to be aware of.

New comment by krisbolton in "UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs"

krisbolton — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:33:47 +0000

What you describe is the representative democratic system. Misunderstanding is the source of any distrust. It is frustrating to write to an MP only to be given boilerplate in return. But setting your expectations and continuing to advocate for your point of views is the only way to participate. One letter won't change anything, and how could it? There are other people writing opposing points of view. It's taken in the aggregate.

New comment by krisbolton in "UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs"

krisbolton — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:23:13 +0000

This. It's not a waste of time. I know it's frustrating. You have to set your expectations. The best you can do is write as eloquently and succinctly as possible to get your point across and make it clear what you're advocating for. Better still, encourage others to write / email / call with that same clarity.