Backchannel

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How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges trib.al/wrk1RA3

While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom. trib.al/pSvSNWT

As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on. trib.al/BGg11VH

Plus: A cloud company says notorious Russian hacker group APT29 attacked it, Chinese hackers use ransomware to hide their espionage campaigns, and a bank popular with startups discloses a cyberattack. trib.al/Bfgb2Gs

WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like the New York Times and the Atlantic using Poe’s Assistant bot. One expert calls it “prima facie copyright infringement,” which Quora disputes. trib.al/x9EcPCL

He Helped Invent Generative AI. Now He Wants to Save It trib.al/GpG6a5q

More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US. trib.al/AC8DNbb

This Viral AI Chatbot Will Lie and Say It’s Human trib.al/8tEFmer

French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Election trib.al/b3c2xHF

AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations. trib.al/3LlTC65

OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI trib.al/NKxOj9e

Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote. trib.al/beC5HkU

Deepfakes Are Evolving. This Company Wants to Catch Them All trib.al/DOfCZqj

Activists Disrupt Amazon Conference Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel trib.al/p7Aviiq

A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court's prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale. trib.al/vTzdXNx

Welcome to WIRED Travel trib.al/RRC9cod

Rimac's Super-Sleek Robotaxi Has More Room Than a Rolls-Royce trib.al/XufDZhl

Microsoft Faces EU Charges Over ‘Abusive’ Bundling trib.al/kGKtpsD

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher. trib.al/HPAq1K8

How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates. trib.al/aZGBeTP