😳Musk’s DOGE Puts AI on Patrol

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• Musk’s DOGE using AI for federal surveillance—AI reportedly scanning agency messages for anti-Trump or anti-Musk views 

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Musk’s DOGE team reportedly using AI to monitor federal agencies

Key Points 

• Musk’s DOGE team is reportedly using AI to detect anti-Trump or anti-Musk views inside federal agencies.

• Ethics and cybersecurity experts worry that DOGE’s surveillance methods may be used to silence or target critics

☕News - A team of technologists in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly using artificial intelligence to keep an eye on at least one federal agency, flagging any signs of internal pushback against President Donald Trump or his agenda.

While DOGE remains largely under the radar, this use of AI marks a bold step in tracking perceived disloyalty within the government workforce. At the Environmental Protection Agency, managers were allegedly told that Musk’s team was deploying AI to review staff communications for anything that might be considered anti-Trump or anti-Musk.

🥸What’s more? Sources also say DOGE is relying on the Signal app for internal communication. Since Signal messages can disappear after a set time, this has raised questions about whether federal record-keeping rules are being sidestepped. According to one government ethics expert, failing to properly archive these communications could amount to unlawful conduct.

🧐A push for control or cause for concern? Experts in cybersecurity and government ethics are uneasy about the combination of AI surveillance and encrypted communication. There’s growing concern that this level of monitoring could be used not just for efficiency, but potentially to silence critics or target political opponents.

Read the full story here.

Disclaimer: All claims are based on reporting by Reuters and statements attributed to named and unnamed sources.

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Amazon’s Nova Reel now supports longer, consistently styled AI videos

Key Points 

• Nova Reel 1.1 can now create videos up to two minutes long.

• A new Multishot Manual mode allows users to guide video composition with both images and short text prompts.

👨‍💻News - Amazon has upgraded its AI video model, Nova Reel, making it capable of generating videos up to two minutes long. 

✨What’s new? The newly released Nova Reel 1.1 can now create “multi-shot” videos that maintain a consistent visual style throughout. Users can input prompts of up to 4,000 characters to generate a sequence of six-second shots stitched together into a full-length clip.

The update also introduces a new mode called Multishot Manual. This feature allows users to guide the composition of individual shots by pairing a reference image with a short prompt. Given an image with 1280 by 720 resolution and a 512-character prompt, the model can produce videos with up to 20 distinct shots, each shaped by the visual and text inputs.

🤓Getting started - Nova Reel remains  accessible only through Amazon’s AI platforms and services, including Bedrock. Interested users must request access to try it out. 

Read the full story here.