Hacker News with Generative AI: Government

One of Britain's largest health trusts says 'no ta' to Palantir data platform (theregister.com)
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) has decided not to adopt a national data platform – prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir – until it has more evidence of the benefits and risks.
Healthcare, Data Privacy, Government, Technology, UK
7 points by rntn 2 hours ago | 2 comments
The EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue Is Now Live (europa.eu)
The European Commission has launched the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue (EU OSS Catalogue) today, 31 March, making it publicly accessible through the Interoperable Europe Portal.
Open Source, European Union, Government, Software, Technology
5 points by doener 17 hours ago | 0 comments
DOGE used Meta AI model to review emails from federal workers (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used artificial intelligence from Meta’s Llama model to comb through and analyze emails from federal workers.
Artificial Intelligence, Government, Email Analysis, Privacy
16 points by anigbrowl 19 hours ago | 2 comments
U.S. Spy Agencies–One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Personal Data (theintercept.com)
The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies. The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes of sensitive information that would have previously required a court order, essentially bypassing the Fourth Amendment. But the surveillance state has encountered a problem: There’s simply too much data on sale from too many corporations and brokers.
Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Data, Fourth Amendment
133 points by LAsteNERD 1 day ago | 66 comments
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk (theatlantic.com)
The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.
Elon Musk, Tesla, Business, Politics, Government
14 points by handfuloflight 2 days ago | 1 comments
Trump admin tells Supreme Court: DOGE needs to do its work in secret (arstechnica.com)
The Department of Justice today asked the Supreme Court to block a ruling that requires DOGE to provide information about its government cost-cutting operations as part of court-ordered discovery.
Politics, Law, Government, Cryptocurrency
39 points by voxadam 2 days ago | 5 comments
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago (npr.org)
To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it "conducts critical science and provides health information" to protect the nation. But since President Trump's administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found.
Public Health, CDC, Government, Communication
20 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 3 comments
Hacker who breached comms app used by Trump aide stole data from across US govt (yahoo.com)
A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported, according to a Reuters review, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn questions about data security in the Trump administration.
Cybersecurity, Politics, Government, Data Breaches, Trump Administration
6 points by rmason 2 days ago | 1 comments
'Big Beautiful Bill' would create a regulation-free AI hellscape, AGs warn (theregister.com)
State attorneys general and activists are sounding the alarm over a provision of President Trump's budget proposal, which passed out of committee over the weekend and is headed to the House for a potential vote that would strip states of the ability to regulate AI.
Artificial Intelligence, Regulation, Politics, Government
7 points by rntn 3 days ago | 2 comments
NSA to cut up to 2k civilian roles (thehill.com)
The National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. government’s electronic spy agency, is looking at cutting up to 2,000 civilian jobs as part of the Trump administration’s effort to greatly reduce the federal workforce.
National Security, Government, Employment, Trump Administration
8 points by droideqa 3 days ago | 1 comments
France Becomes First Government to Endorse UN Open Source Principles (unite.un.org)
The United Nations Open Source United community is proud to announce a major milestone: The Government of the French Republic became the first national government to endorse the UN Open Source Principles.
Government, Open Source, United Nations, France
4 points by ponsfrilus 3 days ago | 1 comments
French state covered up Nestle water scandal: Senate report (indiatimes.com)
The French government "at the highest level" covered up a scandal over the treatment of mineral water by food giant Nestle, including the iconic Perrier brand, a Senate investigation said Monday.
France, Government, Nestle, Water, Scandal
36 points by wslh 4 days ago | 6 comments
What we in the open world are messing up in trying to compete with big tech (berthub.eu)
Our societies and governments now largely run on American proprietary big-tech platforms. Many of us want to decrease this dependency, or even end it altogether.
Open Source, Big Tech, Government, Society
14 points by rpgbr 4 days ago | 0 comments
Social Security drops controversial antifraud review amid growing claims backlog (cnn.com)
Social Security, Government, Politics, Fraud
10 points by toomuchtodo 5 days ago | 5 comments
California vanity license plate applications with reasons for rejection (2020) (github.com/veltman)
Warning: this dataset contains vulgar and offensive language (quite a lot of it).
California, Data, Government, Language, Censorship
77 points by networked 5 days ago | 82 comments
France Endorses UN Open Source Principles (gouv.fr)
France, Open Source, United Nations, Government
612 points by bzg 5 days ago | 215 comments
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes (wired.com)
The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.
Security, Privacy, Mobile Apps, Government, Hacking
8 points by thefreeman 5 days ago | 1 comments
Beta.weather.gov (weather.gov)
This page has been deactivated until further notice due to the loss of critical federal staff, which leaves this project without the resources required to continue its development or for routine monitoring and maintenance.
Government, Websites, Technology
77 points by ronbenton 6 days ago | 26 comments
Federal agencies continue terminating all funding to Harvard (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, the federal government's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced that it had terminated research grants to Harvard totalling $450 million, spread out across eight federal agencies.
Government, Funding, Education, Harvard, Anti-Semitism
115 points by MaysonL 6 days ago | 130 comments
Science funding was already way too low (gabrielweinberg.com)
Cutting federal research funding is extremely short-sighted, but the previous funding levels were also short-sighted. I think those previous levels were off by something like 3x. There are so many compelling and synergistic justifications as to why, that it can be overwhelming to reason (and write!) about. So, in this post, I’m going to list ten justifications out at a high level, and plan to explore more nuance in the future.
Science, Funding, Research, Government, Economics
58 points by paulpauper 6 days ago | 4 comments
Google worried it couldn't control how Israel uses Project Nimbus, files reveal (theintercept.com)
Before signing its lucrative and controversial Project Nimbus deal with Israel, Google knew it couldn’t control what the nation and its military would do with the powerful cloud-computing technology, a confidential internal report obtained by The Intercept reveals.
Cloud Computing, Google, Israel, Government, Military
69 points by zhengiszen 7 days ago | 20 comments
DOGE sought access to Congress's watchdog (lawdork.com)
Congress’s watchdog told the Trump administration to stay away on Friday.
Politics, United States, Government, Law
8 points by SubiculumCode 7 days ago | 0 comments
Dems are upset about DOGE's IRS hackathon, but the IRS says it never happened (theregister.com)
Congressional Democrats are again demanding answers from a federal agency over whether DOGE's latest tech makeover could put taxpayer data at risk.
Politics, Cryptocurrency, Government, Technology, Security
5 points by rntn 7 days ago | 0 comments
China has reportedly stolen personal data from 80% of Americans (bgr.com)
Current estimates are that 80% of American adults have had all of their personally identifiable information stolen by the Communist Party of China
Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, China, United States, Government
6 points by beeflet 7 days ago | 1 comments
Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US Government officials, warns FBI (theregister.com)
The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating "senior US officials" using deepfakes as part of a major fraud campaign.
Cybersecurity, Deepfakes, Government, Fraud
8 points by Bender 7 days ago | 0 comments
The Mortality Impacts of Usaid Cuts (asteriskmag.substack.com)
As of this writing, USAID, the world’s largest foreign assistance agency, appears to be effectively dead.
International Aid, Politics, United States, Government, Global Health
17 points by mitchbob 7 days ago | 1 comments
Yarvin's blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy (theconversation.com)
The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained.
Politics, Government, Social Commentary, Leadership
18 points by rstuart4133 7 days ago | 2 comments
Every SWE knows DOGE can't rewrite Social Security in a few months (clientserver.dev)
Per Wired, DOGE plans to port the Social Security Administration’s codebase from COBOL to Java. They plan to port the entire 60-million-line codebase on the order of a few months.
Software Engineering, Social Security, Programming Languages, Government
20 points by Liftyee 8 days ago | 12 comments
Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals (democracyforsale.substack.com)
Healthcare, Data Privacy, Government, Technology, UK
9 points by RobAley 8 days ago | 0 comments
AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state (theverge.com)
Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.
Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Big Tech
9 points by laurex 9 days ago | 0 comments