Riley Walz has installed a device high up on a pole in the Mission of San Francisco to constantly Shazam music using a crappy Android phone. This is a form of culture surveillance, capturing music being played in real-time. The device is solar-powered and has a microphone pointing down at the street.
In an interview with TechCrunch, Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker criticizes the media's obsession with AI-driven deepfakes, the encroaching surveillance state, and the concentration of power in the five main social media platforms. She also discusses the company's recent war of words with Elon Musk, Telegram's Pavel Durov, and OpenAI's leadership.
