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Mazars suspends all work with crypto clients...
by 380° Dec. 18, 2022

Dec. 18, 2022

Buongiorno, è uscita l'altro ieri l'ultima puntata della serie "Il Cry[pt]puscolo degli Dei"™ A onor del vero questo circo ha veramente poco a che fare con il "core topic" di questa lista, ma credo che tutti possano concordare che le cryptovalute non valgono nulla se non si possono... scambiare (anche direttamente con beni o servizi, ma questa cosa non è **mai** esistita), quindi gli exchange sono - almeno ora - conditio sine qua non per il funzionamento (la fungibilità?) delle cryptovalute. Executive summary: Mazars è una multinazionale che si occupa (tra l'altro) di revisione dei conti e per diversi crypto exchange ha redatto le "proof of reserve"; ora Mazars non è più disposta a certificare le "proof of reserve" - e in buona sostanza i bilanci nel loro complesso - dei crypto exchange suoi clienti; altri auditors seguiranno?!? ...anche perché Zhao (deux ex machina di Binance) dichiara con nonchalanche «that many of those firms "don't know how" to audit crypto changes»... ma dai?!? :-O La bolla crypto-giuridica sta per scoppiare?!? «Mazars suspends all work with crypto clients including Binance, Crypto.com» https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/16/mazars-suspends-all-work-with-crypto-client… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Key Points • Accounting firm Mazars Group has suspended all work with its crypto clients, according to its former client and the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance. • The decision to cut ties with Binance, KuCoin and Crypto.com comes just after the global accounting firm released "proof of reserve" reports for several digital asset exchanges. • A spokesperson from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, told CNBC in a statement that, "Mazars has indicated that they will temporarily pause their work with all of their crypto clients globally, which include Crypto.com, KuCoin, and Binance." Accounting firm Mazars Group has suspended all work with its crypto clients. The decision to cut ties with Binance, KuCoin and [Crypto.com] comes just after the global accounting firm released "proof of reserve" reports for several digital asset exchanges. The move comes as major cryptocurrency exchanges look to prove their solvency, and show they have enough money to cover customer withdrawals. [...] Mazars Group said in a statement to CNBC that it had "paused its activity relating to the provision of Proof of Reserves Reports for entities in the cryptocurrency sector due to concerns regarding the way these reports are understood by the public." The statement added Mazars' proof of reserves reports are "performed in accordance with Reporting Standards relevant to an Agreed Upon Procedures report." "They do not constitute either an assurance or an audit opinion on subject matter. Instead they report limited findings based on the agreed procedures performed on the subject matter at a historical point in time," the statement continued. [...] Mazars' South African branch published a five-page proof of reserves for Binance on Dec. 7, but [the report is no longer available] on the firm's website as of Friday morning. Unlike standard audits, the proof of reserves for Binance only accounted for bitcoin. The report did not show liabilities for Binance's lending [arm]. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has often said that the company itself has no debt. On Dec. 9, [Crypto.com] published a [proof of reserves] [audited by] Mazars, attesting that customer assets were held on a 1-to-1 basis, meaning that all deposits were 100% backed by [Crypto.com]'s reserves. A spokesperson for the exchange reiterated that the firm had "successfully" completed its recent proof of reserves in collaboration with Mazars and that the accounting company had "provided independent verification of our secure on-chain digital assets matching our customer balances 1:1." [Crypto.com] added that customers can verify their balance on its website. A spokesperson said the company will "continue to engage with reputable audit firms in 2023 and beyond" as they "seek to increase transparency across the entire industry." KuCoin said its proof of reserve report was already [delivered by Mazars] [.] "In the future, we are open to work with any leading and reputable audit to provide the third-party verification report," a KuCoin spokesperson said. Meanwhile, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and KPMG — collectively dubbed accounting's Big Four — haven't made moves to drop their crypto clients. [Coinbase] , [for example], is a client of Deloitte. Tether uses Moore Cayman. The Big Four did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. In an [interview Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box,"] Zhao said Binance is working with auditing firms, though he didn't name which ones. He added that "interestingly, many audit firms are kind of scared to work with crypto businesses." "There are a few audit firms that audited FTX and they got burned because they give the stamp of approval, and I don't know how they did the audits. But audits don't reveal every problem," continued Zhao, noting that many of those firms "don't know how" to audit crypto changes. "They don't know how to audit user assets, different blockchains," he said. [Crypto.com] <http://crypto.com/> [charged with illegally using customer deposits] <https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/live-updates-ftx-collapse-house-lawmakers-h….> [citing a lack of reliability] <https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/14/trump-tax-firm-says-documents-not-reliable.…> [the report is no longer available] <https://veritas.mazars.com/binance/Binance_POR_Report_7_December_2022.pdf> [arm] <https://www.binance.com/en/loan> [proof of reserves] <https://crypto.com/company-news/crypto-com-releases-proof-of-reserves> [audited by] <https://crypto.com/company-news/crypto-com-releases-proof-of-reserves> [delivered by Mazars] <https://assets.staticimg.com/cms/media/3F1cJQjj2OaP8P4dLEoQmxkuwDlSryAGrLJS…> [Coinbase] </quotes/COIN/> [for example] <https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1595126425371414528> [interview Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box,"] <https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/15/binance-ceo-changpeng-cz-zhao-brushes-off-2…> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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Zeynep Tufecki sulle implicazioni di OpenAI a scuola
by giovanni arata Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

Buongiorno, segnalo un buon editoriale di Tufecki sulle implicazioni di OpenAI per l'apprendimento e l'ambiente- classe in generale https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/chatgpt-education-ai-technology.… -- giovanni arata 333.2708043 medium <https://medium.com/@giovanni_arata> linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanniarata> twitter <https://twitter.com/giovanni_arata>

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Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals
by Antonio Vetro' Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

A new law on social services in Serbia provides for the collection of a large amount of personal data of beneficiaries, to be analysed with an algorithm that evaluates their socio-economic condition. The declared goal is to improve the distribution of resources, but over 22,000 people have already lost the subsidy, without knowing why. https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/eng/News/Data-news/Serbia-algorithmic…

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Dispositivi revocati di firma elettronica qualificata
by Diego Giorio Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

Forse può essere di interesse. Buona gioranta a tutti D. https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/05/2… Firma elettronica qualificata: dispositivi revocati | Agenzia per l'Italia digitale<https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/05/2…> L’agenzia francese ANSSI (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information), organismo designato in Francia ai sensi dell’art. art. 30, c1 del Regolamento eIDAS per la certificazione dei dispositivi per la firma elettronica qualificata, ha notificato ad AgID l’imminente revoca di 2 secure electronic signature creation devices (SSCD) e qualified electronic signature ... www.agid.gov.it

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New study "Academic Offer of Advanced Digital Skills in 2020-21. International Comparison"
by Fabio Nascimbeni Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

The European Commission, as part of its policy to foster digital transformation and succeed in the digital decade, promotes digital skills as a key factor to improve economic competitiveness and social justice. This report provides evidence about the availability of higher education offer in Artificial intelligence, High performance computing, Cybersecurity, and Data science in the academic year 2020-2021, so as to anticipate possible gaps (or abundance) in their offer. Following a keyword-based query methodology that captures the inclusion of advanced digital skills in the programmes’ syllabus, we monitor the availability of masters’ programmes and study their characteristics, such as the scope (broad and specialised), education fields in which digital skills are taught (e.g., Information and communication technologies; Business, administration and law), and the content areas covered by the programmes. The EU’s offer of AI-related specialised master’s programmes is higher than that of the US. Even if the field of education dominating the offer of AI master’s programmes is Information and communication technologies, noticeable shares are also observed for Engineering, manufacturing and construction. In Cybersecurity, the EU is the only area presenting a positive trend during the last year, involving both broad and specialised masters. Despite this, still the EU’s related offer is lower than that of the US and that of the UK. Regarding Data science masters, the US keeps its leading position. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128844 <https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128844> Fabio Nascimbeni fabio.nascimbeni(a)gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/

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New SIPRI Publication—Cyber Posture Trends in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union - nosp
by Diego.Latella Dec. 15, 2022

Dec. 15, 2022

It might be of interest for you Lora Saalman, Fei Fu and Larisa Saveleva Dovgal Cyber Posture Trends in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union SIPRI https://www.sipri.org/publications/2022/other-publications/cyber-posture-tr… D. Latella

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Re: [nexa] ChatGPT e la geopolitica di Internet
by Giuseppe Attardi Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

> On 13 Dec 2022, at 21:24, <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> wrote: > > From: "Antonio Vetro'" <antonio.vetro(a)polito.it <mailto:antonio.vetro@polito.it>> > To: mailing list nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> > Subject: [nexa] ChatGPT e la geopolitica di Internet > Message-ID: > <AM0PR05MB41806FC3D2D9BE59E3B707AAE0E39(a)AM0PR05MB4180.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com <mailto:AM0PR05MB41806FC3D2D9BE59E3B707AAE0E39@AM0PR05MB4180.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Paolo Bennati offre una lettura (geo)politica del "fenomeno" ChatGPT : > > "La mia lettura a questo punto diviene una “preoccupazione “ geopolitica. Dietro OpenAI c’è Musk Musk è stato tra i fondatori ma è uscito dal CdA di OpenAI, quando ancora era un’associazione non-profit. Adesso OpenAI è divisa tra OpenAI LG (for profit) e OpenAI Inc (non profit). Nella prima ha investito $1 miliardo Microsoft, che fornisce anche l’infrastruttura di calcolo cloud per il training dei Large Language Models. > che con Thiel sono, come lo è stato Schmidt per Obama, il braccio IT dei repubblicani. ChatGPT come Google replacement può rompere o danneggiare il predominio di Big G.Gli effetti e il potere di questo nuovo Bignami della fine degli anni 20 di questo secolo, può farne non solo uno strumento che rispecchia nei risultati il senso comune ma il vero nuovo produttore dell’opinione pubblica" Alquanto dubbio: i testi prodotti dai LLM sono difficili da controllare, sia nel bene che nel male. — Beppe > > AV >

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"NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates 1.4TB Optical Downlink"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates 1.4TB Optical Downlink By Rachel Jewett <https://www.satellitetoday.com/author/rachel-jewett/> | December 6, 2022 https://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2022/12/06/nasas-tbird-mission-de… *NASA*’s TBIRD mission recently achieved a record for optical communications in space. The satellite downlinked 1.4 terabytes of data over laser communications links in a single pass that lasted about five minutes. The agency confirmed the demonstration Dec. 1 <https://twitter.com/NASALaserComm/status/1598392327734788097?s=20&t=M4qotiD…>. The TBIRD payload — TeraByte InfraRed Delivery — was built by built by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory and integrated into NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 Satellite (PTD-3), built by Terran Orbital. This is part of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. The TBIRD mission is testing laser communications in Low-Earth Orbit on a small satellite, which NASA believes can substantially increase data transport capabilities. NASA’s goal for the mission is to demonstrate a downlink of 200 gigabits per second. “Terran Orbital is grateful for NASA and MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s partnership in the PTD-3 mission. We look forward to completing the next record-breaking space-to-ground optical link – at 200 gigabits per second – in the near future,” commented Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital.

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Exclusive: China readying $143 billion package for its chip firms in face of U.S. curbs | Reuters
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-plans-over-143-bln-push-boost-dome… (messaggio spedito in movimento - scusate brevità ed eventuali refusi)

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Sarco Suicide Pod aims to take assisted dying out of doctors' hands with AI
by 380° Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

Buonasera, la notizia è piuttosto vecchiotta, l'articolo è del 9 Dic. 2021 mentre il "Sarco pod" [1] è stato inventato nel 2017. https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/12/08/the-sarco-suicide-pod-aims-to-take… «The Sarco suicide pod aims to take assisted dying out of doctors' hands with AI and 3D printing» --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- A 3D-printed "suicide capsule" has passed a legal review in Switzerland, potentially clearing the way for the technology to be put into use in the country's legal assisted suicide clinics. The Sarco capsule's creator, Dr. Philip Nitschke, told Euronews Next that his aim was to allow anyone to download the design and print it themselves. In the future, an AI screening process will allow Nitschke's assisted dying advocacy organisation, Exit International, to "demedicalise" the dying process by removing the need for medical professionals to be involved, he said. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- La notizia è rilanciata anche dalla stessa azienda nel suo media book: https://www.exitinternational.net/sarco/sarco-aims-to-take-assisted-dying-o… Anche Gizmondo ne parla https://gizmodo.com/controversial-assisted-suicide-pod-cleared-for-use-in-s… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- “Our aim is to develop an artificial intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity,” Nitschke told the site. “Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists. But our original conceptual idea is that the person would do an online test and receive a code to access the Sarco.” --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- L'azienda nelle sue FAQ scrive: https://www.exitinternational.net/sarco/faqs/ --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The Sarco is not and never will be for sale. The plans will be published in The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. The cost of Sarco will depend on what is charged by the 3D print shop. While the price is dropping all the time, it will never be very cheap. In 2022, the cost to print a Sarco is around €17,000. In the early stages of development it was thought that Sarco could double as one's coffin. If the Sarco is printed from suitable biodegradable materials, this is still true. But the high printing cost of Sarco intimates that it may be better to have a Sarco that can be used multiple times over. Better and cheaper for the user. More friendly to the planet. [...] Exit believes that the right to a good death at a time of one's choosing should be a fundamental human right afforded to all adults of sound mind. What type of gift is life if you cannot give it away? Because Sarco uses no drugs, no doctors need be involved (except for an assessment of mental capacity). Sarco is a game-changer because it will allow a person of sound mind control over their own death. No longer will they have to beg a panel of doctors to grant their final wish (by prescribing lethal drugs). --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- A quanto pare l'idea dell'inventore di sostituire la commissione medica con un "mental capacity assessment" svolto da non meglio precisata intelligenza artificiale è seria. Saluti, 380° [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarco_pod -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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