Developer Community 3h Briefing
×Last updated: May 25, 2026, 5:43 PM ET
Privacy & AI Ethics
Yoti's age verification system shares facial photos and device fingerprints with third parties, raising fresh questions about consent and data minimization in online identity checks. The privacy concerns arrive as Anthropic cofounder Chris Olah responded to Pope Leo XIV's "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical, drawing parallels between algorithmic bias and moral frameworks for artificial intelligence development.
Infrastructure & Aerospace
Norway deployed 2 petabytes of Huawei flash storage to train large language models, underscoring Europe's dependence on Chinese hardware for AI infrastructure despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. Separately, Japan advanced a hypersonic ramjet engine designed to enable 2-hour flights to the US, with initial flight tests targeted for late 2027.