Fake news of the future will be much more sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence, according to a CIA consultant. Efforts to influence consumers and voters through the spread of disinformation have been primitive compared to what is to come, he warns. Intelligent machines will be used to generate millions of stories, each personally tailored to suit the beliefs and interests of the recipient. Fake news from Russia, disseminated on Facebook, is already believed to have influenced the outcome of a US presidential election and perhaps also Brexit. The predictions suggest that this may just be the tip of the iceberg, with fake news set to become a regular part of online life.

Facebook has decided not to unveil its new home products range at the firm's developer conference in May. Mark Zuckerberg had planned to use the occasion to launch its smart speakers, which come equipped with a digital assistant and video chat. The decision comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which saw details from 50 million Facebook users leaked to political activists. Believed to have operated on behalf of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, the information was used to target voters in the US based on psychological profiling. The scandal has led to many users debating whether to delete their profiles on the social network, with the hashtag #DeleteFacebook trending on Twitter.

Arizona's Republican governor repeatedly encouraged Uber's controversial experiment with autonomous cars in the state, enabling a secret testing program for self-driving vehicles with limited oversight from experts, according to hundreds of emails obtained by the Guardian. The previously unseen emails between Uber and the office of governor Doug Ducey reveal how Uber began quietly testing self-driving cars in Phoenix in August 2016 without informing the public. On Monday, 10 days after one of Uber's self-driving vehicles killed a pedestrian in a Phoenix suburb, Ducey suspended the company's right to operate autonomous cars on public roads in Arizona. It was a major about-face for the governor, who has spent years embracing the Silicon Valley startup. Uber's behind-the-scenes efforts to court Ducey, and the governor's apparent willingness to satisfy the company, is made clear in the emails, which were sent between 2015 and 2007 and obtained by the Guardian through public records requests.

Originally published in French as Phénoménologie de la Perception (1962/1945).

Hunt brilliantly describes how these processes work in "Sheep Logic"; a masterpiece. My chapter 20 contains a short version of the theory.

Look at your boss and remember his or her face. No matter your relationship with them, pretty soon your boss will be faceless, ruthless and will be looking to fire you at any moment's notice. Artificial Intelligence is garnering praise for its ability to create efficiency, save time and labor and generate income, as is the case for the UAE. Great, but that means you could be out of a job you love. Also, trusting this technology too much could also put your life at risk.

But tech shares were hit the hardest, dragging down the broader market in the final hour of trading. A series of recent developments pointed to more government oversight of the industry. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to testify before Congress about the social-media company's privacy and data-use standards, according to people familiar with the matter. The company's shares fell 4.9% on Tuesday and are down 15% this month over concerns about its handling of user data, on track for its worst monthly decline since 2012. The Federal Trade Commission, in a statement Monday, signaled that it is conducting a broad probe of Facebook, while 37 state attorneys general are also demanding explanations for its practices.

Lawmakers in the United States and Europe are demanding to know more about the company's privacy practices after a whistleblower said consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed data to target U.S. and British voters in elections.

As Uber Technologies Inc. reels from a fatal crash involving one of its autonomous vehicles, rival Waymo is moving ahead, buying as many as 20,000 Jaguar vehicles for its robot fleet. The deal, announced Tuesday, is potentially worth more than $1 billion, and escalates Waymo's effort to put vehicles on public roads without human drivers behind the wheel. The vote of confidence comes a day after Arizona's governor suspended Uber from testing in the state following the first pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle. The governor's order doesn't extend to other companies including Waymo. The self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL -4.47% has been testing since 2016 in the Phoenix metro area and has announced plans to begin a commercial robot taxi service there later this year.

Let's face it, the current political system in the US isn't working. Cambridge Analytica just used our personal data to circumvent our common sense, like a thief tossing a pork chop laced with tranquilizer to distract a guard dog before nonchalantly scaling our privacy fences. It's obvious our two party system is failing us. Here's a better solution: let's replace White House's occupants with AI. Your knee-jerk reaction may be to shake your head in disbelief, which is understandable. That AI is simple, all it does is find patterns.