Dr J. Rosenbaum

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-lo…

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft 404media.co

Character.ai’s bankruptcy is the one of the first dominos to fall in the long-foreseen AI bubble. Read the story here: https://www.404media.co/character-ais-bankruptcy-documents-show-the-economics-of-ai-dont-work/

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work 404media.co

We spoke to the family that made the AI avatar of a killed man. They said the point of the video was to sway the judge. “Isn’t that what you want human connection to be?” The convicted man in the case is now being resentenced because of the use of the AI video www.404media.co/…

Her AI-Generated Video Swayed the Judge. The Court Said it Carried 'Undue Emotional Weight' 404media.co

Five teen girls were targeted by AI-generated child sexual abuse material at a Pennsylvania high school. What happened next shows how unprepared schools and police are with AI CSAM material. www.404media.co/radnor-high-...

How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart 404media.co

Unsurprisingly excellent piece from Ted Chiang about LLMs and particularly about Claude. Claude (or any other LLM) is not conscious or "intelligent" in the general understanding of the word, but if it were, then it would be, essentially, a slave. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy…

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious theatlantic.com

Meta is currently testing "super sensing" AI glasses that will continuously record surrounding audio while snapping pictures every few seconds. The new hardware also gets rid of the LED light that notifies bystanders when the glasses are recording. www.ft.com/content/ac28...

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Anthropomorphizing AI is one of the most direct ways media makers shape perceptions of technology. There are suggested swaps in here that would work for general audiences too, not just tech readers. buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

How to talk about buttondown.com

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/…

niemanlab.org

“A defense lawyer appealing his client's murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up ‌police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI's ChatGPT…”

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In addition to complex direct care tasks like discharge planning, one of the essential tasks these nurses who are being replaced by AI agents performed is communication with insurance companies, removing human medical personnel from crucial life and death determinations of cov…

The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’ theguardian.com

Nobody likes data centers, and Democratic politicians need to realize this. www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia...

Georgia family says they cbsnews.com

Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.

DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search | TechCrunch techcrunch.com