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James Grimmelmann

176 trust researcher @jtlg.bsky.social · 5,808 followers
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Researcher with public evidence across AI research, Policy & governance.

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I’m a professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. One of "a number of very informative people." -WSJ
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Bad content drives out good. www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’ 404media.co
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  • 404 Media's Jason Koebler documents ChatGPT-designed flyers for surf lessons, skate shop closeouts, drug deliveries, World Cup parties, junk hauling and fundraisers.
  • The shared look — bright text on dark backgrounds, generic icon boxes, decorative lines, arrows and checkmarks — has become so recognizable it reads as a template.
  • A viral Threads post asking 'ain't nobody gonna address this ChatGPT flyer pandemic' has spread to Instagram and Facebook among designers, musicians and bar owners.
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Bad content drives out good. www.404media.co/scammers-sel...

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist 404media.co
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  • Sellers on eBay, Amazon and Etsy are listing seeds for plants that do not exist, advertised with AI-generated images of impossible flowers.
  • Before one eBay seller was banned, rainbow-colored rose seeds sold 37,271 times; fake teddy bear sunflower seeds sold 1,301 times.
  • eBay said it has policies and controls and uses AI-supported monitoring; Amazon and Etsy did not respond to 404 Media's request for comment.
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AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever 404media.co
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  • Freya Holmér posted a 50-second rotating Tetris demo to Bluesky in March 2026 and saw up to four AI-generated mobile clones within days.
  • A former Midnight Works employee told 404 Media that generative AI now accelerates the studio's cloning pipeline 'at every step,' from banners to 3D models.
  • Nintendo now ranks its eShop Best Sellers by revenue rather than downloads, blunting the visibility of $2-or-less clones that game download-based charts.
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The chef’s kiss in this essay about how ambition is destroying education at Stanford is the note at the end, where we learn that the author, a Stanford senior, has a forthcoming book on the subject. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

Opinion | What A.I. Did to My College Class nytimes.com
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The companion paper contains a version of the (dis)proof in the level of detail expected by the mathematical community, and some of the mathematicians whose comments are included there have the expertise to vouch for its correctness. cdn.openai.com/pdf/74c24085...

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The spiraling shape will make you go insane. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...

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  • Scott Winters, 55, a former Florida pastor, sued OpenAI and Sam Altman on July 22, 2026 in San Francisco County Superior Court.
  • The complaint says ChatGPT-4o 'diagnosed' him with dysautonomia and delayed care for a pulmonary embolism that put him in the ICU.
  • The suit, brought by nonprofit Tech Justice Law, seeks damages and an injunction pausing ChatGPT Health pending independent safety audits.
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The Anthropic export ban is brought to you by the same people responsible for the TikTok import ban, the U.S. government Anthropic use ban, and dialing pre-release review of A.I. models from 60 days down to 30. There is no coherent underlying theory of AI regulation.

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Everyone who says that you need to learn and use AI heavily right now to avoid being permanently left behind is telling you that they believe the future will feature profound and inescapable inequality and they’re okay with that.

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My best guess is that the government quickly "clarifies" its position on what counts as an export or negotiates a compromise with Anthropic that defines the safeguards around acess to Fable/Mythos, so that they will continue to be available with some access controls, even if they're somewhat leaky.

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Anthropic: we can control how people use Claude, so the government shouldn't stop us from letting foreigners use it Also Anthropic: oh no, foreigners misused Claude in ways we couldn't control, the government should stop them for us

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There’s never any trouble in AI bubbleland, AI bubbleland, AI bubbleland …

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