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Data & Society

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Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
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A backlash to AI is the natural result of these technologies being pushed into our lives without permission or input. As D&S advisor @merbroussard.bsky.social tells @wired.com, "Tech companies have never really been sensitive to issues of consent." www.wired.com/story/the-ai...

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact wired.com
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  • WIRED argues the anti-slop backlash is producing real platform changes rather than just complaint threads, with tools and policies to flag AI content spreading.
  • Substack, YouTube and Pinterest have all added detection, labels or user controls, with Substack partnering with the detection firm Pangram.
  • Merriam-Webster and the Macquarie Dictionary named 'slop' word of the year, and one anti-slop Facebook group has nearly 250,000 members.
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Though President Trump rescinded the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, it is having a second life. As red and blue states draft their own versions, they're drawing on the vocabulary Americans have long reached for to contest power, @alondra.bsky.social writes. www.science.or…

A civic grammar for AI rights | Science science.org
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AI "is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological innovation," @tressiemcphd.bsky.social writes, offering a reading list to help us ask better questions in an era of "data politics." www.nytimes.…

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View on Bluesky · ♥ 4 ↻ 1 ↩ 0 · 11 from the directory shared this · 14d ago

As web searches are increasingly performed by AI chatbots, the number of people visiting websites is falling. It's a change that poses a serious threat to the open web. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed nytimes.com
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  • Human traffic to finance, publishing and retail sites fell nearly 40 percent between June 2025 and April 2026, per Cloudflare data cited by the Times.
  • Google's AI Mode keeps users inside Google in roughly 75 percent of sessions, with queries running about three times as long as before.
  • The Verge's Nilay Patel says 'Google Zero' has arrived for publishers; Google's Liz Reid counters that AI Search still sends billions of clicks weekly.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 18 ↻ 12 ↩ 1 · 9 from the directory shared this · 28d ago

Using AI to learn about campaigns and ballot measures is appealing to many voters because it seems straightforward. But with results that can be marred by factual errors or shaped by flawed assumptions, the reality is more complicated. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots - The New York Times nytimes.com
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  • The 2026 U.S. midterms may be the first American elections in which voters use AI chatbots in meaningful numbers, per NYT reporting.
  • Voters are turning to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini as nonpartisan researchers, in some cases photographing ballots and asking outright who to vote for.
  • Experts warn the answers can carry factual errors and reportedly favor candidates who are more vocal in the local press and on social media.
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"When a company chooses to opt you into an AI feature, they are making decisions with real-world consequences," @thiccreese.bsky.social writes. If a company "opts millions of users into a deepfake tool, then a world filled w even more deepfakes becomes more possible." www.wire…

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI wired.com
View on Bluesky · ♥ 8 ↻ 2 ↩ 1 · 5 from the directory shared this · 28d ago

In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @jakelaperruque.bsky.social unpacks how AI sycophancy and other unintended consequences of the technology can harm civil liberties and public safety. www.techpolicy.press/will-ai-syco...

Will AI Sycophancy Contaminate Law Enforcement? techpolicy.press
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  • CDT's Jake Laperruque argues AI sycophancy, the tendency to flatter users, could distort police reports, case summaries, and prosecutorial decisions.
  • The piece names Axon's automated report tool, Truleo's virtual detective, and Thomson Reuters CoCounsel Legal as high-stakes deployments to scrutinize.
  • Axon's Draft One is described as designed to avoid tracking which parts of automated police reports are edited by officers.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 2 ↻ 3 ↩ 0 · 6 from the directory shared this · 11d ago
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