First the NYer Andrew Tate story, now this NYT deep fake story by Eli Saslow: Two features--both beautifully reported and written--this week that even for a doom-n-gloom type like me are so much worse than I thought. We must attend and contend: Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/…
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Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series, C St, THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS, & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
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The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes nytimes.com
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Judgment AND Order AND Terminate Civil Case AND ~Util - Terminate Motions – #680 in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal., 4:24-cv-05417) – CourtListener.com courtlistener.com
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Opinion | Why the pope included an apology for slavery in a warning about AI ms.now
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Some Teens Use AI Chatbots Because It's "Easier Than Talking to Real People" teenvogue.com
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Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit. Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting…
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- Twenty-six current and former Meta employees filed an anonymous suit in Oakland federal court alleging AI-assisted layoff selection disadvantaged workers with medical conditions.
- The complaint names Metamate, an employee-trained 'second brain' tracking communications and documents, and a productivity score scanning keystrokes, screen content, emails and browser history.
- Plaintiffs seek a preliminary ruling blocking layoffs scheduled to take effect July 22 while they pursue federal and state discrimination claims in private arbitration.
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I asked my creative writing students to anonymously share their thoughts about AI. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
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The CEO of Anthropic A.I. predicted in April '26 that A.I. will eliminate 50% of white collar entry jobs and cause 10-20% unemployment in the next 5 years. Near Great Depression levels. But look at that stock market! Enjoy your lovely data center. www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
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Hey, the court just gave final approval to the settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. I'm reading through the order right now. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058...
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Ordinarily, I think it's a good thing when an 86-year-old doesn't know what ChatGPT is, but I feel like extremely influential members of Congress should probably be aware of this stuff. www.mediaite.com/online/jim-c...
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sure did thanks to @roopikarisam.bsky.social for this smart piece! religiondispatches.org/2026/05/26/l...
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So for everyone telling me "the Catholic church should do X because women, lgbtq, sexual abuse etc.I hear you. Trust me, getting the slavery apology on behalf of the church is a big deal, but it also has a purpose, which I've explained here. www.ms.now/opinion/pope...
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*72 percent* of teens say they have turned to AI for companionship at least once. Read that again: 72 percent. Half use it a few times a month. HALF! 13 percent say *every day.* A third use LLMs "conversation practice, emotional support, role-playing, friendship, or romantic i…
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At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
Learned today about a couple of radical left writers I admire who are all in for AI. Heartbreaking. Don't let this be you. AI is the great splintering machine.
It boggles my mind that I have colleagues who insist they’d recognize AI work. This kind of denialism of a problem borders in scale if not importance on anti-vaxxerism.
If I had known Backrooms was about AI slop I think I would have passed. Enough of that IRL.
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